Time magazine advice for the new dating game

OKCupid has found that, consistently, black women receive the fewest messages of any demographic on the platform.And a study from Cornell found that dating apps that let users filter matches by race, like OKCupid and the League, reinforce racial inequalities in the real world.

Which is why it’s important to continuously evaluate and elevate your dating game, even (and I’d argue, especially) when you’re putting yourself out there with all the positivity your mind can muster.Berman's idea isn't just to lift the hood on these kinds of recommendation engines.It's to expose some of the fundamental issues with the way dating apps are built.Dating apps like Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble use "collaborative filtering," which generates recommendations based on majority opinion.It's similar to the way Netflix recommends what to watch: partly based on your personal preferences, and partly based on what's popular with a wide user base.