Do Dating Apps’ Algorithms Really Expand our Match Pool?

Photo credit: Joe Raedle / Getty Images. This article has been excerpted from The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future by Orly Lobel. Gizmodo – November 5, 2022.

 In “The Equality Machine,” an author and law professor examines the influence of algorithmic matching on the “meat market” of human companionship.

Dating apps present an endless sea of potential matches. But do they actually expand our horizons? And is that good for us? Some studies suggest that dating apps can make us feel that settling down with someone isn’t important or that our chances of romantic and sexual success are infinite and guaranteed, increasing the likelihood of infidelity to a current partner […]

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