🌐 Global Economy 17h ago · Tyler Cowen

Love at first photo?

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Romantic interest on swipe-based dating apps (SBDAs) is highly concentrated. This can frustrate both popular users who feel overwhelmed by a glut of attention, and less popular users who feel dejected by a lack of it. Is the concentration of interest exacerbated by the platform design of dating apps? I provide causal evidence on the effects of two common design features – the emphasis on visual elements in profiles,and limits on the number of profiles users can express interest in – on the conce

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