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Tinder-alternatives for the Fediverse (feddit.org)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey there!

Last year, I fell into the Fediverse-rabbithole and I really like it so far. We already have alternatives for Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and so on.

But today I realized, there actually isn't an alternative for tinder. But I think there could be a huge demand for it. This could also motivate people to change platforms, since no one wants to buy tinder premium for a lot of money.

But I think I'm maybe not the first one coming up with this idea. What do you think about this?

~ sp3ctre

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

But thats a problem with dating-networks in general because of the intimate character. I think if you want to do it, then it should be done in a safer way than tinder. And the security of your instance should be checked today already. The federation could be a safety advantage, because you can choose on your own, where you think it's the safest.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, data must be shared between instances for federation to make any sense and the operators of other instances don't necessarily share your views about privacy and security. Lets take for example a matching algorithm like the one OkCupid used to use. You answer some questions and based upon those people are recommended to you. If you want to see people from other instances as well, the answers to the questions must be shared between all federated instances; but at the same time these answers contain private details about you. I don't think a workable solution to this problem exists, even if you come up with an algorithm that allows you to make decisions on anonymized data. The danger of deanonymization due to a bug is too high.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

But what about defederation from malicious/insecure instances? Couldn't this solve these kind of problems?

Of course, there will still be a risk. But isn't it a step in the better direction?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

You already lost the data at that point and you really don't want to play roulette with data that has the potential of killing your users. Just imagine what could happen if a gay man from Saudi Arabia joined your instance and that data leaks.