Re:Facebook chooses Canada for Dating feature launch
by dvtrn on Friday November 09, 2018 @04:52PM
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People are hard, and cannot be solved with engineering.
I just realized this was the force behind it the whole time, when I read the line about casual versus long-term relationships that made an eyebrow arch up, what you just said is what made me so skeptical.
Reading everyone else's thoughtful responses: of course Facebook doesn't want to adjudicate dating choices, Facebook employs engineers who need $stuff to work on. 'Dating' is another feature for a tech company that sells ads.
Re:Facebook chooses Canada for Dating feature launch
by gowld on Friday November 09, 2018 @05:21PM
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That sounds nice in theory, but why do you think your coparent would be interested in such an arrangement? Dating your spouse is far easier logisitically than dating anyone else, once you have kids eating up your time.
Re:Facebook chooses Canada for Dating feature launch
by toomuchtodo on Friday November 09, 2018 @08:53PM
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Because they too don’t want a monogamous relationship (ie polyamorous lifestyle). Life is too short to commit to only one person (my opinion, ymmv).
Shared Google calendars solve the logistics issue.
Social networks are part of the problem, but people not knowing what they want is also part of the problem. People are hard, and cannot be solved with engineering.