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November 12th, 2015 
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Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Co-Founder, Legacy Bio-Naturals
November 11, 2015
Tinder has become a popular dating app for Millennials looking for love. The “swipe left or right” simplicity of the app made it a hit, but now the app seeks to match users on more than superficial concepts of physical beauty.
They have added the superficial concepts of education level and income class as well.
Called Smart Profiles, the algorithm adds commonalities (such as profession, hometown and college attended) between potentials after matches are filtered by distance and age range. To Tinder, these are “the most pertinent pieces of information” when choosing a mate.
Ryan Ogle, chief technology officer for Tinder explained : “With the updated algorithm, machine learning technology assesses and interprets the signals sent by our millions of users. With our ears even closer to the ground, we provide users with the most relevant potential matches to result in more meaningful connections.”
Described as similar to a “Google search result”, the new algorithm provides users with important information such as:
• Employment status
• Education level achieved
• How many times the profile has been swiped
• How long users spend on the profile
• Whether there is an Instagram profile linked
Sean Rad, chief executive officer for Tinder told the press : “We have a lot of information we use silently behind the scenes to determine who is most relevant for you, and over the coming months you are going to see more of that surfacing up to the top of the [profile]. We want to give you the opportunity to make the decision for yourself.”
For now Tinder users can choose a mate based on looks, education and income status because Rad knows these are “often 2 big factor people use to decide whether they want to go on a date with someone.”
Rad explained: “I think the thing that has shocked me [in developing Tinder] is that when it comes to establishing an initial impression, there’s a very finite set of things we look at to decide whether we want to have a conversation with someone. ‘How you look—and what that says about your personality. Common connections. Career. Education.’ 90% of it comes down to that, and sociologists will tell you the rest is sort of diminishing value. People know that instinctively but don’t like to admit it.”
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