By Tanya Chen, Nov 9, 2024
Noah Kass, a therapist based in New York City, told me that the current dating crisis wasn’t created by big tech companies per se, but he thinks that “they are exploiting people’s insecurities and self-esteem, feeding into an addictive, gamified culture within a capitalist, winner-takes-all society.” He agrees that making it a safer, more personalized, and guided experience would help relieve a lot of anguish he sees in his clients. “Dating apps need to take into account users’ emotional well-being,” he explained. “The data collected should focus on who users are and what they want, rather than superficial attributes.”
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