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Source for that first sentence? It’s a common trope, seems to emanate from the “red pill” community. From what I’ve heard, it came from a (flawed) study perfor
by sergiomattei 3y ago
Source for that first sentence? It’s a common trope, seems to emanate from the “red pill” community.
From what I’ve heard, it came from a (flawed) study performed by some dating app. I don’t buy it.
- lazide 3y agoReference to the flaws? Decades ago, I worked for a dating website - and it lined up with the reality in the ground based on what I saw, except the study actually seemed to be softpedaling the actual data. And I saw the constants used to fudge the public numbers at the site I worked at, so dudes weren’t so depressed they ran away. Something like FEMALE_COUNT_MULTIPLIER = 9 if I remember correctly.
- sergiomattei 3y agoIsn’t the ratio between men and women on these apps a problem that messes up the interpretation of these observations? Genuinely curious.
- lazide 3y agoWhich interpretation? And which sites? Most sites even back then were using generated female profiles to fill things out; and bots to create some messages for male customers who were ‘not engaged enough’. None of that (or total numbers multiplication) was necessary for female members. It seemed to get much worse after I left the industry - it was sleazy back then, and it seems to have gotten waaaay worse over time. Not surprising really.