• frunch@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    Makes perfect sense! How many companies would you expect to own all the popular dating sites? 5? 10?

    Of course not! There should only be one company controlling entire markets, it’s the American way 🤡

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    11 days ago

    And the best part? Matching algorithms don’t do shit. You can’t actually predict attraction and interest based on matching character traits.

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      11 days ago

      Nah matching algorithms are ineffective because a) people don’t know what they want and/or b they’re wildly unrealistic about what they want and/or they’re delusional about their market value.

      B is evidenced by the much joked about every woman wanting a 6’4 30yr old earning 7 figures who is good looking,single (not cheating) kind and funny (maybe 0.01% of the dating pool at most)

      C is self evident - 3s who think they’re 10s or the woman with 3 kids from 3 fathers not recognising that’s a red flag.

      A is the one that confounds the matching system though. People will say they want X, but have spent the last decade dating Y. The pic and profile thing is supposed to get ppl to reveal their actual preferences but it doesn’t seem very effective

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        11 days ago

        No, there’s actually no evidence that they work. Period. Not because people don’t know what they want–although that’s true–but because they can’t predict how people will feel in person. Attraction is incredibly complicated, and it doesn’t come down to checking a whole lot of boxes. The idea of ‘market value’ is pure incel bullshit; that’s the reason that incels do things like looksmaxxing, and it’s also the reason that it utterly fails.

        At best, they can help screen people for core values, e.g., I’m not going to be able to get along with an evangelical christian, and I’m certainly not going to be able to date anyone that believes that firearms should be banned or heavily restricted. But even that’s difficult, because people that seem to have radically different values can still have good relationships with each other.

        Most of it is a placebo effect.

        https://hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/i4eb4e8b/download/pdf

  • Delilah@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 days ago

    Here are all the sites the match group owns. All of the ‘* people meet’ sites are making me laugh.

    Archer Asian People Meet Babyboomer People Meet BB People Meet Black Christian People Meet Black People Meet Black Professional People Meet BLK Catholic People Meet Chinese People Meet Chispa Delightful Democratic People Meet Divorced People Meet Genxpeoplemeet Her Hinge Indiamatch Interracial People Meet Italian People Meet J People Meet Latino People Meet Ldsplanet Little People Meet Loveandseek Marriage Minded People Meet Match.com Match Japan OkCupid Ourtime Pairs People Meet Pet People Meet Plenty of Fish Republican People Meet Salams Seniorblack People Meet Single People Meet Sniffies (minority stake)[63][64] Stir The League Tinder Upward Yuzu

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      11 days ago

      If you want each entry to appear on a new line, you need to put two spaces at the end of each line.

      Line 1
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      If you want a paragraph break, use two newlines

      Paragraph 1

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        Archer

        Asian People Meet

        Babyboomer People Meet

        BB People Meet

        Black Christian People Meet

        Black People Meet

        Black Professional People Meet

        BLK

        Catholic People Meet

        Chinese People Meet

        Chispa

        Delightful

        Democratic People Meet

        Divorced People Meet

        Genxpeoplemeet

        Her

        Hinge

        Indiamatch

        Interracial People Meet

        Italian People Meet

        J People Meet

        Latino People Meet

        Ldsplanet

        Little People Meet

        Loveandseek

        Marriage Minded People Meet

        Match.com

        Match Japan

        OkCupid

        Ourtime

        Pairs

        People Meet

        Pet People Meet

        Plenty of Fish

        Republican People Meet

        Salams

        Seniorblack People Meet

        Single People Meet

        Sniffies (minority stake)[63][64]

        Stir

        The League

        Tinder

        Upward

        Yuzu