• frickineh@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    One of the most common complaints I read about dating apps is how many bots there are, so yeah, for sure add AI into the mix. That’s definitely what people want. Also, if you have to use AI to start a conversation, what are you gonna do when you meet someone in person? Match has really done the most to ruin online dating over the last several years, though, so this just seems like another step on the same path.

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        8 months ago

        Yeah they failed at that, at least for me. I deleted my one account over a year ago and can’t see myself ever going back. Apps are borderline useless at this point and I’d rather die alone than slog through one ever again.

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          They don’t need to retain users for very long, they just need to keep you around as long as possible.

          There’s always new single people aging into the dating pool, and thanks to Apple, the ones aging into it now are too tech illiterate, susceptible to lock-in tactics, brand loyal, and resistant to trying alternatives if it’s even marginally less popular or well known. All of which guarantees a steady flow of new singles to milk dry.

          The dating app scene is honestly one of the best examples out there of how fucked this unregulated app market is. Any time an app started to grow, started to chip away at the entrenchment of Match, they just bought it. It provided zero benefit to customers to let it happen, in fact it has made it all demonstrably worse.

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        8 months ago

        They make money with people looking for dates, not with people having found them.

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        8 months ago

        After x many failed conversations Tinder can now ask you if you would want to try an AI dating service. For the lonely losers who need some help. All for a monthly subscription.

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      8 months ago

      You could wear your Apple Vision Pro on the date and use Tinder AI to get live prompts like a modern Cyrano de Bergerac.

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      8 months ago

      If done right it could actually be decent for dealing with bots because it could keep them all busy wasting the bot master’s money

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      8 months ago

      I see AI chatting with bots in a nonstop loop soon… that’s okay, they can date each other!

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      8 months ago

      It used to be bots. Now it’s one-time profiles of chicks adding their Instagram and OnlyFans.

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      8 months ago

      Also, if you have to use AI to start a conversation, what are you gonna do when you meet someone in person?

      Oops! Didn’t work out. Back to the dating pool again.

      Also, if you want to upgrade from Gold dating pool to Platinum dating pool, please insert another $20 into the phone.