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Targeted Boosts

Data & Research MethodProduct & AssessmentGeneral Sensitivity

Rule-based adjustments that slightly increase (or decrease) scores for specific dimensions to reflect user priorities, context, or safety considerations.

What This Really Means

Boosts can support personalization—for example, emphasizing compatibility on communication style for people who value directness.

They should be bounded and auditable to avoid hidden manipulation.

In international products, boosts may also be used to support local cultural calibration while preserving core consent and safety standards.

Examples

Boosting matches with similar initiation style for users who report high importance of communication

Reducing scores when a key boundary preference conflicts

Increasing weight on relationship form preference in regions where exclusivity norms differ.

Common Misunderstandings

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Reality

Targeted Boosts is about rule-based adjustments that slightly increase (or decrease) scores for specific dimensions to reflect user priorities, context, or safety, and it doesn’t imply that boosts are the same as cheating the model.

Reality

Targeted Boosts should never override consent or comfort, and safety stays the priority.

Reality

Targeted Boosts doesn’t guarantee outcomes like that, and it mainly describes rule-based adjustments that slightly increase (or decrease) scores for specific dimensions to reflect user priorities, context, or safety.

Reality

Targeted Boosts describes rule-based adjustments that slightly increase (or decrease) scores for specific dimensions to reflect user priorities, context, or safety, so it doesn’t mean that boosts remove the need for validity testing.

Tags

#safety#product-assessment#data-research-method

Inside LoveIQ

We identify patterns related to Targeted Boosts by analyzing responses in our assessment modules, helping you understand your unique relationship dynamics.

Sample visualization of a gap metric.

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