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otter@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The only one here I think might not be appropriate (at least in the way that other fediverse platforms are structured) is dating apps. There’s a much greater need for moderation, privacy, and safety when it comes to dating apps.

We do need something different, especially because all the big dating apps are controlled by a single company (and the rest form the rest of the oligopoly), but the Fediverse may not be the right way to do it. Open Source but centralized might be the way to go

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PropaGandalf@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I am convinced that decentralisation and publicity and secure private chats are not mutually exclusive if you use the appropriate protocols. On the one hand, activityPub, which is suitable for communication and discoverability between the instances, and on the other hand, a secure messaging protocol such as matrix, which can be used for private chats.

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- some_guy@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Well if you’re convinced I’m sure everyone will jump on board then!
  
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  - PropaGandalf@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Dude what are you talking about? Have I ever mentioned that I want to convince anyone? Stop hallucinating things.
    
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Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Especially the safety aspect. The big platforms have extensive moderation tools to keep the creepers out. And most dating apps are still widely unappealing to women because most men on them are creepy as fuck. That's also why you can't send pictures or even links on Tinder: guys just won't stop sending dick pics as if that's appealing.

I can't imagine if you can basically make a fully anonymous profile on an instance like exploding-heads and hexbear how fucking awful the experience would be, especially for women and minorities. And who do you trust to moderate your personal conversations going toxic, especially if the report propagates to the original also toxic enabling instance?

Or the sheer amount of spam, OnlyFans baits and escort services that would dominate such a platform.

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ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
As for dating apps, do you think gender disparity would be a problem? Largely queer communities like !196@lemmy.blahaj.zone would rejoice but straight men don’t stand much of a chance.

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- PropaGandalf@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Also different fetish and kink communities.
  
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Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You’ve gotta remember, just because the norm is one way - there’s an audience out there for which this would be a safety improvement.

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