Comments on: Engage Unleashes Our Inner Connector

By: AssangeLiveVab

AssangeLiveVab — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:34:28 +0000

Is it possible to contact administration?
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By: BooxNeate

BooxNeate — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:07:01 +0000

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By: Dating Sites with Social Features

Dating Sites with Social Features — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:26:32 +0000

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By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:45:52 +0000

Among all the online dating websites, I prefer MillionaireCupid.com the most! I didn’t tell the website is the largest one, but their quality members and nice service are the best!

By: David Evans

David Evans — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:58:33 +0000

Don’t forget PerfectMatch, they have an algorithm too. Match used to use WeAttract, now Yahoo uses it.

By: mauricev

mauricev — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:55:30 +0000

The two major algorithmic sites are eHarmony and Chemistry. Both have a mechanism to rate the match. Chemistry is slightly better in that asks for a reason, but it’s still way too vague. For example, there is no option for choosing: “ugly”. Match at one point actually some sort of physical attraction algorithm that they mysteriously dropped.

Hmm, it looks like Yahoo is using the WeAttract system.

By: Sally

Sally — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:38:57 +0000

I have to agree with Venturebeat on this one, public humiliation is not what the serious dater is looking for. Yes young people will “have a laugh” with their friends but people really looking for a date or relationship will shy away from inviting their friends to laugh at their expense.

By: David Evans

David Evans — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:14:50 +0000

Good points Mauricev. I think that we do have some input into the algorithms, in that if people don’t respond to a certain set of search results the underlying math is revised until it reflects better results. At least I hope it does!

Browsing Match this morning was depressing for the most part, the matching percentage is weak at best and doesn’t reflect many of our desires much less personality. I wish they would have stayed with the WeAttract system instead of botching that whole situation several years ago.

By: mauricev

mauricev — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:18:05 +0000

I can’t imagine who’d want to spend time on a dating site to match *other* people when doing oneself already requires so much work!

I think the ideal matching system is a combination of a eHarmonyChemistry and Match/POF system.

eHarmony and Chemistry suffer from the fact that we as members have no input into their algorithms; there is no way to improve them. If they don’t work, they stay non-working.

The searching static profile system is limited by the fact that it’s entirely limited to clerical criteria and even that it doesn’t do all that well, especially on the pseudo-social sites like Zoosk.

There is a huge payoff to whoever figures out how to fix these deficiencies and creating a unified result, but social dating is not it.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:39:08 +0000

Hello,

Just wanted to indicate the Engage is not the only “Social Dating” site.

EuropeanKiss.org is a Social Dating Community for singles who appreciate the European culture and lifestyle with many great social networking features.

Here is a list of current features:

Components users can add, delete, modify on their home page. (friends online, new users, new videos, popular blog posts, new groups, new topics, birthdays), notification when friends are online/upload new photos/new blog posts/profile comments, 1-on-1 flash based instant messenger with live audio/video and text chat, users can broadcast live video to their profile, video profile recording, video uploads, embed YouTube videos to their profile, post unlimited photos, community group features, including group chat rooms with audio/video streaming, group events, group photo galleries and group message/discussion boards, polls, profile/photo rating, photo contests, view local and global online users and appear offline login. (allows users to login without marking them as online. This is useful if they simply want to check their mailbox, but not engaged in chats, etc)

EuropeanKiss.org is the only dating community to use Windows Vista gadgets and Windows desktop message notifier. Gadgets are easy-to-use mini programs that give you information at a glance in real-time. They currently provide two gadgets: Quick Stats Gadget; shows up-to-date information about photo rating, new mail messages, profile views, interests received, new users, users online. New Users Gadget, randomly shows new users photos based on their gender preference. Windows desktop message notifier is a Windows tool that sits in their system tray and notifies them when there are new mail messages.

Tony