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Singapore govt dating app uses Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm

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  1. qihqi · · focus · HN ↗
    Depending on the which gender does the initiation; the result is either male optimal (males get the best he can get, females gets the worst among those she would tolerate) or female optimal. I wonder which version this one is.
    1. dotcoma · · focus · HN ↗
      Is it necessarily so?

      And doesn't something of the same kind happen in real-life, in some societies or countries or cities male-optimal and in others female-optimal ?

      1. loeg · · focus · HN ↗
        It is necessarily so if you're using Gale-Shapley for heterosexual matching, yes.
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