by David Evans | Dating Site Technology, Profiles & Matching
Facebook is able to predict with great accuracy the probability for two people exchanging casually on the network to become romantically involved, says Frederic Filloux, writing in Monday Note about how Big Data can change the economics of digital publishing. The...
by David Evans | Dating Site Features, Dating Sites & Startups, Profiles & Matching, Social: Dating & Networking
The well-funded geek squad at OkCupid Labs in NYC are entering the social discovery market with the launch of Tallygram. With Tallygram, we’re utilizing the Facebook social graph, and our experiences with developing the world’s best and free online dating site,...
by David Evans | Dating Research, Profiles & Matching
Here’s a link to my OkCupid My Best Face crowdsourced photo evaluation. The results are absolutely incredible, almost TMI (too much information). Love how they show you who voted for you and make it easy to message them. Only problem is you have to rate 100...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Site Technology, Profiles & Matching
Nobody, and I mean nobody, is crushing social media marketing like HowAboutWe, but I do like some of the social media stuff coming from eHarmony. How Ironic that most of the eHarmony posts on this blog are about their technology. Its crazy that the media is *still*...
by David Evans | Profiles & Matching
Back in the day, every dating site had some sort of a wink feature. Called by many different names, the feature was a lightweight way for one dating site members to show interest in each other. For women, for the most part, winks were more trouble than they were...
by David Evans | Legal, Profiles & Matching
Lots going on with the announcement that Sam Yagan is now the CEO of Match, Inc, and Mandy Ginsberg as the CEO of Match.com. Congrats to Sam, I’ll have more on this remarkable executive shuffle next week. Does Match.com Have To Make Sure Its Member Profiles are...