Twitter CEO Elon Musk has indicated that a Twitter-branded dating app could be on the horizon. The business mogul and avid tweeter has used his platform to share his concerns about a potential "population collapse" -- despite demographers debunking the theory on a global scale. But for those who buy into the idea, boosting birth rates is a global imperative.
And thanks to a YouTube content creator, Musk may have a new plan to get people to get with the baby-making. The idea is... not super innovative.
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The idea that a "Twinder"-type service would "save humanity from extinction" seems far-fetched. After all, the market is already flooded with dating apps for just about every niche community out there. But the possibility of seeing a Twitter-branded dating app in our lifetime? Not that outrageous. Meta Platforms' flagship app Facebook launched its own dating service in 2019.
But for those who frequent dating apps, Twitter may face the same struggles as its fellow social media site Facebook. Hassles of 21st-century romance will take extra resources to work around. Unless a Twitter dating app can prevent catfishing scams, daters who cease communication, data usage concerns, and harassment, the app will likely struggle to be competitive.
In Musk's reply, he added the possibility of a dating service creating more jobs at Twitter. After Musk's ascension to the Twitter throne spurned mass layoffs, founding a whole new department could be an expensive endeavor. Some respondents predicted that the service would need to be monetized in order to be successful.
