▲ 611 ▼ TIL that one company owns Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, Match.com and at least 40 more dating sites/apps (en.wikipedia.org) submitted 3 weeks ago by als@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/til@lemmy.world 142 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] UPGRAYEDD@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children) And they have made the apps intentionaly worse, because a successful dating app deletes its users. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago The proof lies in them not bothering to ask, "Why did you reject this person?" If they actually took note, they would zero in on your type immediately and send you only people of that type and you'd match within weeks. They don't want that lol. They want you to hang around... permalink fedilink source parent [–] mobyduck648@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago Yeah it's one of those cases where basic material interest ought to cast suspicion on the apps in my view. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago The proof lies in them not bothering to ask, "Why did you reject this person?" If they actually took note, they would zero in on your type immediately and send you only people of that type and you'd match within weeks. They don't want that lol. They want you to hang around... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mobyduck648@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago Yeah it's one of those cases where basic material interest ought to cast suspicion on the apps in my view. permalink fedilink source parent