Match deck

The match deck is the daily curated stack of personality-matched candidates shown at /matches. It's a Tinder/Bumble-style UX (swipe right to friend-request, swipe left to pass, swipe up to plan a hang) but the underlying ranking is fundamentally different.

Behind the scenes, the matching runtime computes Match Scores for every other onboarded user within your filters (radius, age range, gender preferences). The deck shows the top N candidates by score — N depends on your tier (Free 5, Friend+ 25, Social and Founders' show everything up to 80).

The deck refreshes: - Every 12 hours automatically (a background cron recomputes the ranking) - Whenever you exhaust your current deck (auto-recompute kicks in) - When new users join your area and become eligible - When you change your matching preferences

Cards in the deck are pre-rendered three-deep (top + 2 behind) so swipes feel responsive. Each card shows the candidate's display name, age, location, distance, Match Score, top three "why we matched" reasons, full bio, and personality breakdown.

The deck is the primary discovery surface on Are We Friends?. Profile browsing is intentionally limited — we don't let strangers scroll endless profiles. You see who the algorithm matched to you. That constrains-by-design how the social network grows.