Alovoa: Open-Source Dating App

40/m. In my metro of 2.9m people, I see two profiles, each with a different picture of the same person and an almost identical generic one-liner for a bio.

I changed my location to NYC and now get a whopping three results, all obviously fake.

This is interesting. One of my concerns with dating apps has always been that if they are in it for profit, isn't it in their best interest to keep users single?

If the reason people are using dating apps is to find a long term relationship, helping that will ultimately reduce their pool of potential users. If users want to stay single and just date, then they'll remain. But the long term incentive for users seems to be against what would be the most profitable for the apps themselves.

Maybe I'm wrong here or the market saturation just won't reach that point. But it's always been a curious thing for me.

I'm surprised nobody else has pointed out yet, the majority of the most popular dating apps are owned by Match Group. At least in the United States, I can't speak for the rest of the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_Group

IME dating apps are pretty much broken, and yield a deeply frustrating experience for most users. There are some entrenched apps that have the vast bulk of users despite their shortcomings. Unless someone figures out a way to give a better experience, that’s not going to change, open source or not.

I wouldn't want to date women who use an app because it's open source, but I'm sure many HNers are dying to.

You should consider seeding this with scraped profiles from some of the major sites. You could pair this with some conversational AI and call it a day. Even better, it’s not ghosting if it’s a bug, is it?

Is it?

> Your password needs to be at least 7 characters long and must contain characters and numbers.

I believe this is contrary to NIST recommendations