teachers sure do make more money than i thought the did


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Divot is offline Divot Post #31  January 10,2011, 11:57am
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I would imagine it's not "meaningless", but it just doesn't filter in the specific way that you thought it did. Maybe it gives preference toward higher income people, for example, rather than only filtering at your own income level. (As others have pointed out, it asks how important your match's income is, not how important it is that they make as much as you do.) Could be any number of things. I'll be interested to see what answers you get from Kate, though.
She already answered here (you may have missed it), it's meaningless. I was planning on just leaving it at "very important" for a couple of days to see if I got any matches at all.
 
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Divot wrote :
She already answered here (you may have missed it), it's meaningless.
I didn't miss it. She confirmed what everyone else is saying, which is that it doesn't filter in the specific way you seem to think it should, and possibly isn't even a filter at all, but is factored into the algorithm. You're the only one saying it's "meaningless". She also said she would notify the product team. That's the response I was saying I'm interested in hearing.
 
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I didn't miss it. She confirmed what everyone else is saying, which is that it doesn't filter in the specific way you seem to think it should, and possibly isn't even a filter at all, but is factored into the algorithm. You're the only one saying it's "meaningless". She also said she would notify the product team. That's the response I was saying I'm interested in hearing.
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Technically, the income importance level doesn’t alter what kind of matches you’re going to get. Currently, it’s not used as a setting control. From what I know about it, it doesn't even prioritize matches according to importance level at this point.
If it doesn't alter what kind of matches you are going to get and it doesn't even prioritize matches according to importance level at this point, is it not meaningless? Maybe I'm missing something, if it doesn't do either of those two things, what's it do?
 
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Hi Divot and Nick219,

This is a really good question -- I'm sure it's not meaningless, or it wouldn't be there. I believe that the income level is meant for internal purposes, but I'm looking into it. It might take a little time, but it's on my radar.

As for the Flex Matches, you often do have to do your own sleuthing, as Livenlearn put it. But a lot of times it's pretty clear (as with distance). A Flex Match could be flex in more than one area, but they'll will have just as high compatibility levels as your other matches.

Often, if you can't figure out why it's a Flex Match, the setting truly isn't "Important" to you.

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