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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by jhull on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @03:36PM (#16631811)
What is a dating websites incentive to couple people up? They have seemingly reverse incentives too. The better a dating website is the less potential users it might eventually have.
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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by nrmitchi on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:46PM (#16632449)
I don't think that anyone here is trying to say that this is the only industry in existence that has reverse incentives (in that their success could limit their future).

I think it's a bit of a stretch to compare online dating to an industry which, quite literally, destroys peoples lives and often unfairly targets disadvantaged groups.

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