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How Singapore's government-run dating service works

255 points · 369 comments · danielfoster

  1. blodkorv · · focus · HN ↗
    I dont see how a goverment-run dating service would solve the issue that social-media had made hypergamy run on steroids and that people today have much higher demands on their partner than ever before.

    In sweden we have one semi popular dating site with minimal amount of matching algoritms and swiping and such and its no easier there to find a partner than on tinder.

    1. throwaway2037 · · focus · HN ↗

          > people today have much higher demands on their partner than ever before.
      
      "People"? For heteros, it is mostly women who have raised their demands. Seriously, are men raising their standards? For men under 30, they are probably lowering their standards!

      The best summary I have seen: Average women are no longer interested in average men. More details: Since women became economic equals to men, they are no longer interested in their economic equals. They want men who earn (much) more money than them, and that makes those men very rare.

      Specific to Sweden, is it really true that women now approach men? I heard about this trend in Denmark and Netherlands, but I am a bit suspicous because it is mostly anecdotal.

      1. blodkorv · · focus · HN ↗
        No they dont approach men more then they do anywhere else.
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