Respectfully, I think you're wrong on your conclusion. There's a lack of alignment between a person's explicitly declared preferences and the things which actu

Respectfully, I think you're wrong on your conclusion. There's a lack of alignment between a person's explicitly declared preferences and the things which actually make them happy. This is so ridiculously true when it comes to dating on and offline. I think this is the real, society advancing problem on which dating centric startups should focus. I'm all for indulging people (and making a buck), but sites like this one generally are useless, depressing, and alienating to a good number of their users. Edit: There's also a really harmful cycle of addiction which a lot of people get into on these sites. Quite often the proprietors design their dating sites to promote such cycles, and it's more than a little depressing. To see what I'm talking about, read Ian Bogost's Cow Clicker post [1], and then imagine that the daunting chore of participating in the "social game" is directly tied to your self worth. At the very least please don't do that to your users. 1: http://bogost.com/writing/blog/cow_clicker_1/ http://bogost.com/writing/blog/cow_clicker_1/