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Federated Dating App? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was trying to explain federated websites to a friend and she asked if there is a federated dating app. She recently went through a break up and the apps are dreadful as I'm sure many of you know.

It'd be hard to launch a dating system on the fediverse because it the type of service that relies heavily on network effects. People want to be on the dating app with the most people. However, I think there is an opportunity because the mainstream apps are so notoriously awful, monetized, and enshitified.

It could be a community within an existing network or it could be its own website. I don't know, I'm just putting the idea out there.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Probably very difficult due to network effect indeed. Also privacy would be a challenge I guess?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

forgot about DMs lmao, thanks blaze for correcting me

~~Isn't privacy basically irrelevant to a dating app? you're giving your own info (headshot, name, hobbies, location i think?) voluntarily. Do correct me if i am wrong though.~~

~~(There is some information that is sketchy for the company to be collecting though, such as app usage and contacts)~~

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's more how to keep the information between two people, such as messages. As we know, messages on Lemmy can be seen by admins

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Right. I forgot about those. E2EE is probably especially necessary for a dating app.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

You could give a handle for matrix chat for that.

Matrix chat are private between the participants.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Not everything needs to happen in the Fediverse. E.g, you can have the messaging part delegated to email, xmpp, matrix... Then you add a system where the other party needs to send a "request for contact info" separate from the public profile.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Indeed. A lot of places that offer encrypted messaging are just built on things like XMPP without most people realising. WhatsApp is, I believe.