社交神器Tinder可爲你尋找約會對象
When I first met Sean Rad, back in 2013, Tinder was a blossoming dating app. It was known primarily for, how shall I put it, casual relationships.
追溯到2013年,當我第一次遇見西恩·拉德的時候,Tinder還只是一款在起步初期的約會APP。它主要有名在,怎麼說呢,能讓人們隨機約會。Back then he told me Tinder was "good for humanity", a line I instantly latched onto as being faintly ridiculous, and wonderful for a headline.
當時他告訴我Tinder是“爲了人類的利益”的時候,我的第一反應就是這有點兒可笑,但是會是個精彩的頭條。But now when I think of how Tinder has impacted my life, and those of several people close to me, I start to see what he was getting at.
但現在想想Tinder是怎麼影響我的生活的,想想那些因此而接近了我的人,我慢慢開始理解他當年所說的東西。
Life-changing things have happened to millions of people thanks to that simple swipe-yes-swipe-no interface.
當今簡便易操作的電子設備界面已經改變了數百萬人的生活。I know people who have married their Tinder matches. I know many others who are in serious relationships.
我認識一個人,她就嫁給了在Tinder上匹配到的一個人。And yes, I know many people who have had casual hook-ups and one-night stands. Yet why that last point is seen as a negative to be joked about I'll never know. People have been doing that in bars for well over 100 years.
我知道有許多人會認真對待一段感情,我也知道有許多人喜歡拈花惹草四處找一夜情。但我不知道爲什麼後者會一直以來成爲人們貶低嘲笑的對象。人們在酒吧裏像那樣做已經有一百多年了。Anyway, Tinder is growing up. It's now a serious technology company tackling one of life's most important matters, and is by far the most popular dating app worldwide.
但無論如何,Tinder正迅速地發展着。一個非常強大的科技公司正試圖介入影響人們的終身大事,正是靠這款到目前爲止風靡全球的約會APP。Mr Rad is the chairman of both Tinder and Swipe Ventures, the arm of the company designed to buy other dating-related technologies.
拉德先生現在是Tinder和Swipe Ventures兩家公司的董事長,它們是開發與約會相關的技術的兩家巨頭公司。One of which is artificial intelligence. And its collision with dating might be the most intriguing application of AI yet.
其中一家公司開發的是人工智能,它與約會這種事碰撞產生的火花,或許會讓這款智能APP變得極爲有趣。Still, even though it can be difficult to admit, dating really is a numbers game, and right now the data Tinder uses is primitive: age, location and mutual friends - as well as a few mutual interests as defined by what you "like" on Facebook.
即使我們不願意承認,但約會的確就像一場數字遊戲,Tinder只是考察最簡單最原始的條件:年齡,住址和共同好友 - 就像Facebook通過你點讚的內容從而確定你的興趣一樣。Why not add a few parameters and make it even more likely you will click?
爲什麼往其中不多加幾個因素呢?這樣我們就更有可能點開匹配給我們的約會對象了。