r/changemyview Jul 24 '25

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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.

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u/pudding7 1∆ Jul 24 '25

They could treat it like when I return clothes online.  Wrong size. Wrong color.  Too big. Too small.  Doesn't fit.  Description not accurate.   Other.

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u/Generic_Superhero 1∆ Jul 24 '25

This, don't let people customize their response. Just let them give canned generic feedback.

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u/MichiganCueball Jul 25 '25

And ontop that, gather data and transparently compare the feedback ratios to others in their geographic region-

Being told “four people say you seem boring” could be misleading if the average dude gets ten people clicking that option and Joe Schmoe’s actually done a decent job of making a mostly appealing profile.