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0 pointsLionsion7y ago0 comments

> Would people who avoid facebook because of privacy concerns use any dating sites at all?

Why would they? The privacy problem with Facebook is its size and the amount of personal data it integrates. If you're privacy conscious, using a stand-alone dating site is fine because the data is more siloed. It's also more practical to setup a burner identity on a special-purpose site than on a one that tries to be your online identity and social graph.

I never used tinder, but I thought about it. Part of that plan was to create a burner FB profile for it.

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e12e7y ago

> The privacy problem with Facebook is its size and the amount of personal data it integrates.

... And The business model. A dating site you might pay for while you use it - there's no way to "pay" for Facebook in way that aligns fb's priorities to coincide with yours.

This is also a big problem with Google, although they have some experiments were they appear to be breaking even.

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