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I'm always curious why this doesn't create a market for a marketplace that explicitly doesn't do this, one that actually tries to help people get good matches i

I'm always curious why this doesn't create a market for a marketplace that explicitly doesn't do this, one that actually tries to help people get good matches instead of bleeding them for revenue. Surely the promise of "exactly like what OKCupid used to be and without secretly trying to fuck your wallet or waste your time, $5/month" would bring in tons of customers, including women. And then when Match Group comes knocking with a bag of money, even if you sell to them, they can't own the model. Just spin it up again with a new name. People like to talk about how making successful matches loses customers, but you can honestly view the business like how real-estate prices always go up because there are just always more people today who need housing than there were yesterday. You don't need to keep milking existing customers. New potential customers are constantly coming of age faster than you can match them together anyway.

bradlys 2y ago
You need a lot of users to make a dating app successful. That’s the biggest hurdle for any dating app currently. How’re you going to get people to know about your app if you don’t have a large marketing budget? It’s gonna be hard. You’d need a big influencer or celebrity or something to pimp it out. You’re then running into the same issue. Also, no one wants to pay for a dating app upfront. Especially women. Remember, women basically never pay for these apps. It’s men who pay. It’s the same shit for nightclubs. Women are insanely desirable users purely for the sake of generating more revenue off the men.
- BugsJustFindMe 2y ago
  > How’re you going to get people to know about your app if you don’t have a large marketing budget? Why would you not have a marketing budget? > Also, no one wants to pay for a dating app upfront. Especially women. That's interesting, because I just read an article talking about how people, especially women, are fed up with their dating apps now. Maybe instead of abusing the women on your platform by stringing them along to keep them around for as long as possible, give them a good experience and get them to get their friends to sign up.
  - bradlys 2y ago
    You need money to have a marketing budget. How’re you going to get the budget? If you take VC money, you’re back at the same issue as every other dating app. Growth at all costs. You’d need a benevolent billionaire or something to make this app happen.
pydry 2y ago
Network effects.

bradlys 2y ago

You need a lot of users to make a dating app successful. That’s the biggest hurdle for any dating app currently. How’re you going to get people to know about your app if you don’t have a large marketing budget? It’s gonna be hard. You’d need a big influencer or celebrity or something to pimp it out. You’re then running into the same issue. Also, no one wants to pay for a dating app upfront. Especially women. Remember, women basically never pay for these apps. It’s men who pay. It’s the same shit for nightclubs. Women are insanely desirable users purely for the sake of generating more revenue off the men.

BugsJustFindMe 2y ago
> How’re you going to get people to know about your app if you don’t have a large marketing budget? Why would you not have a marketing budget? > Also, no one wants to pay for a dating app upfront. Especially women. That's interesting, because I just read an article talking about how people, especially women, are fed up with their dating apps now. Maybe instead of abusing the women on your platform by stringing them along to keep them around for as long as possible, give them a good experience and get them to get their friends to sign up.
- bradlys 2y ago
  You need money to have a marketing budget. How’re you going to get the budget? If you take VC money, you’re back at the same issue as every other dating app. Growth at all costs. You’d need a benevolent billionaire or something to make this app happen.

pydry 2y ago

Network effects.