Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’
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Re: Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’
#2Good for them! Bootstrapping at its finest.
Re: Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’
#3So this is a triple "non date"? That sounds like it has a lot of potential to be awkward. What kind of social engineering goes into picking the people?
Re: Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’
#4This has the potential to go viral. $20 with free drinks is not bad. Initially it might be awkward but I feel that if the matching is good enough connections can start easily. I would add that they send each participant a summary of each other's profile if they haven't already thought about it. This will give all parties some insight and tool to start a productive conversation.
Re: Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’
#5First I thought if they base it on just your Facebook profile alone it's going to be pretty weak match.
But then thinking back to the dating sites I've tried where the match was poor anyway I thought maybe I'll give it a chance.
Most dating sites don't live up to the promise of a perfect match so you might as well opt for a quick one ;<).
Re: Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’
#6This platform could potentially take social networking to the next level, getting strangers with similar interest to actually meet. And not just on a dating/adult level, but on a wholesome and casual scenario. People don't do this because of our social and cognitive limitations. I guess having an algorithm to do the picks takes out that awkward task. They say that a stranger is a friend you just haven't met yet, well, we will find out.
Re: Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’
#7This has the potential to go viral. $20 with free drinks is not bad. Initially it might be awkward but I feel that if the matching is good enough connections can start easily. I would add that they send each participant a summary of each other's profile if they haven't already thought about it. This will give all parties some insight and tool to start a productive conversation.
> I would add that they send each participant a summary of each other's profile
I would be okay if they don't. Privacy matters aside, it lets everyone present themselves at the meet-up as they want to, and not be judged by some small sampling of pictures or posts on their profile.
Re: Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’
#8So this is a triple "non date"? That sounds like it has a lot of potential to be awkward. What kind of social engineering goes into picking the people?
A group of people sure beats "... was last seen alive leaving the bar with ... who she met on blahblah.com".
Re: Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’
#9This has the potential to go viral. $20 with free drinks is not bad. Initially it might be awkward but I feel that if the matching is good enough connections can start easily. I would add that they send each participant a summary of each other's profile if they haven't already thought about it. This will give all parties some insight and tool to start a productive conversation.
> I would add that they send each participant a summary of each other's profile I would be okay if they don't. Privacy matters aside, it lets everyone present themselves at the meet-up as they want to, and not be judged by some small sampling of pictures or posts on their profile.
Nothing too detailed of course. The participant can have it as an option and decide what information can be included. Things like "I'm into rock climbing" or "I like Physics".... maybe nothing more than a few sentences. The key is giving participants the option. This could help "break the ice" because we are letting complete strangers meet. I would not include adding pictures as an option though.
Re: Grouper Sets You Up With Three Facebook Strangers, But ‘It’s Not a Date’
#10This has the potential to go viral. $20 with free drinks is not bad. Initially it might be awkward but I feel that if the matching is good enough connections can start easily. I would add that they send each participant a summary of each other's profile if they haven't already thought about it. This will give all parties some insight and tool to start a productive conversation.
> I would add that they send each participant a summary of each other's profile I would be okay if they don't. Privacy matters aside, it lets everyone present themselves at the meet-up as they want to, and not be judged by some small sampling of pictures or posts on their profile.
Actually, I think these are both valid approaches and it's a decision the company has to make.
In this case, I can see how not sharing that info would make for a more exciting experience. e.g some magical algorithm paired me and my friends up with random other folks. I'd go along just to see how well it worked.