Tyler Cowen likes to pretend the world started doing interesting stuff when he started noticing it, but human relations have not changed much forever. I saw this on his site. I think he called in average is over in dating or something equally stupid.

A new dating app called Luxy matches wealthy singles…to wealthy singles. It describes itself as “Tinder, minus the poor people.” The app’s iTunes page claims members are CEOs, investors, millionaires, and fitness models. So far, there are 3,000 users, and the average male user’s income is $200,000, company spokesman Darren Shuster told Vice. Shuster also told CNN that Luxy’s rich clientele is self-regulating and the app does not (yet) enforce salary verification. “If you show up in a 20-year-old VW Bug, and request to meet at McDonald’s, you won’t last very long on LUXY,” Shuster said. “It doesn’t take long to weed out those who belong on a different kind of dating site.” The app is so controversial that the CEO’s identity is kept anonymous. “With the rise of high-speed digital dating, it’s about time somebody introduced a filter to weed out low-income prospects by neighborhood,” wrote the app’s nameless CEO in a release.

Elites have been dating within their group since we have had elites, which is to forever. The commoner marrying the prince is a fairy tale for a reason. Marrying outside your class has always been a good way to get ostracized. A lot of it is controlled by women. Females born into the elite seek out the high status males in their class. They can be quite ruthless about it, but they also have the toolset to out compete commoners.

That said, I can see this app turning into a call girl service quickly. If you’re a rich guy and can’t find a woman, you have other issues. There’s a reason for $5,000 a night hookers exist. Outside of the US, super high end “escorts” and brothels exist for wealthy clients. I recall Ben Affleck getting caught in a Vancouver brothel when he first hit it big. It was a $1,000 a throw, if I recall correctly. Maybe it was some other douche bag actor, but I’m pretty sure it was him. This app will probably turn into a a way for lonely rich guys to score a hooker without leaving their condos.