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I have never used Tinder, but if I understand it correctly men and women must mutually "like" each other before messaging, but what happens in practice is that

• k__ 12y ago
  There are a bunch of sex-date-sites on the web, where guys have to pay if they want to message women and women can message them for free. Maybe the women who use Tinder want to be 100% sure "he" liked them?
  • jiggy2011 12y ago
    But if the like threshold is so low that people are automating it then is it even useful? Perhaps a better solution would be to allow women to select men that they are interested in and then those men get the option of messaging the women? If someone bothers to message you it would be a better signal than swiping the screen but then it might be depressing if you select some men and then none of them message you?
    • k__ 12y ago
      Oh, don't get me wrong, I think online dating is broken to the core :D I just try to understand the people using it :) In the last 12 months I met about 7 people with romantic interest in me only one of them was from a dating site AND she I already knew her from a party. But theoretically I should meet more on dating sites.
• nl 12y ago
  On average that makes sense, but it breaks badly for some critical cases such as very attractive men. If those users are driven away then the application becomes less attractive to women.