▲ 16 ▼ Are there any descent open source dating apps/communities? (fedinsfw.app) submitted 2 hours ago by bifoxyboy@fedinsfw.app to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 9 comments fedilink hide all child comments Dating apps are designed to keep you on them and are malicious by nature. What are the best ways to meet people these days?
[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago* (1 child) What are the best ways to meet people these days? The best ways are the same as they've always been. And, none of them involve technology. "Hey, they're cute. I wonder if... Welp, only one way to find out." permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 hours ago* “Hey, they’re cute. I wonder if… Welp, only one way to find out.” Step 1: Post "How do I approach someone I'm attracted to without seeming like a creep?" on !asklemmy@lemmy.world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 hours ago* “Hey, they’re cute. I wonder if… Welp, only one way to find out.” Step 1: Post "How do I approach someone I'm attracted to without seeming like a creep?" on !asklemmy@lemmy.world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 1 point 1 hour ago* alovoa and duolicious. Both don't have many people on them. permalink fedilink source
[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago (1 child) why does it matter if its open source? open source projects could still be designed to be algorithms keeping you on the site permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children) Open source means you can see how maliciously and constantly you are fucked over by the app. Honestly, I think most dating apps--owned by a single company--are probably breaking laws, and if they're not, we need to write some more. At least we can do an anti-trust case against Match: Match Group, Inc.[...] owns and operates the largest global portfolio of popular online dating services including Tinder Match dot com Meetic OkCupid Hinge Plenty of Fish Azar, and other dating global brands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_Group permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] tal@lemmy.today 9 points 2 hours ago Open source means you can see how maliciously and constantly you are fucked over by the app. The conversation during the first date largely consisted of the couple swapping notes on their respective code audits of the dating system. It was when Jeremy heard Sandra raise the issue that some of the site's metrics for individual users used Sturge's rule to bin users, but that off-site demographic data suggested that the distribution of several of these metrics were not symmetric, at that moment, that he knew that the two were meant to be. permalink fedilink source parent [–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago (1 child) but it being open source doesnt stop that. hence my question to OP. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago (1 child) I think it does stop that because people would know how they're being manipulated and not participate. I think the the fairer argument is that being open source doesn't get people to use it, and, since people want to be where everyone else is, they'll go to apps with marketing budgets and no requirement to learn how to federate your instance or whatever the fuck. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago we are talking cross purposes. and i really dont care that much to explain. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children) Open source means you can see how maliciously and constantly you are fucked over by the app. Honestly, I think most dating apps--owned by a single company--are probably breaking laws, and if they're not, we need to write some more. At least we can do an anti-trust case against Match: Match Group, Inc.[...] owns and operates the largest global portfolio of popular online dating services including Tinder Match dot com Meetic OkCupid Hinge Plenty of Fish Azar, and other dating global brands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_Group permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] tal@lemmy.today 9 points 2 hours ago Open source means you can see how maliciously and constantly you are fucked over by the app. The conversation during the first date largely consisted of the couple swapping notes on their respective code audits of the dating system. It was when Jeremy heard Sandra raise the issue that some of the site's metrics for individual users used Sturge's rule to bin users, but that off-site demographic data suggested that the distribution of several of these metrics were not symmetric, at that moment, that he knew that the two were meant to be. permalink fedilink source parent [–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago (1 child) but it being open source doesnt stop that. hence my question to OP. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago (1 child) I think it does stop that because people would know how they're being manipulated and not participate. I think the the fairer argument is that being open source doesn't get people to use it, and, since people want to be where everyone else is, they'll go to apps with marketing budgets and no requirement to learn how to federate your instance or whatever the fuck. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago we are talking cross purposes. and i really dont care that much to explain. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tal@lemmy.today 9 points 2 hours ago Open source means you can see how maliciously and constantly you are fucked over by the app. The conversation during the first date largely consisted of the couple swapping notes on their respective code audits of the dating system. It was when Jeremy heard Sandra raise the issue that some of the site's metrics for individual users used Sturge's rule to bin users, but that off-site demographic data suggested that the distribution of several of these metrics were not symmetric, at that moment, that he knew that the two were meant to be. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago (1 child) but it being open source doesnt stop that. hence my question to OP. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago (1 child) I think it does stop that because people would know how they're being manipulated and not participate. I think the the fairer argument is that being open source doesn't get people to use it, and, since people want to be where everyone else is, they'll go to apps with marketing budgets and no requirement to learn how to federate your instance or whatever the fuck. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago we are talking cross purposes. and i really dont care that much to explain. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago (1 child) I think it does stop that because people would know how they're being manipulated and not participate. I think the the fairer argument is that being open source doesn't get people to use it, and, since people want to be where everyone else is, they'll go to apps with marketing budgets and no requirement to learn how to federate your instance or whatever the fuck. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago we are talking cross purposes. and i really dont care that much to explain. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago we are talking cross purposes. and i really dont care that much to explain. permalink fedilink source parent
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