Show HN: Too busy for online dating? Try Wednesday Night

Post by shail » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 4:24 AM UTC

jerrya wrote: post #31

jmtame wrote: post #27

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Good questions. - If we can't setup a match, you are either being unrealistic with your expectations (you consistently pass too often on people who we think are a good fit), or we just don't have enough people in the pool who are in your proximity. If it's the former, you'll need to adjust your expectations, if it's the latter, we'll focus more attention on that area. If we just can't make it work, we'll give you a r…

Do you exist in all zip codes of the US? If you are only supporting certain zip codes then I'm going to be real annoyed when I enter half a dozen questions and THEN you tell me you're not available in my zip code.

Post by kevincrane » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 4:33 AM UTC

btilly wrote: post #3

CodeFoo wrote: post #2

These dating/find-a-friend services that require Facebook show up often on HN, and like clockwork are berated because they are Facebook-only (and the privacy issues that go along with it). Yet people keep making them. Am I correct to deduce they are popular and there is market for them, and that it's only HN that hates them?

No. You would have been correct to deduce that young 20-something people who are trying to scratch an itch keep thinking that a better dating site (as measured by one that can get them dates) is a real need, and the FB tie-in is an obvious way to do it. They keep failing for the reasons that are pointed out on HN. And since they fail, not long after someone else looking around for an itch to scratch says, "Why doesn'…

Post by disc » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 4:38 AM UTC

jmtame wrote: post #5

btilly wrote: post #3

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No. You would have been correct to deduce that young 20-something people who are trying to scratch an itch keep thinking that a better dating site (as measured by one that can get them dates) is a real need, and the FB tie-in is an obvious way to do it. They keep failing for the reasons that are pointed out on HN. And since they fail, not long after someone else looking around for an itch to scratch says, "Why doesn'…

We never started with the thought "why don't we use FB to build a dating site." Facebook is simply a means to solve a lot of different problems that come up in dating, and it ends up providing a better experience. That's all we care about.

Post by quotemstr » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 4:52 AM UTC

Post by jmtame » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 5:41 AM UTC

damoncali wrote: post #37

If you're too busy for online dating, aren't you too busy for dating in general? Seems like a vanishingly small market - people willing to pay $75 for a date, but unwilling to take the time to look on match.com. But I'm usually wrong about this sort of thing, so carry on!