Dating App Once Introduces Black Mirror-style Feature for Evaluating Men and Empowering Women
The new matchmaking dating app Once is making quite a stir, with its more old-fashioned take on romance. By giving you only one match a day and having actual human matchmakers doing to matchmaking, we’re moving away from the lightening-fast, algorithm-laden dating that has become so ubiquitous in the 21st century. And it’s definitely piqued a lot of interested. I’ve seen ads for it everywhere, and when I mentioned to my roommate I was getting it, she immediately said she’s been meaning to download it. Before I even opened it I knew that, as with other dating apps with limited matches, one match a day has it’s pros and cons. The good thing is that you’re more likely to pay attention, and actually act on it , if you have a match, rather than endlessly swiping and getting such a big pile of matches you get a sort of overwhelmed inertia. The bad news is, if you’re picky, you’re only getting one option a day it can be a long time before you see anyone you even might be interested, which can lead to getting discouraged or just bored. But would it be different with the real matchmakers? How would it work?