by David Evans | Audio & Video
Match.com’s matching algorithm is ridiculously complex, to the point where they are mashing up quiz answers with behavioral data, and now they are experimenting with facial recognition. Excellent to see them working on facial recognition. I brought that up when...
by David Evans | Audio & Video
Love’s Bounty Hunter is a new comedy series that reveals the inner workings of a fictional online dating company and the people who play Cupid there. Our story follows Claire Desmond, who is coerced into signing a contract with America’s largest online dating...
by David Evans | Audio & Video, Dating Profiles
Dating site profile photos are a problem. Either people don’t post them, or the ones they do don’t accurately depict how they currently look. I’ve worked with photo verification patent-holders and used scores of dating sites that have offered...
by David Evans | Audio & Video, Profiles & Matching
Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time speaking with experts about matching algorithms. 16PF5, behavioral matching, opposites attract, energetic compatibility, etc. There are hundreds of algorithms being used by the dating industry and we still don’t have...
by David Evans | Audio & Video
The Internet meme of the moment is the Harlem Shake. Match was the first dating site I’ve seen jump on the opportunity to dance spastically to the song and post a video. A solid effort, I challenged the dating industry to a Shake-off on Twitter and POF was the...
by David Evans | Audio & Video, Profiles & Matching
Facebook’s Graph Search dating examples isn’t the only new dating game in town. Siri lags far behind in terms of quality of results, but it’s still fun to ask her to find you someone. What dating site is going to strike a deal with Apple to power...