Michael DiBaggio

“As Stu Patter explained it, the basic rationale of the partnership mandate was to ensure the quality of the dating pool. "I talked this issue over with the President many times. She was skeptical at first. 'Isn't it heavy-handed to force people to date?' Well, maybe, but viewed another way, the people who don't go out on dates are forcing other people not to be able to see them. And when those young invincibles eventually decide that they want to date people, they will further weaken the quality of the dating pool by siphoning off the most attractive people who selflessly entered the dating pool. The only way you can ensure that the dating pool remains strong is to get those young invincible attractives into the pool as soon as possible. Hence the partnership mandate." While”
― Michael DiBaggio, Imagining Liberty: Volume 1

“For example, one programmer argued vociferously for the inclusion of a question to female users: "How expensive is your perfume?" The answer would factor into the algorithm by increasing a female user's "femininity" variable if she purchased expensive perfume. Generally speaking, the higher the "femininity" variable, the better the male dates the woman would end up with. DateEx users quickly realized that fact, and the word spread through online forums: start buying more expensive perfume (or lying about it, which would still create the expectation among the general population that perfume was important). The programmer who came up with that question now works for L'Oreal. But,”
― Michael DiBaggio, Imagining Liberty: Volume 1