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OkCupid actually wrote an article about this that's pretty interesting - https://theblog.okcupid.com/why-okcupid-is-changing-how-you-message-f14d492e7853 https:
by sweetro17 3y ago
OkCupid actually wrote an article about this that's pretty interesting - https://theblog.okcupid.com/why-okcupid-is-changing-how-you-message-f14d492e7853 https://theblog.okcupid.com/why-okcupid-is-changing-how-you-...
tl;dr tons of spam / offensive messages. I actually think that with advances in NLP and content moderation since then, you could re-introduce a paradigm like this with potentially less spam.
- slothtrop 3y agoInteresting. Though it also seems redundant in the sense that swiping no longer really deters spam / offensive messages, does it?
- carabiner 3y agoOk, that explains requiring a match before messaging. But the swiping and algo-determined stack? That seems purely intended to make it more like a gambling app.