WP article: Tinder and OkCupid have given up on finding you a soul mate

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2018/12/13/tinder-okcupid-have-given-up-finding-you-soul-mate-their-ads-even-admit-it/
"We have reached a new height of dating-app fatigue: Even the online matchmakers have given up on finding you a soul mate."

The journalist who provoked the wrath of Tinder is back
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-journalist-who-provoked-wrath-of.html

article Tinder and the Dawn of the “Dating Apocalypse”
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2015/08/article-tinder-and-dawn-of-dating.html

article: The Rise of Dating-App Fatigue
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/10/article-rise-of-dating-app-fatigue.html

TechCrunch article about "Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age"
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/09/techcrunch-article-about-swiped-hooking.html

"Mr Right or Ms Right" or "the one" or "your soulmate" or a "perfectmatch" does not exist! It will only exist a pool of compatible persons, not more than that.
No online dating site can promise you to find you "Mr Right or Ms Right"  or "the one" or "your soulmate" or a "perfectmatch".
Moreover the person you are looking for does not exist or if it exist, he/she does not want to meet you because your are not compatible.

The key to long-lasting romance: COMPATIBILITY is exactly STRICT PERSONALITY SIMILARITY and not "meet other people with similar interests or political views". 
 
 WorldWide, there are over 5,000 (five thousand) online dating sites:
 
- but no one is using the 16PF5 (or similar) to assess personality of its members!
 
- but no one calculates similarity with a quantized pattern comparison method!
 
- but no one can show Compatibility Distribution Curves to each and every of its members!!! i.e. if you are a man seeking women, to show how compatible you are with a 20,000,000 women database, and to select a bunch of 100 women from 20,000,000 women database.

- but no one is scientifically proven!  No actual online dating site  is "scientifically proven" because no one can prove its matching algorithm can match prospective partners who will have more stable and satisfying relationships (and very low divorce rates) than couples matched by chance, astrological destiny, personal preferences, searching on one's own, or other technique as the control group in a peer reviewed Scientific Paper for the majority (over 90%) of its members.

The 8 tips to innovate in the Online Dating Industry!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/12/the-8-tips-to-innovate-in-online-dating.html 

BBC Future article about Online Dating

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20181211-online-dating-to-polyamory-the-truth-about-relationships

about GDI Editorial article: Two Psychologists Talk Compatibility Science
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/11/about-gdi-editorial-article-two.html

The key to long-lasting romance: COMPATIBILITY is exactly STRICT PERSONALITY SIMILARITY and not "meet other people with similar interests or political views". 


“Top 45 Top Scientific Papers For The Online Dating Industry”
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/top-45-scientific-papers-for-online.html
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/internetdatingscience/2012/02/top-45-top-scientific-papers-for-the-online-dating-industry.html
Please remember: Personality traits are highly stable in persons over 25 years old to 45 years old. 
 
WorldWide, there are over 5,000 (five thousand) online dating sites:

- but no one is using the 16PF5 (or similar) to assess personality of its members!

- but no one calculates similarity with a quantized pattern comparison method!

- but no one can show Compatibility Distribution Curves to each and every of its members!!! i.e. if you are a man seeking women, to show how compatible you are with a 20,000,000 women database, and to select a bunch of 100 women from 20,000,000 women database.

- but no one is scientifically proven!  No actual online dating site  is "scientifically proven" because no one can prove its matching algorithm can match prospective partners who will have more stable and satisfying relationships (and very low divorce rates) than couples matched by chance, astrological destiny, personal preferences, searching on one's own, or other technique as the control group in a peer reviewed Scientific Paper for the majority (over 90%) of its members. 

Very easy to copycat eHarmony, but very difficult to innovate: a 100 times better algorithm than eHarmony.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/10/very-easy-to-copycat-eharmony-but-very.html 
     
Please read: The 8 tips to innovate in the Online Dating Industry!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/12/the-8-tips-to-innovate-in-online-dating.html

Episode: Science Vs. Online Dating: Can Science Find You Love?
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/10/episode-science-vs-online-dating-can.html

USA ROSCA by BBB: Subscription Traps and Deceptive Free Trials

Scam Millions with Misleading Ads and Fake Celebrity Endorsements
https://www.bbb.org/globalassets/local-bbbs/st-louis-mo-142/st_louis_mo_142/studies/bbb-study-free-trial-offers-and-subscription-traps.pdf
... eHarmony and other companies have paid millions in settlements to resolve class-action lawsuits alleging that they were automatically renewing subscriptions without consumer consent.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/12/buyer-beware-is-that-free-trial-really-free.html

Match user alleges site spams paying users with fake profiles
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/05/match-user-alleges-site-spams-paying.html

eHarmony pays USD 1.2 million to settle auto-renewal lawsuit
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/01/eharmony-pays-usd-12-million-to-settle.html


Spark Networks USA, LLC will pay USD 500,000 in penalties
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/10/spark-networks-usa-llc-will-pay-usd.html

I agree that the Online Dating Industry is selling elixirs, tonics, snake oil liniments and other patent medicine and performing like the Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Industry before the USA Food and Drug Administration was created where any player can make any claim without any credentials.
More fraud from eHarmony UK talking about "Future of Dating 2018"
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/12/more-fraud-from-eharmony-uk-talking.html

about "Dating website eHarmony's 'scientific' match ad banned" in UK
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/01/about-dating-website-eharmonys.html

CoffeeMeetsBagel gets a redesign. Imitates Hinge.

https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/11/coffee-meets-bagel-gets-a-redesign-and-new-commenting-feature/


Perhaps CMB wants to be acquired by Match Group, in same manner as Hinge was.


If CoffeeMeetsBagel (CMB) raises USD12M for international expansion and live events ?
Nearly 7 years and cannot take off!!! Only burning money from investors!!! http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/05/if-coffeemeetsbagel-cmb-raises-usd12m.html

CEO of IAC, explains why dating app Hinge is such a good fit for Match Group
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/07/ceo-of-iac-explains-why-dating-app.html

EXCELLENT GlobalWebIndex’s flagship report on device ownership & usage

https://www.globalwebindex.com/hubfs/Downloads/Devices-H2-2018-report.pdf

Please see also:
comScore UKom Q3 2018 UK Digital Market Overview report
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/11/comscore-ukom-q3-2018-uk-digital-market.html

Facebook In New Data Breach Controversy ?

https://www.channelstv.com/2018/12/05/zuckerberg-defends-facebook-in-new-data-breach-controversy/


IGNITION 2018: Match Group CEO talks .... stupidities
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/12/ignition-2018-match-group-ceo-talks.html

about article "Facebooks Datingfunktion im Test" Colombia
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/12/about-article-facebooks-datingfunktion.html


Facebook Considered Charging for Access to User Data
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-considered-charging-for-access-to-user-data-1543454648

Facebook testing its dating feature in Canada and Thailand
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/11/facebook-testing-its-dating-feature-in.html

Facebook’s New Dating App: Exhausting?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/11/facebooks-new-dating-app-exhausting.html


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The Online Dating Industry needs INNOVATIONS, not more bells and whistles.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/01/mistakes-at-behavioral-economics-of.html

The 8 tips to innovate in the Online Dating Industry!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/12/the-8-tips-to-innovate-in-online-dating.html 

IGNITION 2018: Match Group CEO talks .... stupidities

https://www.businessinsider.com/match-group-ceo-talks-tinders-impact-on-dating-scene-ignition-2018-2018-12

IGNITION 2018: Match CEO on the USD 12 billion online dating market
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/11/ignition-2018-match-ceo-on-usd-12.html

Ex-Tinder Worker Swipes Left On Arbitrating Harassment Suit
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/12/ex-tinder-worker-swipes-left-on.html
 
Facebook’s New Dating App: Exhausting?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/11/facebooks-new-dating-app-exhausting.html

More fraud from eHarmony UK talking about "Future of Dating 2018"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/12/more-fraud-from-eharmony-uk-talking.html

Brazilian PlentyOfFish (POF) profiles on sale (via hacking incident perhaps)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/11/brazilian-plentyoffish-pof-profiles-on.html



WorldWide, there are over 5,000 (five thousand) online dating sites:

- but no one is using the 16PF (or similar) to assess personality of its members!

- but no one calculates similarity with a quantized pattern comparison method!

- but no one can show Compatibility Distribution Curves to each and every of its members!!! i.e. if you are a man seeking women, to show how compatible you are with a 20,000,000 women database, and to select a bunch of 100 women from 20,000,000 women database.

- but no one is scientifically proven!  No actual online dating site  is "scientifically proven" because no one can prove its matching algorithm can match prospective partners who will have more stable and satisfying relationships (and very low divorce rates) than couples matched by chance, astrological destiny, personal preferences, searching on one's own, or other technique as the control group in a peer reviewed Scientific Paper for the majority (over 90%) of its members. 


The Online Dating Industry needs INNOVATIONS, not more bells and whistles.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/01/mistakes-at-behavioral-economics-of.html

The 8 tips to innovate in the Online Dating Industry!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/12/the-8-tips-to-innovate-in-online-dating.html