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		citizenpaul on Nov 4, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ‘Date me’ Google Docs and the hyper-optimized ques... Actually match corp owns idk at the moment but something like 90% of dating apps and sites. 100% of the popular ones so they are a monopoly. There has been some decent research highly suggesting match optimizes for failure of its customers. It makes sense since in their biz a happy customer us no longer a customer.

type-r on Nov 4, 2022 [–]

I could see that happening (whether on purpose or even inadvertently) but haven't seen any such literature myself. Do you have some references (asking earnestly)?

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