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As a person using Bumble and other apps right now (I’m not a fan), I’m actually intrigued by this. The apps are terrible at getting beyond surface level basic
by haswell 2y ago
As a person using Bumble and other apps right now (I’m not a fan), I’m actually intrigued by this.
The apps are terrible at getting beyond surface level basic compatibility checks, and if this could meaningfully improve “suggested matches”, It’d be a godsend.
But I’m curious to see how this actually plays out, and how they’ll train it to know enough about me to me useful (and if I’d even be willing to let it know that much about me). What I do know is that existing profile fields and prompts are woefully inadequate.
- nvy 2y agoThey have an incentive to keep their algorithms from getting too good, though. It's in the platform's best financial interest if MAU stays high. Matching people so well that they find their soul mates isn't conducive to recurring users.
- lazide 2y agoIdeally (for them) it would produce enough interesting and almost-good enough matches to keep interest up (think slot machines), while ensuring only the rarest actual matches for long term compatibility. (Aka a jackpot should have extremely long odds).