Ignighter Raises $1.2 Million For Group Dating.
Still, it’s unclear at this point whether there’ll be space in the online dating galaxy for group matching, let alone two virtually indistinguishable players. Both Ignighter and Mixtt have said they could be useful for people who just want to find other friends, clubbing partners, book clubbers and the like, but Meetup already has the traction there. If one is to survive, they should probably look into differentiating themselves, and fast.
SNAP Interactive Q3 ’08 Revenue $870,000, up from $35,000 a year ago. I’m meeting Snap in NYC next week, hopefully I learn more about their traffic-driving deal with Match.com.
Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Oct 15, 2008
Slate Your Date, win money while complaining about your dates. I love reading bad date stories. Craigslist is the reigning champion, while this site seems more UK-based.
DIY Dating , which I had never heard of before. Has anyone used it?
From the mailbag:
I need an alibi for a certain date and returning on a certain date for my spouse. So I need sumone to supply a fake plane ticket and or stub for those dates. Can you help me?
What an interesting service idea. I’m sure some enterprising low-life with a printer can help you out.
