Internet dating is one of those businesses that superficially seems like it makes sense; aka "hey, let's use data and statistics to fix people up" -but ultimately couldn't possibly work to the benefit of the people it purports to fix up. Two main reasons.<p>1) Histocompatibility -some people smell right. Some people don't. Chemistry isn't something you're gonna capture over the internet, even if you enjoy the online bantz and have tons of stuff in common. Barring breakthroughs in genetics and even more privacy invasions, the FBs of the world can't help here.<p>2) Principal agent problem: for all payment techniques thus explored for online dating, the interests of the dating service are not in alignment with daters who want a monogamous LTR. Dating apps who collect monthly fees want to continue to collect monthly fees. Dating apps that rely on advertising want continued obsessive engagement. Alignment of interests would look something like an old school matchmaker who only gets paid if they succeed in making a match -you're not going to pull this off with an app. Facebook, of course wants to keep you on their platform.<p>The statistics, of course, back all this up, for example:
<a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-mating-game/201609/the-ugly-truth-about-online-dating" rel="nofollow">https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-mating-game/2016...</a>