Christian Rudder

Yeah, for sure.

Yeah, for sure.

Yeah, you had to put in some time.

Yeah, you had to put in some time.

Right, it's an interesting thing to watch happen because it's definitely the case that In kind of OkCupid's heyday. And just for, I guess, background, you filled out a profile, you write about your favorite books, you write about, I don't know, what do you want out of life? Just, I don't know, whatever, how you describe yourself, what you're looking for. And then there's photos.

Right, it's an interesting thing to watch happen because it's definitely the case that In kind of OkCupid's heyday. And just for, I guess, background, you filled out a profile, you write about your favorite books, you write about, I don't know, what do you want out of life? Just, I don't know, whatever, how you describe yourself, what you're looking for. And then there's photos.

And then there were also match questions where it could be things like, do you want to have kids or... how do you feel about abortion rights? And including also crazy things like what kind of humor you might like or whatever. And everything's sort of compacted down to just the photo with Tinder and Bumble. And I think the online dating industry is kind of hurting. And I think part of it is that

And then there were also match questions where it could be things like, do you want to have kids or... how do you feel about abortion rights? And including also crazy things like what kind of humor you might like or whatever. And everything's sort of compacted down to just the photo with Tinder and Bumble. And I think the online dating industry is kind of hurting. And I think part of it is that

that you've lost so much. Yeah, it's compressed. Yeah, it made it like this quick hit, you know, and people can go through and look through tons of hot people and have these like pinging and all of this stuff. But it's delivering probably worse matches or something now. Mm-hmm. So it's an interesting topic of conversation with my friends, you know, who helped me start OkCupid.

that you've lost so much. Yeah, it's compressed. Yeah, it made it like this quick hit, you know, and people can go through and look through tons of hot people and have these like pinging and all of this stuff. But it's delivering probably worse matches or something now. Mm-hmm. So it's an interesting topic of conversation with my friends, you know, who helped me start OkCupid.

If the time is right to try to do something else and kind of read like telescope it all back out again, where you actually ask people to do more and say more about themselves and just like a cool selfie or whatever.

If the time is right to try to do something else and kind of read like telescope it all back out again, where you actually ask people to do more and say more about themselves and just like a cool selfie or whatever.

I mean, first of all, online dating is way more popular than it ever was. Yeah. No, but I'm saying actually. I know, I just don't want to sound like a hater. No, no, no.

I mean, first of all, online dating is way more popular than it ever was. Yeah. No, but I'm saying actually. I know, I just don't want to sound like a hater. No, no, no.

Hateration is a great word. Don't, don't, don't. That's the best new verb I've heard in a long time. You know, I would give it like a C minus, I guess. I think with points for being more popular, which is, there is something inherently good about that. Like more people are using it. It meets more people's needs to some degree, right?

Hateration is a great word. Don't, don't, don't. That's the best new verb I've heard in a long time. You know, I would give it like a C minus, I guess. I think with points for being more popular, which is, there is something inherently good about that. Like more people are using it. It meets more people's needs to some degree, right?

But I feel like there's a lot of people that are very dissatisfied. And if you go look at like the monthly active user numbers, like Tinder was at I think 13 million in 2019. And this is like eight now, which is like a massive drop off, you know, that's like kind of Facebook levels of sort of becoming a dinosaur. And that's like, it's just interesting.

But I feel like there's a lot of people that are very dissatisfied. And if you go look at like the monthly active user numbers, like Tinder was at I think 13 million in 2019. And this is like eight now, which is like a massive drop off, you know, that's like kind of Facebook levels of sort of becoming a dinosaur. And that's like, it's just interesting.

It's a weird thing because there's definitely just as many single people as there ever were. And it's not like there's a plan B. The other apps are not really absorbing those missing, say 5 million people. Like the industry is just shrinking overall. Whereas you have, if you look at say Facebook and it's declined, then you had Instagram to sort of replace it.

It's a weird thing because there's definitely just as many single people as there ever were. And it's not like there's a plan B. The other apps are not really absorbing those missing, say 5 million people. Like the industry is just shrinking overall. Whereas you have, if you look at say Facebook and it's declined, then you had Instagram to sort of replace it.