+1 for a new approach to online dating... no one else has got online dating to work for heterosexual dating. Remember that you need to target women. There are a lot more men using online dating than women. [1] Online dating right now works incredibly well for homosexual "dating", particularly casual sex for men who like men, but Craigslist has the network effect already. Honestly I'm really curious why no one has cra…
Doing a dating app on Facebook would be difficult for two reasons. First, the privacy controls. If I am already Facebook friends with someone I fancy, we would just correpond via the messaging system - no app required. For an app to introduce me to a potential date whom I am not already friends with, we would both have to agree to let the other see our profiles. This agreement would be based on the Facebook mini prof…
Re: Ask HN: Twitter-like dating site. LAMP. As an idea? Scale?
#11That's why I suggested a simple app first. Say, something that puts you on a list of 'looking for a date' - which other people can look at. Anyway, I'm not taking the Facebook route - too many problems, two of which you've pointed out.