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They say "we'll pair you with another Ivy League student", but I wonder what they do to prevent alumni, professors, and staff from joining? Would people be as w
by lambda 12y ago
They say "we'll pair you with another Ivy League student", but I wonder what they do to prevent alumni, professors, and staff from joining? Would people be as willing to use this if they knew that it didn't solely consist of students?
- dskang 12y agoHey! We filter out known alumni email addresses (e.g. alumni.princeton.edu) but there's no way for us to differentiate between non-students and students if they both have a "student" email address.
- lambda 12y agoAlumni email addresses are sometimes filterable, due to a different domain, but faculty or staff generally aren't; at many schools, students, faculty, and staff get indistinguishable email addresses. I considered trying to sign up as an alum to test it out, but decided that I don't really have any interest in chatting with random Ivy League undergrads even if just for testing purposes.