I work on social apps. The central issue with dating apps is incentives. The incentives to form long-term relationships go directly against profit. The incentives for the individual go against what's best for the group. There's a lot of prisoners dilema issues.
The only way I think to have a dating app that works is to have it run by non-profit with rational matching algorithms not geared towards profit maximization.
The only way I think to have a dating app that works is to have it run by non-profit with rational matching algorithms not geared towards profit maximization.