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[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 99 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (4 children)

sometimes you bring on a ceo just to get some controversial thing done. they can eat the blame and then leave

[–] Bojack411@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It's what boeing does everytime a plane goes down.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 1 hour ago

That must be quite a list of ceo's

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 39 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I'm embarrassed it took me so long to realize this. Somebody explained that to me recently, within the context of a conversation about layoffs. That CEO had no prior CEO experience, was only there for less than a year, and was part of the board of directors. In hindsight it seems so obvious.

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 19 points 7 hours ago

So like a corporate sin eater?

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 1 points 6 hours ago

Don't worry though, they'll fail towards.

[–] Tiuku@sopuli.xyz 26 points 11 hours ago

Ohh you mean the "pay for every little thing" -feature? Dang I really liked that

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 71 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Is the signature feature that women initiate or was that some other app?

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 34 points 13 hours ago
[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 75 points 17 hours ago (6 children)

There's a big problem with the "women message first" gimmick, and it's that they just don't.

If they don't simply let the match expire, you either get a shitty Gif, or something along the lines of "hey."

Maybe one in ten will actually send a message that genuinely starts a conversation.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 points 59 minutes ago

Just like with anything, if you put something interesting in your bio, women will use that as conversation starter.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 23 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

you either get a shitty Gif, or something along the lines of "hey."

So same result as when men message first.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Might just be my experience, but men put in more effort. Probably because women are more desirable so they don't really need to.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

*superficially desirable

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 70 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

it would work better if it was "women swipe first'. men can look at and swipe the women who swiped them already. this solves two problems:

  1. women are not seen by anyone they don't want to be
  2. men don't need to spend hours swiping hundreds of women

please give me 1 million dollars

[–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Facebook dating kinda has this where you get notified if someone likes you Ironically it works better than any other dating app. The whole swipe til you both match deal is just to keep people paying and using the app for longer

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 57 minutes ago (1 children)

Would be totally cool if I wasn't completely certain that they would use that against me.

[–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

Oh definitely, it doesn’t work good for the sake of its users

[–] Soulifix@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 hour ago

Now if Facebook Dating would increase it's freaking character limit for profile bios, it'd be perfect. But nooooo...

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

This means men will see many fewer women on the platform in many cases.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 1 hour ago

Yes, that's the idea. They wouldn't see anyone who hasn't already liked them.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 31 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

it means men would not spend hours on the app, which means nobody would ever do this

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Who wants men spending hours on the app and why? Most of these are subscription-based, not ad-supported.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 1 points 55 minutes ago (1 children)

i dunno i thought that was the goal of all apps. it's free money basically

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 51 minutes ago* (last edited 50 minutes ago)

No, it's the goal of apps that want to serve as many advertisements as humanly possible. Most dating apps don't have any way to monetize your attention.

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Exactly, Im 50 and Im not rich or particularly good looking. If I was straight I might only see 5 or 6 women on the app that would match with me to begin with and if those didn't become anything I'd be done with that app. It can't work

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 57 minutes ago

Would you rather see 5 or 6 women that all expressed interest in you or a thousand women who have never and probably will never even see you? Open the app, swipe 5 or 6 times, move on with your life.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

i am the most attractive sexy man in my entire giant city of 23 million people but i still have to swipe 50 girls to get 1 match and i might not even be that interested in her. better to meet girls in real life and follow them around on the tube and insert myself into their personal space 🚀

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 5 points 8 hours ago

Well cultural habits are slow to change. I suspect it would take some 20 years to change the dynamics such than women are always expected to make the first move.

Bumble was well positioned to push for that change, unfortunately earning revenue has a priority, they are are a business after all. Still their gimmick got the ball rolling, we'll see who picks it up next.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 91 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I literally saw so many profiles being like “I don’t message first”, like do you even understand what the app you’ve signed up for is?

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 31 points 15 hours ago

I always wondered if they realised we actually can't send the first message.

[–] kitnaht@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Well, men CAN message first, as of like 8 months ago.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 points 10 hours ago

I did hear about that.