Since the dawn of Silicon Valley, there’s been a widespread perception that San Francisco is, put gently, not exactly a dating mecca.
\n\nThe city famously has a skewed male-to-female ratio (per census data, there are about 105 men for every 100 women), and there’s a perception among many women that men who work in tech tend to have poor social and emotional skills and a lack of style—opting for Patagonia vests and Meta glasses rather than putting substantive effort into their appearance.
\n\nOn August 31, however, Celeste Amadon, the founder of the AI-powered dating app Known, valiantly attempted to reverse that stereotype. In an X thread accompanied by a moody, upward-angled selfie, she announced that she and her team were compiling a list of “SF’s most dateable people,” titled “San Francisco’s Hot List.” She attached a link for people to nominate their single friends according to criteria like “ambition,” “accomplishment,” “reputation,” and “aura.”
\n\nThe post was skewered online by many in and outside of the tech scene, with some referring to it as “cringe” or mocking the lack of eligible singles in San Francisco: “The solution to dating in SF is to leave SF,” posted one female founder. But it…
Original source: https://www.wired.com/