Why? What would the outcome of that be? You want to create a 2-sided market where you troll people by matching them with low quality partners?
> Enforce a 50:50 ratio
OK, so if there are 1000 women and 10,000 men, how do you choose which men to let in? Random? Rank the men and let the top 10% in? Oh you said no ranking.
> Don’t call it a “dating” app. The app should be labeled as a “singles” app.
This doesn't sound like it would make any difference, or if it would I don't see why.
> Organize occasional group events. Without becoming a meetup app, the app should push events — concerts, hikes, movie nights — with groups of 6-10 people.
As far as I know this already exists, but it's probably even worse than the 1-1 matching problem. Random people are nervous around each other to start with, and the group dynamics of 3-5 mutually unknown men competing for women sounds like it would suck. As a male I wouldn't go anywhere near it.
But with this point, can you explain what success would look like? Why would anyone want to have a night out with strangers who are also competitors?
> Have a vetting process with a zero-tolerance policy for bad apples (harassers, catfishes, etc.).
This doesn't actually sound very disruptive. All the dating apps are trying to do this, and there is an arms race between the bad guys and the enforcement. Unless you have a specific insight I don't see how this would disrupt.
In summary, I don't see any useful solutions, though I do think that you've done a good job pointing out problems.
> Random people are nervous around each other to start with, and the group dynamics of 3-5 mutually unknown men competing for women sounds like it would suck. As a male I wouldn't go anywhere near it.
As a woman, I would frankly be terrified of going to that. It's risky enough to meet up with one man from a dating app. I wouldn't risk meeting up with multiple unknown men.
Why? What would the outcome of that be? You want to create a 2-sided market where you troll people by matching them with low quality partners?
> Enforce a 50:50 ratio
OK, so if there are 1000 women and 10,000 men, how do you choose which men to let in? Random? Rank the men and let the top 10% in? Oh you said no ranking.
> Don’t call it a “dating” app. The app should be labeled as a “singles” app.
This doesn't sound like it would make any difference, or if it would I don't see why.
> Organize occasional group events. Without becoming a meetup app, the app should push events — concerts, hikes, movie nights — with groups of 6-10 people.
As far as I know this already exists, but it's probably even worse than the 1-1 matching problem. Random people are nervous around each other to start with, and the group dynamics of 3-5 mutually unknown men competing for women sounds like it would suck. As a male I wouldn't go anywhere near it.
But with this point, can you explain what success would look like? Why would anyone want to have a night out with strangers who are also competitors?
> Have a vetting process with a zero-tolerance policy for bad apples (harassers, catfishes, etc.).
This doesn't actually sound very disruptive. All the dating apps are trying to do this, and there is an arms race between the bad guys and the enforcement. Unless you have a specific insight I don't see how this would disrupt.
In summary, I don't see any useful solutions, though I do think that you've done a good job pointing out problems.