Hey /biz/, I've been contemplating making a dating app,

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Users will only be able to view and match with a subset of nearby app users, based on compatible personality traits and interests. The trait selection UI is going to be intentionally gimmicky, in that it will be set up in a way so that selecting certain traits forces you to exclude others you might also want and include some you don't want. This forces users (and specifically women) to prioritize their interests instead of inputting an unattainable perfect ideal companion into the app.

Additionally, since only nearby users matching your preferences are shown, your options will tend to be more limited. This has the sideaffect of forcing users to be less hyper-selective when using the app, and go out on more actual dates to get to know the people.

Finally, and this part is most important, the app is going to attract users and force them not to be shallow by using using psychological suggestion in the marketing material, as well as within the app itself. Most men are already fed up with the current selection of dating apps for the reasons described above, so getting them to use the app will require less effort. However, in order gain female users, some industrial-scale guilt trips are going to be used. The current generation of women in their 20's have been praised their entire lives and have lost the ability to respond to criticism, and especially criticism coming from an unknown source. This whole app is based on the theory that it should then be possible to shame people into not being shallow with some clever marketing. A series of YouTube video ads will be run that follow hypothetical female Tinder/ Pink/ Bumble users and humorously highlight bad experiences that may result from selecting matches purely based on looks or other shallow criteria, followed by a more positive experience after using Soul. The goal is to make it humorous and impactful enough that it will go viral and drive user conversion for the app.

Is anyone interested?

I'll be making it in Apache Cordova so that it will be cross-platform, by the way.

>>1794310

I sense that, by this, you mean telling women the bad things that might happen to them if they select dates based on unrealistically high standards.

I think what might work at least equally well, if not better, is something like a cute little cartoon video that depicts a superficial ditz swiping left, so to speak, on a list of decent guys, looking for an 11/10 or something, and a disapproving girl, who is also cute but depicted as more down to Earth, who is shown picking your app.

If there's one thing people like, it's feeling like they do things because they're better than others.

So your app is going to punish people for having high standards? No one will use it.
People would rather go on a date with someone who lies about being perfect than deal with being told that their fantasy soulmate is unattainable.

anon.
Lets say you are into basketball. You go to a basketball match, the girl sitting two rows down is a fat whale with glasses, braces and smells.

Would you want to go on a date, just because you both like basketball?

I don't see it working. People want to choose, they want the feeling of power (real or imaginary), your app takes that away from them imo, by letting some algorithm decide on basic shit. Hell i have quite some nerdy hobbies and things i enjoy, and i specifically hide these things from girls i date/fuck and would NEVER be interested in the girls that like that shit, except a 12/10 unicorn from mars, if you catch my drift.