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tkk23 on Oct 11, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Never pay for online dating (2010)

Have you considered the network effect? Users can't switch if there is no competitor with possible matches.

londons_explore on Oct 11, 2022 [–]

There is also a network effect for data. A dating site with few users doesn't collect much data, so can't train an ML algorithm to do a good job of showing you interesting matches.

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