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Singapore govt dating app uses Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm

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  1. purplepatrick · · focus · HN ↗
    Cute. Of course, beyond basic deal breakers, neither do people know their preferences (but they think they do), nor do the majority of preference categories actually matter.

    This is a common problem with all dating apps. Specifically, interests, hobbies, daily routines, objectives, etc. have nothing to do with compatibility.

    “We like the same things!” is the compatibility signal of a naive 22-yr old…

    1. 615341652341 · · focus · HN ↗
      Yeah but they now have all those interests, hobbies, daily routines, objectives, etc. tied to an email address once they forward that information on.
      1. eru · · focus · HN ↗
        If you have a phone (or other device that connects to mobile networks), your government knows your daily routine anyway. And in Singapore, we have pervasive CCTV and face recognition.

        So not much of an extra loss in privacy.

        1. aleph_minus_one · · focus · HN ↗
          > If you have a phone (or other device that connects to mobile networks), your government knows your daily routine anyway.

          Because of this reason, quite a lot of people

          - don't actually own a mobile phone,

          - formally own a mobile phone, but only carry it around if the likelihood is very high that they will need it

          - if they need to be available via mobile phone for job reasons (and are thus survived), they prefer to use a feature phone or if it must be a smart phone, they don't install any additional apps or remove the additional surveillance functions from the operating system as far as easily possible

          1. jen20 · · focus · HN ↗
            Define “quite a lot” here?
          2. eru · · focus · HN ↗
            Yes, those weirdos exist. They don't seem to be a large part of the population in most places.

            (I use 'weirdo' as a technical term here. These people have my sympathies; I just mean that they are far from the average or normal person.)

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