# Singapore government dating service

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Singapore government dating service and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Government matchmaking service that uses a stable-marriage algorithm to give better-than-random matches; critics call it a waste of taxpayer money and a misguided response to falling birth rates.

## Why people recommend it

- Better-than-random matching via clever algorithm (2 comments): "it is just an offer of a significantly better than random matching to what you might prefer" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49930046)) "using a very clever sorting algorithm" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49931759))

## What people warn about

- Misreads the birth-rate problem (1 comments): "Trying to fix falling birth rates with an official government dating app shows they don't understand the problem in the slightest" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49916211))
- Wastes taxpayer money (1 comments): "the app is pure waste of taxpayers burden" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49944248))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [OkCupid](https://hackerapproved.com/p/okcupid.md): 29 recommend
- [Tinder](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tinder.md): 7 recommend
- [Bumble](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bumble.md): 6 recommend
- [Facebook Dating](https://hackerapproved.com/p/facebook-dating.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Singapore government dating service", https://hackerapproved.com/p/singapore-government-run-dating-service/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).