Dating apps, lots of frustration, power law - men go for top 5%, women likewise
“The tyranny of aggregation: When choice is infinite, the average is invisible.”
So in that context, women aren’t selecting for looks alone — they’re selecting for the signal that breaks through the noise. The men who receive attention are those whose entire presentation — looks, style, lighting, mystery — cuts through the numb scrolling and earns a stop, a click, a message.
Orion Tereban makes this argument is true anyway regardless of app ecosystem or not; but it must exaggerate it.
OnePond – idea to match based on similarities and niche interests. If people are matching off a 'vibe' on Instagram etc . Dating is becoming a global market. Why restrict to geography? Maybe someoen I'm very similar with exists in Japan or Austin.
Premiss simple; get people's interests, embed onto a graph, and match on similarities.
Distribution?
Either get people fed up with existing apps or introverts/'nerds' with niche interests looking for that connection in common.
Could be Reddit or anything else.
