{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"nicodemus wrote","author_name":"nicodemus (npub1qq…pryz3)","author_url":"https://yabu.me/npub1qqqqypnst2u7wdlmexad9gjamstlg7c4ck2w4cadv4j5xd5e8vvsupryz3","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://yabu.me","html":"…but at the same time this breeds homogenization. \n\nI mean, hands up for anyone who thinks they know exactly what they want, and that that feeling is in their best long-term interest…\n\nAlgo-based filtering is limiting people’s experience with other people. And I remain convinced that we’re all terrible at knowing what’s best for us. It’s only through exposure to ideas and people that we grow - and that’s a lot less likely to happen when you can press a button to filter out what you *think* you don’t want/need. \n\nIn my mind, it goes against the very essence of nature’s general preference for sexual reproduction. \n\nI think, instead, online dating on a species-wide scale makes it easy to find someone you are immediately able to get along with, but with limited differences and potential for growth - which leads to a shallow relationship and ultimately dissatisfaction.  \n\nYes, of course there exceptions. The dice are always being rolled. This is my hunch for the average human over time."}