STEPFEED – Mar 6 – Minder, the Tinder-like dating app for Muslims, has been getting a lot of attention lately, despite the fact that it's been around for a while. It has ~20k active users. Here's what people think of it.
Month: March 2017
Whitney Wolfe, The Queen Bee Of Digital Dating
TrumpSingles.com To Help Launch Trump-inspired Dating Show
by Cassie Murdoch
See full article at Mashable
Hater’s Founder Has Gotten Death Threats After A Marketing Stunt In NYC
What Dating Sites Are Doing To Keep Users Safe
BBC.COM – Mar 3 – Many dating sites and apps issue guidelines, such as never to give out personal information and to watch out for odd language in messages or personal profiles, for example. Many insist they apply security measures, but won't reveal what systems they use. A spokesman for Match.com said: "We have a dedicated team who monitor security on the site, through both up-to-date technology and human checks. "Bigger organizations will use a variety of datasets as part of their counter-fraud solutions," says Andrew McClelland, CEO of the Online Dating Association (ODA). Some experts believe dating sites could be doing more to analyze the language people use. Last year a group of researchers at London's City University compared tens of thousands of emails pre-identified as lies with those known to be truthful. The algorithm analyzed their word use, structure and context for linguistic differences. Liars cannot generate deceptive emails from actual memory so they avoid spontaneity to evade detection. Algorithms can pick up on these traits.
Study: OkCupid Is Wrong About Men’s Dating Photos
PHOTOFEELER – Feb 7 – 2010 OKCupid's study on male dating photos fails reproducibility. In the post called The 4 Big Myths of Profile Pictures, OKCupid said that non-smiling profile pictures had a better response rate. In Tinder's last roundup of the top 100 male profiles, all of them were smiling in their lead picture. According to the latest PhotoFeeler study whether men smile or not makes no statistically-significant difference (except in the case of eye contact and no smile, which is harmful). PhotoFeeler is a tool for testing profile pics.See full article at PhotoFeeler blog
MeetMe Appoints Chris Fralic To Board Of Directors
STREET INSIDER – Mar 2 – Chris Fralic, a technology industry veteran and partner at First Round Capital, joins MeetMe as the company's board of directors. Fralic brings ~30 years of technology industry experience from several significant Internet business development roles, including First Round, del.icio.us and Half.com. Fralic has also helped to launch TEDTalks.
The full article was originally published at Street Insider, but is no longer available.
“Lime” Dating App Matches Users Based On Their Step Count
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – Mar 1 – Lime is a new dating app that matches people based on how many steps they take. The app takes data from the Apple Health app. It analyses user's weekly step count and finds a partner whose stats match up.
Indian Iitiimshaadi Does Matchmaking Based On Education
ECONOMIC TIMES – Feb 28 – Delhi-based matrimonial site iitiimshaadi.com started in 2014. The site matches users based on their educational qualification. Taksh Gupta, founder of iitiimshaadi.com, says: "Mental compatibility is equally or even more significant than the ones based on caste, religion or any other factor." He contends, marriages break when there are differences in opinions and behaviors. The portal will soon hit 10K active members.
Grindr Not Responsible For Warning Its Users
BLOOMBERG BNA – Feb 28 – According to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Grindr is not responsible for warning users that they could get harassed by others on the dating app. According to the plaintiff, Matthew Herrick, who had been assaulted on Grindr, the app failed to warn users of the alleged dangers of the site, to screen users and to ban those who misuse it.