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Re:Tinder to charge older users more for premium facilities by samoli on Monday March 02, 2015 @06:00PM (#9134965)
> That is potentially a deliberate attempt to skew the demographics of their user base towards younger users

Or maybe those over 28 are willing to pay more, and this is a move to maximize revenue.

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Re:Tinder to charge older users more for premium facilities by bazookajoes on Monday March 02, 2015 @09:46PM (#9135825)
> Or maybe those over 28 are willing to pay more, and this is a move to maximize revenue.

This does happen to be the motivation that Tinder stated.

> Tinder is no different; during our testing we've learned, not surprisingly, that younger users are just as excited about Tinder Plus, but are more budget constrained and need a lower price to pull the trigger."

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