I was trying to explain federated websites to a friend and she asked if there is a federated dating app. She recently went through a break up and the apps are dreadful as I'm sure many of you know.

It'd be hard to launch a dating system on the fediverse because it the type of service that relies heavily on network effects. People want to be on the dating app with the most people. However, I think there is an opportunity because the mainstream apps are so notoriously awful, monetized, and enshitified.

It could be a community within an existing network or it could be its own website. I don't know, I'm just putting the idea out there.

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[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago (2 children)

We should recreate that old OkCupid matching system where users make, answer, and vote on the importance of different questions.

[–] rglullis@communick.news 11 points 7 months ago

Already did it for https://cupid.careers/... I can easily port it to another site to make a dating Fediverse actor

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