NZZ.CH – Feb 13 - Zoosk is #1 paid dating app. The app has ~30M users, half of them come from USA. Kelly Steckelber took over as CEO in December. She replaced co-founder Shayan Zadeh who is now a member of the board.
Q: Zoosk has recently announced 15% lay off. Can you tell us why?
A: To be profitable, we have to reduce our cost in some areas.
Q: Do you see Tinder as a threat?
A: We do not consider Tinder as a competitor. We compete with paid dating sites that use algorithm based matchmaking. We have invested heavily in our behavioral matchmaking technology.
Q: Why don't you offer GPS?
A: Our users, especially women, are not comfortable with that.
Q: What do you do to protect your users' data?
A: We invest heavily in our encryption technology to protect users' data, passwords and credit cards. We also use digital fingerprints of devices.
by Adrienne Fitcher
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Unless Zoosk does something creative they will lose their market position and with free apps becoming more mainstream, they could lose that position a lot faster. In my opinion, Zoosk is becoming what became of MySpace…
Unless Zoosk does something creative they will lose their market position and with free apps becoming more mainstream, they could lose that position a lot faster. In my opinion, Zoosk is becoming what became of MySpace…
Can you tell me how someone managed to get into my dormant Zoosk account without a password, amend all the profile details to their own, and use my credit card details to take nearly £100 from my me?
Can you tell me how someone managed to get into my dormant Zoosk account without a password, amend all the profile details to their own, and use my credit card details to take nearly £100 from my me?