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OkCupid seems to be at the forefront in this space. They get people in India to rate the attractiveness of new members and use that to limit your access to people significantly more attractive than you are.
Is this common knowledge? I'm shocked if it's true, but I'm sort of thinking there should be a [citation needed] after that.
From the article: Meeting friends-of-friends is the best way to find cool people, because liking is transitive AND because the low social distances force people to be on their best behavior. If I were looking to date friends-of-friends in particular, I think I'd just use facebook directly. Though more often then not, I've already met such friends-of-friends via common events.
Hmmmm, I wonder if there isn't a hybrid model just waiting to be utilized here? Imagine this; by utilizing a particular dating service you would agree to A) make your Facebook profile open to the person you are mailing and B) If both parties are interested in each other (designated if both exchange message more than once) this fact is known on each other's Facebook walls and C) if you go out on a date with this perso…
Here is the Iron Helmet Games dating website. In development soon. (Angels needed!) An online dating site where you put your money where your mouth is. Guys and Girls review each others profiles and rather than making contact and trading a few messages, suitors buy "First Date Packages" and offer them to the people they are interested in (the target of their affections). Dinner and a movie? Paddle boating on the lake…
I love the characterization of the current solutions in this space as "just too O(n)". A poignant, elegant, delightfully nerdy description.
Here is the Iron Helmet Games dating website. In development soon. (Angels needed!) An online dating site where you put your money where your mouth is. Guys and Girls review each others profiles and rather than making contact and trading a few messages, suitors buy "First Date Packages" and offer them to the people they are interested in (the target of their affections). Dinner and a movie? Paddle boating on the lake…
> the park? Why not even go totally crazy and go skydiving!
Those are all terrible first-meet, first-date ideas. From experience, I can say that you want something extremely public, from which you can extricate yourself quickly with minimal embarrassment. "Want to get a cup of coffee?" has been a standard for a long time for good reason.
I love the characterization of the current solutions in this space as "just too O(n)". A poignant, elegant, delightfully nerdy description.
Sorry, I'm nerdy but I guess not nerdy enough to be in on the joke. Could someone explain it to me? I'm "the business guy" in my startup, though I'm actually a girl.
Wait, what? OkCupid seems to be at the forefront in this space. They get people in India to rate the attractiveness of new members and use that to limit your access to people significantly more attractive than you are. Is this common knowledge? I'm shocked if it's true, but I'm sort of thinking there should be a [citation needed] after that.
We are very pleased to report that you are in the top half of OkCupid's most attractive users. The scales recently tipped in your favor, and we thought you'd like to know.
How can we say this with confidence? We've tracked click-thrus on your photo and analyzed other people's reactions to you in QuickMatch and Quiver. . . .
Your new elite status comes with one important privilege: You will now see more attractive people in your match results.
This new status won't affect your actual match percentages, which are still based purely on your answers and desired match's answers. But the people we recommend will be more attractive. Also! You'll be shown to more attractive people in their match results.
(I bought it for a buddy to blog on back in high school. He put up 3 or 4 posts, let it sit for a while, and then told me he didn't want it anymore.)
Here is the Iron Helmet Games dating website. In development soon. (Angels needed!) An online dating site where you put your money where your mouth is. Guys and Girls review each others profiles and rather than making contact and trading a few messages, suitors buy "First Date Packages" and offer them to the people they are interested in (the target of their affections). Dinner and a movie? Paddle boating on the lake…
> Dinner and a movie? Paddle boating on the lake? Perhaps a picnic in > the park? Why not even go totally crazy and go skydiving! Those are all terrible first-meet, first-date ideas. From experience, I can say that you want something extremely public, from which you can extricate yourself quickly with minimal embarrassment. "Want to get a cup of coffee?" has been a standard for a long time for good reason.