Are dating apps basically just transactional businesses now?

[scott04sa22]

Are dating apps now are technically people running transaction businesses now?

[WhitneySnow]

I guess you could consider matchmaking a transaction. What do you think?

[scott04sa22]

Well, everybody on dating apps always asks for money now then building friendships.

[WhitneySnow]

I didn’t know that. None of my friends have ever had a guy on a dating app ask them for money, and they would have blocked them if they did. My friends had other bad experiences on dating apps, but not that.

[scott04sa22]

Yes, women on dating apps always ask me for money to help them and their transaction businesses that people are now doing on dating apps. If she has links to her instagram or Snapchats then it's a very strong indicators their doing transaction businesses from their dating profiles then looking for friendships or relationships.

[zagor]

They are designed to make money for the developers.

[JHNS98]

That's obviously the case, but not OP's point. He means a certain kind of users who commit romance scams. I myself have had the misfortune of matching with a girl who turned out to be a scammer. She started asking for grocery money and promising to pay me back, but never doing so.

[MrChinaski]

What do you mean by transaction businesses?

Standard matching theory says if the cost of search falls the optimal minimum match quality to accept a date rises. If that's what you mean.

[queenofcardio]

Because of the premium options?