The problem is the catalog is functionally infinite.
It narrows down significantly by region, for restaurants, and by time frame, for events.
Movies as a bit trickier, but you can ballpark that by genre and maybe “new releases” / “<streaming service>” / “criterion collection”
If you’ve got a big enough pool, you’ll get plenty of crossover. “You just matched with a person who wants to go to a Knicks game, watch a horror movie, and dine out at Sopo Korean Eats” is going to get plenty of hits in Manhattan.
One person picks three (movies, restaurants, events, etc.) that they would be happy with.
The other person selects one out of the three.
Alternate.
We do more layer, so it’s called 5-3-1.
Person A picks five options.
Person B eliminates two of them.
Person A selects one of the three remaining.
We alternate who gets to pick the five.
The problem is the catalog is functionally infinite. How can you feel like you’re making a good decision if you don’t exhaust a category?
You don’t have to make a good decision. It’s 20-90 minutes of your life, not a fucking career.
It narrows down significantly by region, for restaurants, and by time frame, for events.
Movies as a bit trickier, but you can ballpark that by genre and maybe “new releases” / “<streaming service>” / “criterion collection”
If you’ve got a big enough pool, you’ll get plenty of crossover. “You just matched with a person who wants to go to a Knicks game, watch a horror movie, and dine out at Sopo Korean Eats” is going to get plenty of hits in Manhattan.
I thought we are just matching with a spouse or sig other on what to watch next?
Ah, I thought it was a dating thing
We tried that. My wife said my hours of research into restaurants was “low effort” so now she picks three and I choose
You pick by aggregating multiple factors and weight them by probability.
She picks by vibe.