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>Attraction isn't a choice or a preference. Attraction is mediated by culture, i.e. there's uptick in Asian men attractiveness after kpop phenomenon at least

>Attraction isn't a choice or a preference. Attraction is mediated by culture, i.e. there's uptick in Asian men attractiveness after kpop phenomenon at least in under 30s. Dating sites can do a "DEI" and brute force more variety into skew percentages of click throughs through mere exposure effect. They can remove option to filter by race or height or whatever physical characteristics. But that's competitive suicide vs dating sites that don't. There's nothing legally wrong with automating racism, but that's also more or less what it is. People don't "control" who they're attracted to, but platforms that mediate / gatekeep how people percieve attractiveness can mess with the dials, if they wanted to.

insickness 3y ago
> Dating sites can do a "DEI" and brute force more variety into skew percentages of click throughs through mere exposure effect. Why stop at forcing people to choose different races? Let's force women to date men who are short, bald, unemployed or homeless. Let's force men to date women who are overweight, elderly and annoying. Let's take the 'market' out of the dating market.
- jjj123 3y ago
  The parent comment didn’t say force to date, it’s more like don’t allow filtering by race. Many gay apps explicitly don’t have this feature already.
raxxorraxor 3y ago
I believe that people who see a need to control dating preferences of others should take a step back and consider reorientation. I cannot see any gatekeeping of platforms here either for that matter. Dating isn't fair, often it is opportunity, chance or pure luck. The attempt to correct anything here will likely not bear any fruits, on the contrary. I also use another definition of racism. The belief or often conscious conviction a race or ethnicity is superior to others due to intrinsic biological/mental advantages. I am not racist against anyone I might not consider attractive.

insickness 3y ago

> Dating sites can do a "DEI" and brute force more variety into skew percentages of click throughs through mere exposure effect. Why stop at forcing people to choose different races? Let's force women to date men who are short, bald, unemployed or homeless. Let's force men to date women who are overweight, elderly and annoying. Let's take the 'market' out of the dating market.

jjj123 3y ago
The parent comment didn’t say force to date, it’s more like don’t allow filtering by race. Many gay apps explicitly don’t have this feature already.

raxxorraxor 3y ago

I believe that people who see a need to control dating preferences of others should take a step back and consider reorientation. I cannot see any gatekeeping of platforms here either for that matter. Dating isn't fair, often it is opportunity, chance or pure luck. The attempt to correct anything here will likely not bear any fruits, on the contrary. I also use another definition of racism. The belief or often conscious conviction a race or ethnicity is superior to others due to intrinsic biological/mental advantages. I am not racist against anyone I might not consider attractive.