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How dating algorithms claim to understand desire

My dating app matches me with people based on data I never gave them and I am starting to wonder if they know what I want better than I do.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Romantic matchmaking systems assert authority over the mystery of attraction by reducing love to predictable patterns and purchasable outcomes.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Corporate surveillance and data extraction?”

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