I would love to see this analysis applied to mainstream dating apps, which I'm convinced are rigged exactly like casino games. You win often enough to feel lucky, but infrequently enough to keep you paying and pushing buttons hoping to win more.
Funny you say that, Tinder has the exact mechanic described in the article, if you're on the free version once every while it will show you 4 hidden cards to reveal one secret match, but it's the same trick, doesn't matter which card you pick, the API has already predetermined which person it reveals.
