Facebook Dating Has Become a Surprise Hit for the Social Network
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Facebook Dating has become a surprise hit, according to a New York Times article, with little discussion or controversy in the HN comments.
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PaulHoule
2 months ago
(1) the alternative are so bad that (2) Facebook can be better and (3) it has the large user base that it would take to get over the two sided market problem that would make it almost impossible to start a new one.
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