But when it comes to the algorithms of love, many say they are losing faith. PALO ALTO, Calif.—Kate Chan, a 30-year-old digital marketer in Silicon Valley, first approached dating apps with a blend of curiosity and hope that they’d help her find a great guy. “You have a whole city obsessed with algorithms and data and they like to say dating apps aren’t solving the problem,” Hobley said. Silicon Valley workers “are in the business of scalable, quick solutions. These were problems the dating apps offered an ability to fix, with technologies ranging from brute-force mass attraction to personalized profile matching.

Source: thestar February 15, 2018 22:07 UTC