Who is going to post on a dating site that their friend is really fatter than they're claiming? I imagine most people would consider that unthinkably mean.
Yeah, I'd be afraid of the crowdsourced "endorsements" turning into totally bland stuff as a result. What I specifically want are "facts", i.e. things which are objective and can be verified/falsified. No one will post those about their friends if they are anything but positive.
So the natural consequence is assuming the absence of a verified fact for "is under 300 pounds" is "is over 300 pounds" with equally high certainty, if you have a well structured system which covers everything.
I don't think the overweight tag would be interesting, but just figuring out the basics of a person without having to read through a long essay. School, occupation, personality traits as described by friends, etc.
My theory is the problem of people lying on their profiles will go away when their friends are using the site with them.
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Who is going to post on a dating site that their friend is really fatter than they're claiming? I imagine most people would consider that unthinkably mean.
Yeah, I'd be afraid of the crowdsourced "endorsements" turning into totally bland stuff as a result. What I specifically want are "facts", i.e. things which are objective and can be verified/falsified. No one will post those about their friends if they are anything but positive.
So the natural consequence is assuming the absence of a verified fact for "is under 300 pounds" is "is over 300 pounds" with equally high certainty, if you have a well structured system which covers everything.
I don't think the overweight tag would be interesting, but just figuring out the basics of a person without having to read through a long essay. School, occupation, personality traits as described by friends, etc.
My theory is the problem of people lying on their profiles will go away when their friends are using the site with them.