How's your (Hacker) Love Life?(docs.google.com)
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How's your (Hacker) Love Life?
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Thanks for the positive encouragement :) We are working more of a tool for one of our founders to find a gf (will admit it is me lol). With working and graduated from school, meeting someone in the clubs the track record is not gf material. So just wondering if other HN readers have similar trends when it comes to online dating.
However, to your points, you are right with the whole chicken and egg problem of facebook/dating concepts, along with that successful matching destroys your client base, yet with that all in mind we are tackling it from a different perspective.
Also, the insight about people have "types" vs. an algorithm is coming through so far in the survey results. People want shared interests or places they go. Just how to do it seamlessly in the background will be the challenge.
Thanks again for the thoughts!
However, to your points, you are right with the whole chicken and egg problem of facebook/dating concepts, along with that successful matching destroys your client base, yet with that all in mind we are tackling it from a different perspective.
Also, the insight about people have "types" vs. an algorithm is coming through so far in the survey results. People want shared interests or places they go. Just how to do it seamlessly in the background will be the challenge.
Thanks again for the thoughts!
As to another idea in the survey, it seems like a lot of the easier to match algorithms have been beaten to death. I do think there's an overall 'type' to most folks that can be matched - the trick is doing it accurately and without offending too many. Perhaps a way to label types behind the scenes without it being public-facing, a bit of a black box approach.
The only other downside, as with any dating service, is if your algorithm works like it should, you'll remove your client base within 6 months to a year. Getting the critical mass is going to be a huge issues as well - perhaps if you made signup transparent (although NOT FACEBOOK), it might play well. From what I've seen of the facebook meets dating sites that pop up, they're usually "pick your friends that you're interested in, and they'll do the same, and then bam!" I think most people are skittish of mixing the two networks. Maybe a google sign in that's kept anonymous on the site, that'd be the least intrusive. If you want the tech crowd, try doing it in a chrome app perhaps?
Good luck!