Comment on AI Will Save Dating Apps. Or Maybe Finally Kill Them

PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• misk@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah. When they had to fight for their user base. Even Tinder was reasonably usable couple of years ago. It paired me with my current partner which must be considered a marvel of technology.

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  • Trex202@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes, but by pairing you, it lost 2 users! That’s counterintuitive to capitalism.

    So if the AI works for the users, it will bring down the app.

    If the AI works for the investors, people will get bad pairings and it will bring down the app.

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    • ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hey, it’s not “bad pairings”, it’s just a very good pairing (with fake AI profile) that “unfortunately” could never have a conversation outside the app

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      • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Neuralink ftw lol.

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• Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah the OG OKCupid was incredible. Then it was bought out and became another swiping app.

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  • PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh was OKCupid a non Tinder like app back then? Good to know

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    • mint_tamas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, they had a system where you answered questions about a wide range of topics, and and answered what the ideal mate should say, then give a weight to how important that is for you. For example, you prefer chocolate over vanilla, and you want your mate to be the same, but it’s not an important factor. On the other hand, you prefer not to be a nazi, and it’s super important your mate isn’t one either. Also, there were IQ questions which allowed filtering out the stupid ones (like is the sun or the earth larger). Then the system would recommend profiles based on a match score computed from your answers. Really great. Got two relationships out of it, one is going 10 years today.

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      • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Adding onto this, it was totally free and you could just endlessly scroll through profiles, read them, look at their answers to questions, etc. No need to say “yes” or “no” to each profile judt to see the next one. And if you answered all of the personality questions (there were hundreds if not thousands) you were invited to become a site mod, which I did.

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• GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I had a modicum of success on OKC. In 2013.

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  • poo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ditto - a date from OKC in 2012 led to my current marriage

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    • TammyTobacco@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But not your next one.

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      • poo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And probably not my twentieth

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  • foggenbooty@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That was because OKC had long form quizzes and in depth bios. It has been Tinderized and is no longer recognizable.

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• DelightfullyDivisive@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I went on something like 50 dates with people that I found on online dating sites. This was between 2005 and 2007 (when I met my wife via Yahoo Personals.)

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• psyspoop@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I met my fiancée on a dating app circa 2014

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  • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And how much do you use dating apps now?

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    • psyspoop@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Considering I have a fiancée, never.

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      • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And that’s the point. When it works, they lose 2 customers forever.

        It’s a filtering process that removes all the diamonds in the rough. All that’s left is the rough.

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