Comments on: It’s neither the chicken, nor the egg – Thoughts on disrupting online dating business models

By: jeannieheroux

jeannieheroux — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:06:22 +0000

I think classmates.com sort of grabbed that idea but I don't think they do it; I think they connect with yahoo personals or something - classmates is a perfect venue tho

By: jeannieheroux

jeannieheroux — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:06:22 +0000

I think classmates.com sort of grabbed that idea but I don't think they do it; I think they connect with yahoo personals or something - classmates is a perfect venue tho

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By: Yumbunny.com

Yumbunny.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:03:00 +0000

Personally, I wouldn't meet someone like that. As a woman, even in a public place, I would be very leery and feel extremely uncomfortable. I think most women like to do a little research on the guy first. But this may be a very popular application within certain focus groups (like gay males, for instance, who may not feel as vulnerable).

By: Yumbunny.com

Yumbunny.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:59:06 +0000

We're working on it! =) We've already started experimenting with Facebook Connect and want to get it online soon so people can use that instead of having to sign up with us. That's one of the very next things we'll be pushing out because you're right that making the sign-up process as simple (and painless) as possible is essential- the last thing people want is yet another login.

By: Daniel Splittgerber

Daniel Splittgerber — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:45:12 +0000

Quite an interesting concept and you certainly nail one possibility of doing
the matchmaking angle. Great to see!
Your sign-up process may impede faster user growth though – why not use
Facebook connect or some similar service in order to speed up the sign-up
process (which is an undervalued hurdle and has a silent evidence-problem:
you never hear from users who would otherwise complain about your lenghty
sign-up process, as they just leave)?

By: Yumbunny.com

Yumbunny.com — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:32:24 +0000

This whole blog was really encouraging to us because it is pretty much exactly what we're doing. I wrote a blog responding to this and laying down how we're doing it step-by-step:
http://blog.yumbunny.com/2009/06/how-yumbunny-g...

We also avoid some other pitfalls other sites get into (like making people sign up for things, install apps, etc) so I hope you'll take a look at the blog if nothing else.

By: Daniel Splittgerber

Daniel Splittgerber — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:39:07 +0000

This is a great idea - do you believe it is technically feasible within the
next two years or does it require more of an local aware smartphone
adoption? There may also be another element at work. People may like to be
disrupted by people making dating advances to them online or when browsing
online social networks. It might take a while for people to get acquainted
with location-based smartphone services on the one hand and constantly being
targeted by a dating app while on the run, at work, with friends etc.What do
you think about that?

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By: Steve Quezadas

Steve Quezadas — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:08:48 +0000

Yeah, funny, I was thinking of a similar principle. However, mine is slightly different. You match people using collaborative filtering techniques based on your social network profile (bayesian filtering, for example. . .). Then you via gps on your cell phone. IE, if two likely matches happen to be geographically close to each other, the cell phone tells both of you “hey, you guys would be a good match . . . would you like to hook up at a nearby coffee place?”. If both say yes, the cell phone will allow you to meet at a local coffee place (or whatever).

The point is is to have a weird excuse to interact briefly. Just by a brief encounter one can know if that person is his/her type.