Low birth rates are a problem all over the world (not just a few European countries) and countries are going to have to deal with the demographic bomb. Countries need babies.

A government could spend $20 million developing an app to match people and suggest they go on dates. They could be matched based on age, education level, and whatever turns out to correlate with good marriages – all that data stuff.

Wouldn't have to be an app. Could be festivals. Imagine a small group of compatible people are invited to the same place at the same time (paintballing, restaurant). The government matchmaking dept does the invites; the restaurant works gives a special rate for being part of the scheme.

Private companies don't have the same incentive to do this. But states need stable family units to be created, and it's not happening organically, not enough, it needs a nudge.

Like I say, this proposal would be mocked in any policy proposal, but "why are you booing me I'm right"

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

this has already been happening:

2023: State-sponsored matchmaking app launched in China

2022: Jacobin: Tinder Wants Money. We Want Love. The Solution: Socialize Dating Apps. (and a freedom-loving blogger offers to become celibate if this happens...)

2021: A Chinese city is creating a government-sponsored 'Tinder'

2017: Government-run dating service is Taiwan’s solution to aging society

2016: The Japanese government set up speed-dating events to help with its ‘demographic time bomb’

2009: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched a dating advice site with a forum which looks like it might have been used for some matchmaking: twoofus.org