Attention economy

Attention is finite

A like, profile view and answered message are different events. Counting likes does not reveal how many profiles were shown. Unequal attention can arise from choices, an uneven pool and recommendation ordering.

Choice can change how people choose

Pronk and Denissen used three experiments to study an increasing rejection mindset while participants evaluated dating options. Such experiments inform mechanisms; they do not establish a universal burnout rate or diagnose an individual’s difficulties. 6

Available profiles and suitable options are not the same thing. More choice does not automatically create more conversational capacity. Taking a break or narrowing a search can be a personal decision; CupidLeaks does not promise better outcomes from it.

Describing concentration

A Lorenz curve orders profiles by likes received and plots cumulative shares. Its diagonal represents equality. Gini summarizes the distance from that diagonal. It does not indicate whether a contact was welcome, safe or compatible.

The chart is a synthetic illustration, the same one shown on the homepage. The hatched area between diagonal and curve is the gap to equal distribution; the larger it is, the higher the Gini (0 = everyone gets the same, 1 = one profile gets everything). It illustrates concentration and is not a measurement of a dating app. The laboratory generates new curves from each simulation run, with clearly different values depending on engine and starting value.

The simulator’s “burnout” index is a programmed frustration variable, not a clinical scale or a proportion of exhausted people. Simulated departures are not predictions of real-world churn.