How Singapore's government-run dating service works
If this sounds familiar, that’s because I was the first to report on GovTech testing the waters with this idea all the way back in April for The Straits Times.Kai@teo_kai_xiangI CALLED IT. The singapore gov has launched a pilot programme for a gov-run dating service. Looks like the pilot is currently restricted to just government workers for now.
- ▪If this sounds familiar, that’s because I was the first to report on GovTech testing the waters with this idea all the way back in April for The Straits Times.Kai@teo_kai_xiangI CALLED IT.
- ▪The singapore gov has launched a pilot programme for a gov-run dating service.
- ▪Looks like the pilot is currently restricted to just government workers for now.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 19 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Singapore’s government creates a dating app — The Register
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How Singapore’s government-run dating service works, and why it won’t solve the nation’s dating woesHere are the 30+ questions in the matchmaking tool that Singapore is deploying to solve the incel problem.KaiSep 30, 20264188ShareThose signing up to the FirstDate pilot programme must first complete a questionnaire of over 30 questions.Three years after the demise of the Social Development Network, it looks like a new government-run matchmaker is back on the cards for Singapore.Earlier this month, a pilot progamme by GovTech called FirstDate was announced, with government workers set to be the first batch of daters.
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