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I actually wanted to suggest government funded online dating, so we aren't beholden to godawful Tinder and its clones (OkCupid was great for me until it got bou
by pixelpoet 9mo ago
I actually wanted to suggest government funded online dating, so we aren't beholden to godawful Tinder and its clones (OkCupid was great for me until it got bought out and turned into Tinder).
- kylehotchkiss 9mo agoI have a slightly different angle on that - Government mandated open algorithms, exposure of sort factors (are you in the back of the line in the swipe queue), and monthly disclosure of male/female ratios. Yeah, it'll effectively crush their business models and then they actually need to start solving the problems they've created (extreme superficiality, not background checking users, not addressing bots, not acknowledging that US has an implicit class system) I'm trying to figure out if I have enough energy to try to pitch this to my representatives office, but I don't know if 30-40% adults never marrying or falling birth rates would be arguments that democratic politician would care to act upon.
- platevoltage 9mo agoOkCupid was great before it got turned into a swiping app. Such a shame.
- pixelpoet 9mo agoA lot of people (silently) disliked my opinion, interestingly.
- platevoltage 9mo agoThey probably didn't like the "government funded" part. I don't think I disagree. I'd hate to see what a government operated dating app would look like under my government. I doubt someone like me would be allowed on it.