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When you suspect dating apps profit from your loneliness

My dating app matches keep ghosting me and I started wondering if the algorithm is showing me to people who will not like me to keep me paying.

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The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Platforms designed to solve problems may have economic incentives to perpetuate rather than resolve them.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.