This made an interesting thought occur to me - rating the people you reject.
! = Nice person, but not for me
? = Something odd in the profile
- = Negative interactions during conversations
Percentages would reveal the creeps, so people could filter them out. Or the ratings could be stars, of course; just like on Amazon, a "seller" with an aggregate rating of just one star after 100 reviews is trusted only by those who have yet to learn to check the ratings...
All of this is still antithetical to the business model of subscription services. Creeps who keep trying are profitable.
- are there any measurable factors indicating someone is a good match? Okcupid claimed to match people with others who gave similar answers to their questions, but I had some fates with a high match % and still no chemistry.
- speaking of chemistry, check out https://smell.dating/ . No idea if it works, but at least it’s a novel approach.
- people have different goals, from finding love to sex/ friends/ … (and may not be open about this). Can an app take that into account?
- I heard from several girls that guys sometimes open conversations with direct sexual remarks, which violates the mind set of „natch - have a conversation - get to know each other irl if there’s any chemistry“. How to handle this?