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Singapore govt dating app uses Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm

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thomasfl · 1790806356 · focus · HN ↗
Will Tinder be blamed for the sudden decline in fertility rate? Is there any other plausible explanstion to South Korea’s sudden and dramatic drop in fertility rate to 0.8? No matter how bad the housing market is or the job market is, there has never in history been such a drop in population.
1. password54321 · 1790806647 · focus · HN ↗
  Yes, dating apps turbocharge hypergamy. It is not a secret that the top 10% of men get a huge share of the likes received.
  Edit:
  Share of all likes received according to ChatGPT
  Top 1% 16.4%
  Top 5% 41.1%
  Top 10% 58.0%
  Top 50% 95.7%
  Bottom 50% 4.3%
  1. derektank · 1790807440 · focus · HN ↗
    Male hypergamy and polygyny has been practiced by many cultures historically. They had many problems, but low birth rates wasn’t among them. I don’t think dating apps are a sufficient causal explanation alone for low birth rates
    password54321 · 1790807903 · focus · HN ↗
    Back then you could have 10 wives and start a population of people named Khan.
    akimbostrawman · 1790838965 · focus · HN ↗
    >you could
    Could you? Are you part of the 1%?

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