Mating is important to most people.

However, I agree that there is an art of encouraging people to respect you and enjoy your company, which just so happens to be useful in attracting a romantic partner. It might be best to discuss it (or develop it) while denying that such a use is the primary motivation (as it likely will be for many people). But if people are avoiding talking or thinking about the concrete goal they have that motivates their efforts, or aren't practicing their ideas in a way that gives very clear success/failure feedback, then you can expect them to "learn" a lot of nonsense. That's the only reason I would hesitate to avoid talking about mating.

If it's just a question of branding and stated-purpose, but there is no actual taboo, then I support an explicitly application-independent group.