by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups, Social: Dating & Networking
I have been using Coffee Meets Bagel for a while now. The site boasts six thousand direct connections between members as of Sept. ’12, 439,355 introductions overall as of today. One match is emailed to you every day at noon. It’s about quality not quantity and...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups, Profiles & Matching, Social: Dating & Networking
People on dating sites are liars. Every last one of them. Old photos, lying about weight, misrepresenting themselves to an astounding degree and generally making themselves out to be quite the catch. Today I had a long talk with Likebright (I’m an advisor) and...
by David Evans | Dating Research, Mobile Dating, Online Dating Innovation, Social: Dating & Networking, Uncategorized, White Label Dating
Startup of the week: Banjo brings friends on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram together, by location (and it’s awesome). Via VentureBeat. This is a must-read article for anyone doing a mobile dating app. Banjo is going on my home screen right now. The folks...
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 | Social: Dating & Networking
Out of the blue I received an email from Hi5, the social gaming network. Social gaming, sure thing boss. The next screen had broken images on it, and the hot or not feature didn’t even show the person’s photo. Then I saw the usual Badoo-style strip of...
by David Evans | Dating Site Technology, Dating Sites & Startups, Mobile Dating, Online Dating Innovation, Social: Dating & Networking
Happy Friday, I actually remembered to #followfriday some dating industry peeps on Twitter today. Follow me at @datinginsider. The dating industry is going to love Narrative Data. This paragraph from Monday Note supports my longstanding belief that dating sites are...