:cringe: :cringe: :cringe: :cringe: :cringe: WHO THE FUCK APPROVED THIS SHIT MARG BAR CAPITALISM :cringe: :cringe: :cringe: :cringe: :cringe:
Granted, this specific example is probably the worst way you could go about it, but I do think there's something to be said for just being straightforward and blunt.
I enjoy the brief ego boost
Which is what keeps you around.
there’s definitely something wrong with anyone into me enough to “super-like” right off the bat
Some folks have more cash than common sense. And if you're just looking for a mark, getting Super-Liked is a very different kind of indicator. Especially if you can somehow get a cut of the revenue.
The catfishers and con-artists are, paradoxically, what keep other people throwing money at the system. Getting attention from a picture of a slim girl in a bikini is seemingly worth it for chronically alienated folks with crippled self-esteem.
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Send pictures of your genitals to every user within a 5, 10, 25, or 100 mile radius. Users must stare at them for a sustained 5 seconds before receiving new matches, eye-tracking technology will be used to verify authenticity. Scaling prices depending upon hidden algorithmic ratings of attractiveness.
Tinder is going to introduce more stuff like this everytime they want more money, so expect regular classist updates adding more microtransactions to your digital dating experience
Oh and every other app is going to want to get on the gravy train too with this, capitalism encourages innovation after all. Logging off still remains #1 way to meet people.
Should be noted that Tinder's also seeing a lot of competition in the Dating App market. So they're pivoting from the Grow Your Base model to the Extract Maximum Revenue From Your Regulars model, before finally falling into decline and neglect.
Oh and every other app is going to want to get on the gravy train too with this
I'm sure plenty of apps with brag about how they don't have these features. And Tinder will counter that not having these features is bad because how can you be a sex pest towards your parasocial crush without paying someone to jam your content in their faces?
In a few years, I'm confident we'll see an Ashley Madison-esque scandal that reveals a bunch of these profiles are completely fake and people have been throwing their money at Chatbots with half-naked women as their avatars.
There's not really "competition" in the dating app market because pretty much everyone who uses one app uses all the apps at some point. I've gotta believe (at least for my own sanity) that the vast majority of users aren't paying any money to use the apps, but I'm probably wrong unfortunately. There's people who pay for coaches and professionals photos to effectively play a video game that they think will get them a bf/gf. Sad all around.
I’ve gotta believe (at least for my own sanity) that the vast majority of users aren’t paying any money to use the apps
The goal isn't to get a little buy in from lots of people so much as it is to a lot of buy in from a few people. That's the standard model for Free-2-Play-Pay-2-Win games.
Chasing the Whale: Examining the ethics of free-to-play games
My research didn't just focus on triple-A PC games either -- many of Nexon's free-to-play titles came up numerous times. One player told me that he has spent around $3,000 on MapleStory, including dropping a whole $500 in an attempt to create a single weapon in the game. But he says that he is easily one of the lower-end players, and that he regularly talks to people who have spent upwards of $10,000 on the game.
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Another player I talked to found themselves spending more than $5,000 on a Nexon game called Mabinogi, mainly on cosmetic items. "There were plenty of times when the rent would go unpaid because I had spent the money on the game instead," he says. "However, I don't know if I can blame the game for that. If I hadn't spent the money on Mabinogi, I would have spent it on something else."
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I also came across numerous far more outlandish stories. One player, who called himself Gladoscc, told me that he used to play a web-based MMO called eRepublik, in which players waged wars against each other. In total, Gladoscc spent more than $30,000 on the game. "The geniusly evil part about eRepublik is that you have to spend money in order to neutralize the enemy's money," he says. "It's spreadsheet PVP, though. The social aspect is what kept me in."
I refuse to believe that anyone has spent more than $100 on dating apps, simply for my own sanity. Any reports of that must be fraud.
Jesus Christ, they'll monetise everything. Real late-stage capitalist hellworld vibes
Nah I'm talking about "how to be a non problematic dater" kind of stuff for liberals. Kind of like Robin Diangelo's White Fragility stuff but for dating. Capitalism infects everything.
Step away from the lathe, comrade. It's not worth it, you know the harm it can do!
Also, PUA for libs will still be PUA, but with extra steps. It's main function will be to teach the mental gymnastics necessary to act like a creep and be convinced you're actually an ally. Which is already a thing, just needs some Capitalist Innovation (TM) to start monetizing.
"Please please please talk to me I'm so desperate for any women's attention just any woman at all please I'll even pay 4 dollars just for you please."
This is why we need the :volcel-vanguard:
To keep honest comrades honest
This feature is literally taking advantage of online-guys' collective delusions and paranoia about "80/20 bro, girls are like goldfish who will instantly ignore you because Chad will show up on her feed ahead of you".
Just the inevitable metamorphasis from Tinder to OnlyFans.
I wouldn't even be surprised if they've got some kind of side-hustle or recruitment pipeline thing going on.
Inb4 removed because any mention of sexuality infringes on "volcel"
I hope this is a bit, there's a very obvious difference between pointing out the forces of capital literally monetizing human relation (literally relevant to the purpose of the site) and being horny on main
In this particular context it's a bit, but I have been frustrated with some of the recent removals for "volcel" so I'm venting.
No one got banned to my knowledge, it's just overzealous removal. I'm a comm mod, so I've been guilty of overzealous removal too.
For the low low price of $4 per partner, you too can act like a total creep!
Shit like this is why I refuse to bother with dating apps. This is atrocious.
I just hate meeting someone in real life and then finding out she's a liberal or wants an incompatible life. On the apps I get a good sense of who they are before making a plunge
Dating apps are fine if you just treat them like a casual game. People have a bad time because they take that shit way, way too seriously, and companies like Tinder encourage that with these microtransactions.
