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 adamlett on Monday November 25, 2019 @12:00PM (#21630119)

Yes, I think this is by far the biggest problem here. I’m sure there are some women who would enjoy knowing that only those willing to pay the most, would be able to court them. But I would wager that most women would feel differently. Presumably a dating service finds potential mates who are good personality match, not just who are more willing or able to pay.

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Re:Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy... by vbtemp on Monday November 25, 2019 @12:08PM (#21630219)

I don't think so.

The person would not know how much the sender "paid" for the "postage" for that message. From ANYONE's point of view, they are not receiving more than N messages per day, as N+1 would become exponentially, prohibitively more expensive.

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Re:Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy... by hrktb on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @02:52AM (#21636363)

This is not an info that you can hide from users for very long.

You will have people who start with a profile in both sides to see how it works. It’s done for fun on free platforms, it will done for research on any paying platform.

If they don’t do it personally they’ll ask friends that will spill the beans.

People will rant online on how much they paid for a single text sent.

It’s just endless, the service will need to be transparent and forthcoming about the system or it becomes a PR nightmare.

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