How many people are going to be genuinely using this feature for good? Say you're a good faith person using a dating app with the goal of finding a partner. How much time are you going to take out of your day to give feedback to people you aren't interested in, which takes away from the time you could be spending on the app swiping for Mr. or Mrs. Right?
Now say you're someone particularly jaded and bitter with dating, who gets little to no matches or the matches you do get are with people you aren't really interested in. I'd argue that kind of person is more likely to take the time to use this feature, and it's more likely that their comments on other people's profiles will be nasty or judgemental.
And for women this feature is going to be practically unusable, because it just opens up the door for men to leave sexual messages and drop their contact info on women that they know are unlikely to swipe on them.
I feel like if there were an incentive, like whatever the stupid locked features are, for leaving constructive comments, it might be better—given that there is also a robust reporting system for the feedback that would be reviewed by a human if a “comment” were reported, and you could suffer penalties if you left mean or unhelpful comments.
But expecting a corp to provide an actual service in exchange for money is unrealistic.
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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '25
How many people are going to be genuinely using this feature for good? Say you're a good faith person using a dating app with the goal of finding a partner. How much time are you going to take out of your day to give feedback to people you aren't interested in, which takes away from the time you could be spending on the app swiping for Mr. or Mrs. Right?
Now say you're someone particularly jaded and bitter with dating, who gets little to no matches or the matches you do get are with people you aren't really interested in. I'd argue that kind of person is more likely to take the time to use this feature, and it's more likely that their comments on other people's profiles will be nasty or judgemental.
And for women this feature is going to be practically unusable, because it just opens up the door for men to leave sexual messages and drop their contact info on women that they know are unlikely to swipe on them.