Exploring Gender Disparities in Bumble's Match Recommendations

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.09626v1
• Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 09:09:42 GMT
• Title: Exploring Gender Disparities in Bumble's Match Recommendations
• Authors: Ritvik Aryan Kalra, Pratham Gupta, Ben Varghese and Nimmi Rangaswamy
• Abstract summary: We study bias and discrimination in the context of Bumble, an online dating platform in India. We conduct an experiment to identify and address the presence of bias in the matching algorithms Bumble pushes to its users.
• Score: 0.27309692684728604
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: We study bias and discrimination in the context of Bumble, an online dating platform in India. Drawing on research in AI fairness and inclusion studies we analyze algorithmic bias and their propensity to reproduce bias. We conducted an experiment to identify and address the presence of bias in the matching algorithms Bumble pushes to its users in the form of profiles for potential dates in the real world. Dating apps like Bumble utilize algorithms that learn from user data to make recommendations. Even if the algorithm does not have intentions or consciousness, it is a system created and maintained by humans. We attribute moral agency of such systems to be compositely derived from algorithmic mediations, the design and utilization of these platforms. Developers, designers, and operators of dating platforms thus have a moral obligation to mitigate biases in the algorithms to create inclusive platforms that affirm diverse social identities.

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