Jonathan Badeen
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219 appearances
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1 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard May 2025
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You do have to be active on there in order to get those matches. I'm sure the algorithm can hurt some people and help people, but it's something that they constantly are looking at and trying to adjust because ultimately they want the same thing as you. They want you to meet people.
I know there's conspiracy theories out there about like, no, they don't want you to meet, you know, they just want you on there all the time and that they want you to, they're holding everything back until, you know, start paying them. None of that's true. I mean, the best advertising for Tinder was a successful use case, whether that be hookups or whether that be marriage or whatever.
Those are the people that were going to get the other people on the platform. So we didn't care if we lost some people to a wedding. That was amazing. That was how we were going to get more people in. So, you know, if you blame the app, you're never going to be able to conquer the app.
I will say that like, you know, I'm not saying like everything's going to, you know, it's going to work for you exactly the way you want it to.
And that, you know, there might be something back there that's, you know, getting in your way on an algorithm or whatever, but ultimately it is, if you think that way, it's going to be really hard to, to improve yourself and make it better if you're blaming something else, even if it ends up not being, you know, you, Use it as an opportunity to improve it.
Absolutely.
No, and the better you make your profile too, I don't know what the current algorithm is, but it probably does hurt you to have just one photo. Years ago, we did research too where we found that there were a certain number of photos, and obviously not every photo is equal to the next, but your likelihood of matching increased with every photo that you added to your profile up to a certain extent.
I don't know what that, I don't remember what that number was, but so that was ended up being kind of one of our goals is like, try to encourage users to add photos up to this point, uh, to increase their chances of success. Um, and so I wouldn't be surprised if the algorithm, you know, takes things like that in, uh, you know, factors that in, but ultimately I don't know what it is at the moment.
Uh, it's, you know, it's usually praising. Um, I mean, every once in a while, somebody will say something, but I think most people probably, if they had bad experiences, they might keep it to themselves, but, uh, to be nice to me, I guess. But, um, but no, I've had, there's just so many, uh, you know, weddings. I think the
You know, now there's been so many that I, you know, they kind of just blur together. But like, I just remember some of those early times, you know, when I was, you know, there. And I remember when we first made Tinder that I was like, I was thinking to myself, like, you know, hey, if this doesn't work out, if if I meet somebody or not me, if I'm sorry. Yes. If I meet somebody who met me.
their husband or wife or something 20 years from now, uh, the whole thing will been, you know, worth it. And I'm pretty sure that's going to happen now. And, and it was, it was just really early on, um,
those sort of first people that came up and like, Oh, I met whoever I, uh, actually the first time I had somebody tell me that they were getting married and like the app had not been out that long. That was a little bit scary to me. I'm like, are you, we haven't been around that long. Are you sure you're getting married? But, um, uh, you know, I, I, it's, uh,
And I think some of the stories too that have been really, some of the more proud ones to me that made me more proud of Tinder were the ones where relationships that would not have happened if it weren't for Tinder. Like people, it might be a racial difference or something like that where they're like, well, if you gave me the option to choose Tinder,
I would never have seen the person I would have never have met. Um, there's, uh, there's all sorts of crazy stories like that that have been, um, been pretty special, but it's, uh, But I do get a kick out of it every time somebody tells me. It's like, yeah, I had a part of that. The Jason Kelsey one is the one that hit me the latest, being a fan of Travis Kelsey and all.
And I was just like, oh, my God. that I'm responsible for Travis Kelsey's nephew or niece or whatever. I think he's got nieces.
It is. It is. You know, we also used to have some baby onesies that we used to send out that said Tinder tot on them. So no, that's what made it so special was that you really were changing the lives of people in very meaningful ways. And that, you know, that's what it's all about.
Well, you're doing good work.
Let's do it.
Oh, that's a big swipe off, I guess. Actually, I'm going to cheat. That's a, that's a super like right there.
Uh, To get there, right, for sure. But I've obviously got my love that will hopefully stop them.
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