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> More than 50% of men just never receive a like, and never means maybe 2 or 3 likes in the lifespan of several weeks

Half the user base are patsies is basically the fundamental design.




Math checks out:

if women use 4 criteria (face, body, money, iq) with a strict cutoff of even 55th percentile, they will reduce their like ratio to 4%. (0.45 ^ 4 =0.04)

Men are using only 2 criteria (face and body) to get to 25% like ratio: need 50th percentile on both: (0.5 ^ 2 = 0.25)




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