[HN Gopher] Tinder charges more for young gays, lesbians and the...
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       Tinder charges more for young gays, lesbians and the over-30s, says
       Which?
        
       Author : giuliomagnifico
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2022-01-21 19:15 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.independent.co.uk)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.independent.co.uk)
        
       | sneak wrote:
       | Of course they do. All marketplaces like Tinder are ways of
       | selling access to the 18-29 year old women who are attracted to
       | men sector of the userbase (the scarce element in the equation)
       | to the rest of the userbase.
       | 
       | To dating apps that aren't specifically gay/bi focused,
       | everything else is a rounding error.
       | 
       | The OKCupid founder's data book was really eye-opening.
        
         | killingtime74 wrote:
         | May you link that data book please?
        
           | sneak wrote:
           | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dataclysm
           | 
           | (the first google result for "okcupid founder data book")
        
       | LorenPechtel wrote:
       | This makes me suspicious that what's really going on is they are
       | offering a lower price to those most in demand. It's in their
       | interest to have more desirable prospects show up.
        
         | literalsunbear wrote:
         | Can you describe how that's any different from saying "Tinder
         | charges more for young gays, lesbians and the over-30s"?
        
           | kryogen1c wrote:
           | making an economic decision to make more money is different
           | than making an identitarian decision to hurt a group you dont
           | like.
        
             | literalsunbear wrote:
             | So are you saying that Tinder doesn't charge more for these
             | cohorts?
        
               | kryogen1c wrote:
               | im saying that if they are, there are reasonable
               | explanations besides bigotry.
        
               | jevoten wrote:
               | You keep repeating that, but did anyone say that?
        
               | literalsunbear wrote:
               | I guess I'm just curious as to what would compel someone
               | to be so pedantic about something like this, unless
               | they're just that willing to go to bat for a company who
               | is obviously discriminating against these groups.
        
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         | sli wrote:
         | It's in their best interest for less desirable prospects to
         | show up and keep paying for Tinder Gold. Desirable prospects
         | will leave the platform; they're valuable for marketing the
         | platform, but are not valuable as customers.
        
       | endomorphism wrote:
        
       | tyingq wrote:
       | The article this keeps refering to:
       | https://www.which.co.uk/news/2022/01/tinders-unfair-pricing-...
        
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