问HN：为什么约会应用程序这么糟糕？为什么没有人能做出一个好的？
几乎所有实现了指数级增长网络效应的约会应用都被Match Group收购，并随之变得糟糕透顶。这些应用的目的在于让你保持单身并不断花钱。我认为Bumble是唯一一个规模较大的独立应用，但他们也成功地让自己变得糟糕了。
那么，假设市场上确实存在对优质约会应用的需求，为什么还没有人开发出这样的应用呢？
优质约会应用的定义：一个没有暗黑设计，能够让你找到约会和建立关系的应用。
一些想法：
- 按照互联网的标准，市场已经非常成熟，人们没有动力去下载另一个应用。你永远无法从网络效应中获得足够的正反馈循环。
- 还没有人开发出一款好的应用。
- 大多数人由于某种原因与在线约会不兼容。也许他们更喜欢面对面约会。也许他们在外貌（或性格上）上不够吸引人，选择伴侣的能力差，自私自利，懒惰等等。因此，即使应用本身很好，用户也可能不合适，或许应用无法解决上述问题。
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Almost all dating apps that have achieved the exponentially growing network effect have been acquired and subsequently enshittified by Match Group. The intent of these apps is to keep you single and spending money. I think Bumble is the only large scale independent app but they've managed to enshittify themselves too.<p>So let's assume there is a deficit in the market for dating apps that are actually good. So why hasn't one been made?<p>Definition of a good dating app: An app with no dark patterns where you can find dates and relationships.<p>Ideas:<p>- By internet standards, the market is so mature people aren't motivated to download another app. You're never going to get enough of a positive feedback loop from the network effect.<p>- No one has made a good app yet.<p>- A majority of humans aren't compatible with online dating for one reason or another. Maybe they prefer dating in person. Maybe they're unattractive (physically or personality wise), bad at selecting partners, egotistical, selfish, lazy etc. So even if the app itself is good, the users aren't, and maybe the app isn't going to be able to fix the above issues.