Fika believes members deserve to understand how introductions are made. This page explains what signals Fika uses, what it explicitly excludes, and how decisions are made — in plain language.
What Fika is doing
Fika arranges introductions between compatible members. Compatibility is assessed through the responses members give in the compatibility test — a questionnaire that covers personality, social preferences, communication style, and what a member is looking for in a meeting.
The goal of every introduction is a real, valuable conversation. That is the only metric that matters.
What signals are used
- Compatibility test responses. Your answers to the compatibility test are the primary input. These cover personality type, communication preferences, interests, and social goals.
- Meeting feedback. After each meeting, members submit brief feedback. This is used to improve future introductions — not to penalise or rank members publicly.
- Availability and location. Introductions are arranged in the member’s city, at times that work for both members.
- Preferences. Any preferences a member has specified — such as preferred meeting days, areas of the city, or types of Fika Spots.
Romantic vs. friendship introductions
For romantic introductions, Fika uses compatibility test responses, personality type, lifestyle, values, and photo quality as matching signals. For friendship introductions, shared interests and lifestyle factors carry more weight — photo quality is not a significant signal. Members open to both receive introductions on separate tracks simultaneously. The full compatibility test is required for all members regardless of goal, so both matching tracks have the data they need. This ensures quality and allows Fika to catch edge cases that a purely automated process might miss.
How feedback improves introductions
Meeting feedback is used to improve the compatibility model over time — not to score or rank individual members on the platform. Consistently negative feedback about a member’s behaviour triggers a safety review, not a match-quality penalty.
What we cannot disclose
The specific weighting and logic of the compatibility model is proprietary and is not disclosed publicly. This is standard practice for recommendation systems and is necessary to prevent gaming. However, the inputs and exclusions described on this page are accurate and complete.
Questions about your introductions
If you have a question about how introductions are being made for your account, contact growth@fikaconnects.com. We can discuss your compatibility test responses and any feedback patterns that may be affecting your experience.
See also: Privacy Policy · Community Guidelines · Safety Centre
