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May 22, 2019 09:46 pm GMT
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A dating app for literal monsters exposes the bias in our swipes
Sure, online dating is a hellscape. But in this new online dating game, that's a good thing.
Developer Ben Berman and designer Miguel Perez created a game that seeks to expose the inherent bias that fuels dating app matching algorithms. The pair are winners of Mozilla’s Creative Media Awards, which enabled the work.
The best part of the game, besides the admirable mission and all, is that the game is based around a dating app — for monsters.
The new game/dating app simulator is called MonsterMatch. Yep, the name rocks. The simulator launched Wednesday, and you can play it here. Read more...
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