After registering through my facebook account and picking my photos, I kind of got lost. Instead of leaving the user off at the photo edit page (http://tastebuds.fm/users/current/edit#load_images) maybe direct them to artists or profile tab>
Review my startup: Tastebuds - dating for last.fm users
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#62Tastebuds totally does not connote music dating to me, it connotes a foodie site. I really had a moment of mental dissonance there.
It's a nice short name, easy to remember and spell, but I'm not feeling the connotations.
/my 0.02 cents.
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#63Hey Julian, when are you gonna e-mail me back? ;) Anyway, tastebuds is great. Though there are no matches in my country yet, a cute girl from some other country did favorite me. What I miss is search in all matches regardless of country.
Strange, I get 3 profiles in the Netherlands that all registered a few days ago. Maybe there is a bug there?
EDIT: I guess our musical tastes differ by too much. Maybe it's better to show bad matches then no matches at all?
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#64I'm generally against dating sites for the same reason I am against dating (short version: I think it's a broken paradigm). But I'm impressed with this idea. Kudos for finding some connection to start out with other than "we both are hoping to get hooked up". I hope you do very well.
I'm generally against dating sites for the same reason I am against dating You're against dating? Two consenting adults courting each other to better know each other .. seems like a very sensible thing to me. Without dating what do we have left? arranged marriage and kidnapping?
Some of the articles posted here from OK Cupid indicate that an awful lot of deception goes on there. Average reported heights are two inches taller than reality. Average reported income is higher than real averages. The most attractive photos are older on average than other photos on the site and were typically older at the time they went up. Most people who list themselves as "bisexual" don't actually chat up members of both sexes. Genuine, intimate relationships require a certain degree of honesty that dating seems to actively discourage.
I read once that people are generally more honest online than in person. I don't know if that applies to dating sites or not but I've heard plenty of stories that indicate people are not terribly honest when going the normal dating route either. People who get to know each other socially (through work, hobbies, etc) before getting romantically involved seem to typically have better relationships. Hopefully this site will offer something in common to base a personal connection on and give people a good place for starting a meaningful conversation. The fact that both parties are looking for someone else is usually not much of a conversation starter.
EDIT: All of which is beside the point. My only point was that I am not a fan of dating sites and even I think this is a good idea. I added a little bit of why I think it's a good idea in hopes that it is useful information for the site owners. I don't see why that merits a downvote or reactionary comment.
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#65Just an idea, why not integrate with 8tracks.com. I think it would be cool to see what mixes others listen to.
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#66Is this based on a music hackday project?
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#67Is this based on a music hackday project?
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#68Can I ask who did your design?
Our drummer (both founders play in a band together) did most of the initial work: http://milomarsei.com/ . My friend Tim did the logo - timkeeling.com. And we've added to it as we went along, though we're both developers mostly.
Might want to check that the server hosting the content for http://milomarsei.com/ isn't compromised.
AVG popped up an Threat Blocked: Exploit. Felt you should know.
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#69Is this based on a music hackday project?
No, just a personal project. We were hoping to work on it at music hackday but couldn't make the last one in London.
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
I honestly can't remember, I've only seen the movie once, like 6 years ago, when a girl I was dating showed it to me primarily because she liked this quote. Other than this, I don't recall much of the movie.
Ah, I was referring to the book... maybe it wasn't in the movie As an aside, if you enjoyed the movie and have not read the book, please do. It's a very easy and thoroughly enjoyable read.
It's in both the book and the movie.
I watch the movie often.