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The top 78% of women are competing for the attention of the top 20% of men. While the bottom 80% of men are competing for the bottom 22% of women.
Steve From Accounting • The Unplugged Alpha: The No Bullsh*t Guide To Winning With Women & Life
When it comes to the business of dating apps, the most relevant principle isn’t necessarily patriarchal, but inherently capitalist: celibate, app-less women are not lucrative, an issue that the entire industry is grappling with.
How Celibate Women Became a Threat
In addition to being modeled after addictive casino games, online dating and apps are optimized for user engagement (i.e. membership and advertising revenue) instead of user desired outcome (i.e. finding your future husband).
Camille Virginia • The Offline Dating Method: How to Attract a Great Guy in the Real World
The idea is to initially attract users with a single-player tool and then, over time, get them to participate in a network. The tool helps get to initial critical mass. The network creates the long term value for users, and defensibility for the company.
cdixon.org • Come for the Tool, Stay for the Network
Well, the Marriage Pact, an annual matching ritual that has become popular on nearly 90 college campuses around the U.S., has turned that dusty cliche into fun.
And a few couples have found lasting love.
Nearly half a million students have participated since the pact first rolled out at... See more
