Re:One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are ...
by tfehring on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @01:21PM
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I think using Android can be either a low income signal or a Grey Tribe [0] cultural signal, and people on dating sites might want to screen out either (or both).
Like you said, it’s about arbitrary norms, but we make assumptions about others all the time based on which norms we follow. An analogy from a different angle is that texting your Tinder match from an Android phone is a bit like applying for a tech job with a @hotmail.com email address.
[0] https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anythin...
Re:One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are ...
by jcelerier on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @01:36PM
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.. people use SMS on tinder ? I had overall a couple hundred matches and going through classic text has been exceedingly rare, 80% of the time conversations move on to instagram, and otherwise to fb messenger or whatsapp
Re:One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are ...
by mrep on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @02:48PM
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Guessing you are not in the US? I am and all matches I have had on hinge have moved onto text and I have had a girl comment on the green bubbles. I don't even have fb messenger or whatsapp installed.
Re:One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are ...
by jcelerier on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @04:21PM
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Yes, France (and Canada where I moved recently looks like the same so far)
This doesn’t match my experience. Almost everyone I work with has an iPhone.
Anyway, having a good income isn’t the whole story. It’s probably also about willingness to conform to subtle, arbitrary social norms. Plenty of women are more attracted to a guy who dresses well, despite the fact that plenty of techies wear free hoodies. I think that’s a better analogy.