Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy Allowed

Re:Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy... by _exnk on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:15AM (#21629510)

Purely a thought experiment here: what do you think would happen if rather than making "ugly people" free to message, you incentivized the message? Pay $1 per message to a hot person, get paid $1 per message to an ugly person.

I wonder if that market would find equilibrium.

Edit: I guess the "purely a thought experiment" disclaimer got dismissed by everybody looking for a little outrage today. This is not a business plan, I just think it's interesting to think about these things.

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Re:Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy... by streb-lo on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:24AM (#21629645)

I swear half the people on this website are social automatons.

"Hey, you're so ugly people get paid to message you! Thanks for using our service!" There is no way this would go over well.

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Re:Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy... by aembleton on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @05:04AM (#21636933)

But only for a short while. If people message you (even if they are paid to), the algorithm will determine that you're not so ugly.

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Re:Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy... by sangnoir on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:28AM (#21629727)

That's so easy to game this system - people will send "hey" to 10 non-hot people, just to be able to afford a proper message to one attractive person

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Re:Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy... by phantom784 on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:24AM (#21629655)

Paying people would just incentivize them to message people that they have no interest in dating anyways.

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Re:Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy... by _exnk on Monday November 25, 2019 @12:05PM (#21630171)

Yeah probably. I'm wondering if there isn't a way to incentivize actually taking the time to have a conversation with someone you're not immediately attracted to. Maybe like a conversation-length gate or rewards based on message recipient ratings of the message you send?

Alternatively something like a monthly allowance of credit and then an auction style messaging system would be interesting.

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Re:Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy... by vbtemp on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:19AM (#21629564)

Interesting idea, the floor does not have to be zero.

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