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The main problem of online dating is that men usually are looking for sex while women for long-term relationships. Add to that the fact that in most dating sites the analogy of men to women is at least 3 to 1 and you realize pretty soon that it's a lose-lose game for most people.
Some problems aren't really solvable. All you can do is move the suckiness around. Here's the problem: attraction is highly asymmetric. Many are attracted to few. Shrink a pool of heterosexual individuals to a pool to 3 men and 3 women -- the outcomes will still be asymmetric, with the majority of participants not getting who they preferred. No scheme, no twist, no app, no idea can change this, until the cyberpunk vi…
The main problem of online dating is that men usually are looking for sex while women for long-term relationships. Add to that the fact that in most dating sites the analogy of men to women is at least 3 to 1 and you realize pretty soon that it's a lose-lose game for most people.
> Add to that the fact that in most dating sites the analogy of men to women is at least 3 to 1 I've never actually seen this proven. Did you scrape profiles? OkC staff have repeatedly claimed that the ratio is around 50/50 for major metro areas: http://cdn.okcimg.com/blog/older_lover/Age-Distribution-With... https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-male-female-ratio-on-big-f...
Among the 26,939 users with a UK email address, for example, there are just 1,596 who identified as female: a ratio of one woman to every 16 men.[1]
[1] http://www.channel4.com/news/adult-friendfinder-dating-hack-...
How do I get users once my MVP is ready?
Perhaps a cofounder expert in marketing is the right solution?
Some problems aren't really solvable. All you can do is move the suckiness around. Here's the problem: attraction is highly asymmetric. Many are attracted to few. Shrink a pool of heterosexual individuals to a pool to 3 men and 3 women -- the outcomes will still be asymmetric, with the majority of participants not getting who they preferred. No scheme, no twist, no app, no idea can change this, until the cyberpunk vi…
...until the cyberpunk vision of affordable beauty is a reality. That vision is here - it's called eat right, exercise and act like a man/woman. The outcomes will be asymmetric but the inequality will be lower. The current situation is tall hairy muscular guy dating pretty skinny blonde, while short fat bald guy is lucky to get fat brunette ugly girl. The delta in utility between the latter couple and the former coul…
Some people actually prefer heavier people. So, no, that doesn't actually solve the problem.
I have a humble idea not tried yet in match making, no profiles, no personality tests, just one simple fact I won't disclose. I don't need money, I can do it all myself, what I need is users. How do I get users once my MVP is ready? Perhaps a cofounder expert in marketing is the right solution?
I have a humble idea not tried yet in match making, no profiles, no personality tests, just one simple fact I won't disclose. I don't need money, I can do it all myself, what I need is users. How do I get users once my MVP is ready? Perhaps a cofounder expert in marketing is the right solution?
If you need users, then you do need money. The online dating app scene is insanely competitive. The last one to go naturally viral was Tinder, but the odds of duplicating that success are infinitesimal.
The odds are not infinitesimal. Matchmaking is like a fad, you can come up with ideas every year and people will flock to your site, because not all of them work. Of course you have to break the profile/test mentality and try new venues.
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...until the cyberpunk vision of affordable beauty is a reality. That vision is here - it's called eat right, exercise and act like a man/woman. The outcomes will be asymmetric but the inequality will be lower. The current situation is tall hairy muscular guy dating pretty skinny blonde, while short fat bald guy is lucky to get fat brunette ugly girl. The delta in utility between the latter couple and the former coul…
Someone has never heard of chubby chasers XD Some people actually prefer heavier people. So, no, that doesn't actually solve the problem.
I have a humble idea not tried yet in match making, no profiles, no personality tests, just one simple fact I won't disclose. I don't need money, I can do it all myself, what I need is users. How do I get users once my MVP is ready? Perhaps a cofounder expert in marketing is the right solution?
If you need users, then you do need money. The online dating app scene is insanely competitive. The last one to go naturally viral was Tinder, but the odds of duplicating that success are infinitesimal.
Online dating was fun, especially if you use a little D.R.Y. and keep a text file of all the things you would say over and over again. It becomes very easy to 'mail merge' the best response to the ad you are looking at while still sounding original.
Fun times, it was great to meet all sorts of women every week. I am still friends with a 5 of them today. For me, the internet enabled me to meet 100x more women that I would find interesting than otherwise.