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I feel like there's a genius adversarial strategy to be had here. It seems to me the dominant player is overvaluing the possibility of being displaced and is mi
by IIAOPSW 3y ago
I feel like there's a genius adversarial strategy to be had here. It seems to me the dominant player is overvaluing the possibility of being displaced and is misallocating capital to acquire competition of dubious merits. I can leverage this by making a passable clone of their product in the hopes of being bought out for much more than I'm worth.
- generalizations 3y agoThe hardest part is users. I’d imagine what they’re actually buying is the marketshare of the competition. Note that ‘subpar matching to keep users on the app’ only works if you control a large majority of the market. Which is all to say, it’s not the app clone you’re selling them. It’s the users you stole and are selling back.
- kevin_thibedeau 3y agoSubpar matching is a consequence of 80%+ being rejected by default. You either exclude them from your platform or string them along to monetize them. You're not going to find a technical solution to reduce bias in human behavior.
- generalizations 3y agoAnecdotally, some of those apps used to be a lot better at matching people up. It's totally possible to match way more than 20% - but why bother, if you can just string them along?