Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Tinder assigns a rating of “desirability” its users – The World

Tinder is one of the most popular dating applications.

The rating is secret, and for good reason: it might offend some ego. In an article in Fast Company specialized site, CEO of Tinder, Sean Rad, revealed that its application encounters assigns a rating of “desirability” to its users. An indicator that allows him to refine the dating proposals: the application makes sure to offer attractive people considered attractive to other people … and vice versa

Named “Elo score” – like. Elo rating, which assesses chess players – this note is based on a algorithm “complicated”, Sean Rad believes. “It took us two and a half years to build this algorithm, since many factors are taken into account. “ And it is ” not just how many people you “likent”, “ highlights the CEO, without giving more details on the operation of this program.

“Whatever made you” liker “”

The Tinder application provides its users with other profiles, very concise (and some photos a short description), they can, with a gesture, “liker” or reject. If two people “likent” each other, then they are brought into contact and can start chatting.

The rating is based on the “vast votes system” says Chris Dumler, data analyst at Tinder, in the columns of Fast Company. Each time a user “like” one person and reject another, he said, he said, “that person is more desirable than the other person (…), regardless of what led him to” liker. ‘”

Another senior Tinder, Jonathan Badeen, leash, meanwhile, suggested that, if a user is” like “someone well noted, then it increase more significantly his own notes that if he was chosen by someone poorly written

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