One boring evening, I scrolled past a post on facebook calling for an anarchist dating site -- by a woman, none the less. Most of the responses were based on the idea that such a site would be pointless, unless you're gay, because sausage fest.
Well, being a designer/developer, I decided to take on the task and see if said site would be the penis-onslaught we all feared it would be.
After 10 days of continuous work, it was ready. Enter https://anarchy.love
30 Days Out. The Numbers..
One prominent name in the liberty movement threw out a 1:20 male:female guess before the site launch. Fortunately, it's not that bad.
- 1:7 female:male ratio
- 845 Total Members
- 653 messages sent & received
- 6,700 total unique visitors
I allow members to specify their political/philosophical affiliations (multiple selections enabled):
- 388 Voluntaryists
- 371 Anarcho-Capitalists
- 298 Anarchists
- 273 Libertarians
- 196 Agorists
- 41 Panarchists
- 27 Mutualists
- 22 Anarcho-Primitivists
- 15 Anarcho-Communists
- 12 Anarcho-Syndicalists
The Major Issue is Numbers, Not Gender
The 1:7 female:male ratio is only an issue if the member base is low. When you consider other niche dating sites like FarmersOnly have hundreds of thousands of users, 845 isn't going to cut it.
So does the anarchy/liberty movement have the numbers to sustain a successful dating website? Are there enough anarchists and liberty-minded individuals at all?
I'd like to think I'm just bad at marketing, so here I am Steemit. Here I am.