NY DAILY NEWS – Apr 1 – Mesh, a new dating app, is launching in the next two weeks. It helps protect women from creepers and all its users from spam messaging by auto-filtering messages and profiles based on pre-defined parameters such as use of curse words, vulgar material, bad grammar, etc. The app also has the technology to scan pictures and recognize whether a person’s facial assets match the requirements established by another user. Mesh Beta was launched in Sep 2014 and has gathered ~8K users in NYC.
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Mesh Filters Out Creepy Messages
CAMBIO – Oct 11 – There's a new online dating site for New Yorkers called Mesh that is built around smart filters, which filter out spam and fake gibberish messages. It can also detect vulgarity and 'text speak'.
New Dating Sites That Want To Get Rid Of Creeps
WASHINGTON POST – Oct 1 – In the past six weeks, three creep-free, lady-friendly dating sites have launched. Mesh auto-filters messages based on things like curse words, and another, Siren, lets women control which men can see their profiles. Singled Out, which launched in beta this week, solicits discussion questions from female users. Women can initiate messages with the men whose answers interest them.
by Caitlin Dewey
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