Online Dating Industry Consulting & Commentary
Sam Yagan, co-founder of OkCupid and President of Match, just emailed me to let me know that Crazy Blind Date is baaaaack. Not only that, every single profile photo on OkCupid is blanked out today. Every one of the ten million photos on OkCupid has been removed from the site; members logging into OkCupid today will [...]
Dating site executives, investors and the media often ask me what I think the future of online dating will look like. My usual response is that the 30th generation of Match Synapse will include DNA and genetic testing, full credit card report analysis, behavioral and test results based on terabytes of our social exhaust and verified [...]
Hot new dating app of the week. Received an email about an iPhone app called Let’s Date from the creators of Suicide Girls (edgier Nerve.com). Absolutely gorgeous interface and I like how it imports my FB data to create my profile (called a Date Card). When you scroll through the cards, you can select “let’s [...]
OKCupid CEO Sam Yagan gave a presentation at the Digiday Data Marketing Summit. This is a fantastic slide deck, required reading for the entire dating industry. Complete with all sorts of juicy stats on member demographics, messaging trends and even some dating tips. Oh how I wish dating sites would de-silo their findings and share like [...]
Gay-spotting mobile app Grindr gets around 1 million monthly visitors. Sex offenders in Louisiana must list their status on Facebook, other social media. What’s next, limiting what they can Like on Facebook? Where will the scarlet letters be featured on their profile? What’s the logic here? IF user IS sex maniac IN Louisiana THEN display sex maniac badge ELSE [...]
Facebook has acquired Face.com, the company that has been providing you with the ability to automatically tag people in photos on Facebook for the last two years. Back in January, Face.com launched KLIK, A Real-Time, Facial Recognition Camera App For iPhone. Connect the app to your Facebook account, hold your iPhone up to someone’s face, and [...]
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