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Review my startup: Tastebuds - dating for last.fm users

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Re: Review my startup: Tastebuds - dating for last.fm users

#3
Good idea. Amazing name. Beautiful website. Good price (free).

I'd be interested in how effective the matches are from a non-musical perspective (are they successful long term).

I can't imagine this not succeeding if you add features and additional accessibility.

ALSO: Submit it to Last.Fm's API build library: http://build.last.fm/

Re: Review my startup: Tastebuds - dating for last.fm users

#4

Cool idea and I like the design a lot. Just curious, do you have a plan to monetize this as a business?

Absolutely. We have a few ideas we're looking into at the minute though we're concentrating on getting it off the ground and growing the user base first, as is a necessity with this type of site.

Re: Review my startup: Tastebuds - dating for last.fm users

#7

You should ask for auth for photos right on connect, avoiding the image upload step. Just use their current profile photo and make it easy to change.

Good idea. We used to automatically use the last.fm image (if they registered that way) but found most of them weren't really photos of the users themselves. We're looking at more of a complete post-sign-up wizard now where we could give the option of using your facebook profile photo straight away.

Re: Review my startup: Tastebuds - dating for last.fm users

#8
First Impressions:

The name is really really good.

The design is top-notch, one of the best looking sites, let alone startups I've seen in a while. One thing, to me the male/female symbols were not intuitive. I see that they're labeled and they do look cool but I feel they take a way from an almost perfect interface.

Unfortunately once I fill out the basic info I'm having trouble getting it to load. The page comes up but then immediately goes blank. Chrome in Windows XP...

I'll keep checking it, you made it on to my favorites list.

Re: Review my startup: Tastebuds - dating for last.fm users

#9
It takes about 2 minutes worth of queries to discover there are no girls on this site.

There are 3 girls there who match ["Rammstein", "Johnny Cash", "Radiohead"] as well as ["Lady Gaga", "Britney Spears", "Justin Bieber"]. If I type in my zip code, all 9 girls are identical.

Nice concept, however.

Re: Review my startup: Tastebuds - dating for last.fm users

#10

First Impressions: The name is really really good. The design is top-notch, one of the best looking sites, let alone startups I've seen in a while. One thing, to me the male/female symbols were not intuitive. I see that they're labeled and they do look cool but I feel they take a way from an almost perfect interface. Unfortunately once I fill out the basic info I'm having trouble getting it to load. The page comes up…

Can you explain where exactly it's going blank? Is it after you update your profile or on the search page?

I agree we could perhaps improve on those gender icons.

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