INVESTOR PLACE – Feb 4 – China dating app turned live-streaming platform Momo had a really good start to 2017. But the back half of the year wasn't as pretty. As soon as Chinese regulators started cracking down on live streaming – calling it harmful to social morality – investors freaked out that Momo's massive growth could disappear at any second. MOMO stock subsequently dropped from $40 in mid-2017 to $20 by late Nov 2017. Back in June, China's Ministry of Culture didn't put a halt on all live-streaming platforms. They simply shut down 12 apps for showing pornographic content. So long as MOMO plays by the rules, the app should continue to grow in popularity. Investors appear to be catching on that Chinese regulation concerns were overblown. MOMO stock is up 40% since early December.
Month: February 2018
Coffee Meets Bagel To Host A Matchmaking Running Event
SCMP – Feb 2 – RunDate 2018 is a matchmaking event, hosted by dating app Coffee Meets Bagel and Asian cultural online platform Honkiee. It aims to help runners find potential partners through a series of athletic activities. Held once again at the Science Park in Sha Tin on February 11, the event's second edition will be open to 2K runners, and includes a new age group for adults aged 60 or above. Out of 1,300 runners that joined last year, more than half were successfully matched with a partner.
by Rachel Cheung
See full article at SCMP
Once App Asks Women To Rate Men On Whether They Appear ‘Worse’ In Real Life
Dating Episode – Black Mirror – Hang The DJ
Some relationships are for a day, some are for months or years. But at the end of the relationships they have to part ways and the computer figures out their match based on the biofeedback and reactions from their time with that person.
It's freaky dystopian highly entertaining stuff. Go watch it and comment here. Spoilers in the comments. (Thanks to Professor Robert Metcalfe for the heads up on this episode).
Post by Mark Brooks , CEO IDEA
Match.com Singles Study: What ‘Good Sex’ Really Means To Singles
Zoosk Survey: The State Of Romance In 2018
ASKMEN – Feb 2 – A new survey from Zoosk found that people prefer 'old-fashioned romance' over 'modern romance.' Three-quarters of those surveyed say 'snuggling in front of the fireplace' is the most romantic date, followed by 'candlelight dinners' (58%) and a 'picnic in the park' (45%). Nearly everyone (95%) think that 'holding a door open' on a date is romantic, 93% say 'public displays of affection' brings the heat and 82% still think 'paying for your date' is romantic.
Besedo Webinar: Ai, Scams And Government Legislation
OPW – Feb 4 – Last month, Besedo, the content moderation provider, hosted a "Romance scam webinar". They discussed which types of romance scams exist and how they are carried out, which dating scams are on the rise, the future of scams and how content moderation and AI can help you combat current and future scams to keep your users safe. The recording from the webinar is now live.
Internet Dating Conference Quick-Videos
OPW – Feb 4 – If you missed iDate, you missed a great business conference. This was the best iDate Internet Dating Conference for a few years. Marc pulled together a great line up of speakers and show. Meetme's co-founder Catherine Cook gave an amazing talk to demystify video in the Internet dating context. Amanda Bradford gave an awesome talk on the future of Internet dating. Super impressed with both of these talks. We had the COO of Spark, a super-affiliate, an OKCupid data scientist, a gay dating expert, an A.I. guru… Anyway, check out my little vlogs of the event.
Day 1
Day 2
The next iDate is in Los Angeles in early June. This is the Mobile Dating Conference, so is focused on mobile dating apps. Beyond that, this particular conference will focus of the emergence and applications of Artificial Intelligence in Internet dating. Who's doing it, and what we could do in the future to use A.I. to vastly improve our services and value. Hope to see you there. 😉
Post by Mark Brooks , CEO IDEA
Pheramor Is A New DNA-Based Dating Site
ACSH.ORG – Feb 4 – Pheramor is a new tech start-up, based on Houston. It believes that genetic analysis provides the best path to matchmaking. Pheramor contends that sequencing 11 genes associated with pheromones – which are believed to switch on sexual attraction – will produce a better match. The company combines users DNA data with their overall social media footprint to build their dating profile, creating an algorithm that predicts compatibility based on their attraction, personality and social media. Pheramor collects users DNA by sending them a kit.
CoffeeMeetsBagel Shows Singles Care Less About Valentine’s Day Than Ever
THE NEXT WEB – Feb 4 – The dating app Coffee Meets Bagel has recently conducted a survey of its users to see what they were planning for Valentine's Day. Of the 654 respondents, 235 said they considered Valentine's Day "just another Hallmark holiday."” 474 said they felt no pressure to date on Valentine's Day, and 295 said they didn’t plan on celebrating.
by Rachel Kaser
See full article at The Next Web