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A seemingly obvious solution is to limit the number of women that men can contact, something like 2 every 24 hours. That way men are incentivized to put some ef
by orangecat 12y ago
A seemingly obvious solution is to limit the number of women that men can contact, something like 2 every 24 hours. That way men are incentivized to put some effort into their messages, and women actually have an opportunity to read them due to reduced spam. It should be a win-win for everyone except the spammers, but I haven't heard of any sites that do it.
- Kalium 12y agoNow I have N accounts and message whoever I like with those N accounts. Basically, a site has to offer something to both women and men to do better than OKC. That proposal just puts a minor speed bump in front of men. As a group, men have few compunctions about abusing sites in order to get what they want. Multiple accounts to spam women is not a significant obstacle.
- orbitur 12y ago> Now I have N accounts and message whoever I like with those N accounts. And now you have to work harder to manage that, reducing the probability that you'll be doing it.
- Kalium 12y agoNah. Someone writes a script. It becomes a browser extension. Now it's zero work. Women abandon your site, because the experience is no better than OKCupid. Men follow suit, because they tend to go where the women are. Basically, your approach is the functional equivalent of DRM. With all the problems that go with that.
- orbitur 12y agoThat still takes effort beyond just signing up. I think you're overestimating the willingness of the average guy to either script something up or go out of his way to find a browser extension. Most people's knowledge of browser extensions begins and ends with AdBlock anyway.
- Kalium 12y agoIt doesn't take much to go "Hey brah, follow this link, it'll let you hit on dozens of chicks a day". But you know what? It doesn't take all that many before women have experiences not so different from that of OKC.