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I posted this comment elsewhere here: Below is from http://caseysoftware.com/blog/working-for-a-dating-website http://caseysoftware.com/blog/working-for-a-dati
by jrs235 12y ago
I posted this comment elsewhere here:
Below is from http://caseysoftware.com/blog/working-for-a-dating-website http://caseysoftware.com/blog/working-for-a-dating-website
"Let’s think about their model again:
If someone joins the site and is unsuccessful, the site loses one customer.
If someone joins the site and is successful, the site loses two customers.
Wait, what?
That’s right. Making you successful can be bad for them. Now obviously, they need success stories to promote and recruit new customers but too many success stories and.. they lose."
- stillsut 12y agoExcept for the "craigslist early adopters", almost everyone who has done online dating has done so based on word-of-mouth recommendation from people they trust. Success = recommend to friends; Viral.
- mkr-hn 12y agoMany of them will come back when the relationship ends.
- sgustard 12y agoThey will breed more customers, give it a few years.