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> What I don't see is that people join the institution with that market as an intention.

Perhaps that happens because society would judge people to be creepy if they did that. Imagine you were a man and you announced to the world that you joined a yoga class not for yoga but for finding a girlfriend. The vibe that you broadcast would probably backfire on you.

I'm experimenting on adding dating/marriage market to the institutions like educational institutions, work, sports clubs, and so on.

I'm working on SwanLove (https://swan.love). Right now, it's just an ordinary centralized dating website. But I plan to build a decentralized dating app (without crypto). It's akin to GitLab or WordPress. Say, you own a gym. You can host my dating app yourself (https://yourgym/dating) or on my site (https://swanlove/yourgym). Then anyone who wants to join your dating app must have your gym membership.

This way, a man in your gym who is attracted to a woman can send his like in your dating app. A woman can ignore or receive the romance invitation. Without this dating app, a man has to approach a woman in your gym. That, to some extent, can make a woman uncomfortable. You read some complaints from women about unwanted advances from men in gym.

You would say that hitting on women is not appropriate in gym. So which places are okay to hit on women? My female friend told me that it's okay to hit on her in yoga classes. But what about tennis club, salsa club, workplaces?

This is why I'm experimenting with this decentralized dating app. I know, I know, to some extent, this dating app can kill spontaneity.

parent langitbiru 5 years ago

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