> I have always said that commercial dating apps have the wrong incentives.
What if commercial dating apps actually had their incentives aligned with their users?
I'm imagining an open clearinghouse of profiles that can be be consumed by multiple apps. The owner of each profile puts up a bounty. When a app proposes a match that causes the owner to go inactive for more than say a month, the app claims that bounty.
Obviously, there's some details missing here, but directionally, this incentivizes apps to propose good matches, so they can claim the money. It also allows head-to-head competition, forcing the whole market to improve.
What if commercial dating apps actually had their incentives aligned with their users?
I'm imagining an open clearinghouse of profiles that can be be consumed by multiple apps. The owner of each profile puts up a bounty. When a app proposes a match that causes the owner to go inactive for more than say a month, the app claims that bounty.
Obviously, there's some details missing here, but directionally, this incentivizes apps to propose good matches, so they can claim the money. It also allows head-to-head competition, forcing the whole market to improve.