What about the "62yo" in the title? What if it was 42 or 34, or 22 or 81?
Show HN: My 62yo dad's online dating help site
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Re: Show HN: My 62yo dad's online dating help site
#22First things first, your Dad is awesome. Market research: The number 1 filter my friends use to filter out dudes they wish not to communicate with is spelling/grammar. You would think match, OK Cupid, etc. would have spell checkers in their profile creation process, but they don't. The only bad assumption is this: An error or two isn't a dealbreaker. Also, the picture needs to match the profile (which probably is mor…
Automated spell checking would hurt Match's matching accuracy. It's one thing if a guy realizes he needs to make a good impression then edits in Word. But if it's automated the women (and men, I know I carry this same prejudice) will lose a valuable and cheap filter.
Agreed to a point, however, I wouldn't use the term "matching accuracy" if I was referring to Match.
At the end of the day, Match is a paid meat market unlike OK or PoF. So, by using it, and exclusively using email communications within it, you interact with folks who are motivated enough to at least pay for the service (which again, is a filter along with the lack of spell check).
The one positive I could attribute to Match is that you can (pretty much) use their profile filtering.
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#23How exactly does this make money? There's no clear indicator on the site that either it's a for-pay (e.g. a 'Pricing' tab) or free (e.g. '100% Free!') service.
I know. You have to sign up to see pricing. http://www.profile-buddy.com/user/register This is good feedback, though.
I'm not sure it needs to be before signing up. If the sign up completes right after the email/pw dialog tha commitment might be worth something. This should be tested. But cautious people like my sibling and I need to be dealt with in the faq at least. It's implied that there is a charge but no link to the cost page. I feel I should see it in the faq.
Re: Show HN: My 62yo dad's online dating help site
#24What about the "62yo" in the title? What if it was 42 or 34, or 22 or 81?
I would be a lot more likely to take advice from a 62 year old man on dating than a 22 year old man. It's not a matter of agism, its just plain experience.
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#25How exactly does this make money? There's no clear indicator on the site that either it's a for-pay (e.g. a 'Pricing' tab) or free (e.g. '100% Free!') service.
No pricing, no interested.
Re: Show HN: My 62yo dad's online dating help site
#26Good to see the entrepreneurial spirit alive and well with a man in his 60s.
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#27The first and second statements in the "How we can help you" sound redundant. At second glance I realized the distinction, but the wording should maybe make the difference clearer.