http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/beware-of-sharks-in-the-dating-pool-9743638
EliteSingles
is violating our domestic laws. Ouma Ramaru, media liaison for the
Consumer Goods and Services Ombud, stresses: “They need to abide by our
laws and regulation, and their site says they have an open site here in
South Africa.
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2017/07/elitesingles-criticized-for-violating-domestic-laws-in-south-africa.html
Female Journalist from The Sun UK testing EliteSingles.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/06/female-journalist-from-sun-uk-testing.html
If EliteSingles (Affinitas GmbH.) creates fake profiles from inside
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/for-elitesingles-ceo-to-speak-at-idate.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/03/elitesingles-usa-compared-to-tallest-2.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/03/if-elitesingles-affinitas-gmbh-creates.html
Last
May 2016, I suggested USA FTC investigate several online dating sites
for misleading statements, false claims, overpromises.
Like Match, eHarmony, Zoosk, OkCupid, EliteSingles (Affinitas GmbH.) copycat of eHarmony, Tinder and others.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/05/suggested-usa-ftc-investigate-several.html
The
Big Five normative personality test used by eHarmony and copycats like eDarling or
EliteSingles had been revealed as incorrect and incomplete model of
personality SINCE YEAR 2000!!! 17 long years ago!
Now it is obsolete and a fraud to use the Big Five normative personality test!
http://www.elplural.com/tech/2017/06/29/la-nueva-aplicacion-para-ligar-con-clones-de-iglesias-rajoy-aguirre
http://www.cosmopolitan.de/badoo-mit-dieser-dating-app-triffst-du-bald-auf-deinen-elyas-mbarek-80437.html
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/new-dating-app-feature-allows-13252980
Quite similar to
FORBES article: Finally, The Perfect App For Superfans, Stalkers, And Serial Killers
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/06/forbes-article-finally-perfect-app-for.html
Please see also:
Tinder Gold feature: more bells and whistles, no innovation
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/06/tinder-gold-feature-more-bells-and.html
Tinder,
Match, Meetic, Ourtime, PlentyOfFish, MeetMe (MEET), Hinge, Happn,
CoffeeMeetsBagel, OKCupid, Bumble, Zoosk, Badoo and many more: in a WAR
between themselves, no one will win!
Badoo is in war with Zoosk and Badoo backed Bumble to fight and destroy Tinder.
Tinder is in big war with Badoo, and can not outperform it.
The mission of Tinder was to kill Badoo, but it seems Tinder is killing Match.
It seems there is an internal war between Tinder and Match App.
If Tinder is cannibalizing Match and Match Group now wants to promote more Match App and not much Tinder because Tinder is not monetizing as expected?
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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
Launched in July 2013, after eHarmony Inc. refused to acquire the whole of Affinitas GmbH. parent company of eDarling / EliteSingles last May 2012, EliteSingles is only a "bad" copycat of eHarmony.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/3913537/our-girl-tries-her-luck-with-elitesingles-after-hitting-a-cringe-worthy-new-low-on-okcupid/
7ft 7in British actor; the UK's tallest man, dies of heart failure, aged 36 / Please compare with EliteSingles UK and USA
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/02/7ft-7in-british-actor-uks-tallest-man.html
When eHarmony was launched in August year 2000, the Big Five normative personality test
was revealed as incorrect and incomplete model of personality!!!
Please see: THE HEXACO PERSONALITY INVENTORY - REVISED / A MEASURE OF THE SIX MAJOR DIMENSIONS OF PERSONALITY
http://hexaco.org/history
The
Big Five normative personality test used by eHarmony and copycats like eDarling or
EliteSingles had been revealed as incorrect and incomplete model of
personality SINCE YEAR 2000!!! 17 long years ago!
Now it is obsolete and a fraud to use the Big Five normative personality test!
Please see also:
eHarmony was copycatted in several countries like
the online dating sites EliteSingles in Canada, Australia, USA, UK,
Chile, Mexico; eDarling in Spain, German, France, Russia;
also TeAmo in
Russia is another copycat of eHarmony;
esync (eSynchrony) in Singapore,
MiMediaManzana in Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Chile, etc.,
Marrily in India
and now
LemonSwan in Germany and other countries.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/for-elitesingles-ceo-to-speak-at-idate.html
Tinder Gold will roll out in the “coming days” to Argentina [in Winter time], Australia [in Winter time], Canada [in Summer time] and Mexico [in Summer time], says the company, but is expected to reach all Tinder users soon after.
https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/28/tinders-new-subscription-tinder-gold-lets-you-see-who-already-likes-you/
Tinder's new premium feature is basically a cheat code for online dating
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Tinders-new-premium-feature-is-basically-a-cheat-code-for-online-dating_id95462
FORBES article: Finally, The Perfect App For Superfans, Stalkers, And Serial Killers
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/06/forbes-article-finally-perfect-app-for.html
Hinge is adding video.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/06/hinge-is-adding-video.html
Tinder, Match, Meetic, Ourtime, PlentyOfFish, MeetMe (MEET), Hinge, Happn, CoffeeMeetsBagel, OKCupid, Bumble, Zoosk, Badoo and many more: in a WAR between themselves, no one will win!
Badoo is in war with Zoosk and Badoo backed Bumble to fight and destroy Tinder.
Tinder is in big war with Badoo, and can not outperform it.
The mission of Tinder was to kill Badoo, but it seems Tinder is killing Match.
It seems there is an internal war between Tinder and Match App.
If Tinder is cannibalizing Match and Match Group now wants to promote more Match App and not much Tinder because Tinder is not monetizing as expected?
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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
http://mashable.com/2017/06/27/hinge-dating-video/
Match is adding video features in dating profiles.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/06/match-is-adding-video-features-in.html
Hinge: A two old months interview where the CEO explains he can not beat Tinder and will waste over USD 20 Million ?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/04/hinge-two-old-months-interview-where.html
Tinder, Match, Meetic, Ourtime, PlentyOfFish, MeetMe (MEET), Hinge, Happn, CoffeeMeetsBagel, OKCupid, Bumble, Zoosk, Badoo and many more: in a WAR between themselves, no one will win!
Social dating is vaporware.
Online Dating for serious daters does not need to be more social, it needs to be more effective/efficient.
It needs to reduce the false positives problem and big data dating IS NOT the key to long-lasting romance.
The key to long-lasting romance is STRICT PERSONALITY SIMILARITY and not "meet other people with similar interests".
https://www.delphix.com/news/news-release/eharmony-looks-delphix-accelerate-innovation-create-more-meaningful-connections
When eHarmony was launched in August year 2000, the Big Five normative personality test
was revealed as incorrect and incomplete model of personality!!!
Please see: THE HEXACO PERSONALITY INVENTORY - REVISED / A MEASURE OF THE SIX MAJOR DIMENSIONS OF PERSONALITY
http://hexaco.org/history
The
Big Five normative personality test used by eHarmony and copycats like eDarling or
EliteSingles had been revealed as incorrect and incomplete model of
personality SINCE YEAR 2000!!! 17 long years ago!
Now it is obsolete and a fraud to use the Big Five normative personality test!
Please see also:
eHarmony was copycatted in several countries like
the online dating sites EliteSingles in Canada, Australia, USA, UK,
Chile, Mexico; eDarling in Spain, German, France, Russia;
also TeAmo in
Russia is another copycat of eHarmony;
esync (eSynchrony) in Singapore,
MiMediaManzana in Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Chile, etc.,
Marrily in India
and now
LemonSwan in Germany and other countries.
AI, former eHarmony's Chief Scientist and PsyML (machine learning and big data)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/ai-former-eharmonys-chief-scientist-and.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/soulmatesai-launches-to-help-brands.html
article: Secret of eHarmony algorithm is ignoring wishes of picky daters
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/article-secret-of-eharmony-algorithm-is.html
Proof eHarmony is intoxicated with "Big Data Analysis"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/04/proof-eharmony-is-intoxicated-with-big.html
LemonSwan-Prinzip == home grown Big Five normative personality test.
Unless they can prove their method 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
the members of the site: It is a HOAX, a big FRAUD.
Unfortunately the Big Five normative personality test is obsolete, it has been proven as an incomplete and incorrect model of personality.
When eHarmony was launched in August year 2000, the Big Five normative personality test
was revealed as incorrect and incomplete model of personality!!!
Please see: THE HEXACO PERSONALITY INVENTORY - REVISED / A MEASURE OF THE SIX MAJOR DIMENSIONS OF PERSONALITY
http://hexaco.org/history
The
Big Five normative personality test used by eHarmony and copycats like eDarling or
EliteSingles had been revealed as incorrect and incomplete model of
personality SINCE YEAR 2000!!! 17 long years ago!
Now it is obsolete and a fraud to use the Big Five normative personality test!
The
Big Five (Big5, OCEAN, Five Factor Model) normative personality test is
the biggest mistake Psychologists made since several years ago.
The
Big Five is also known as the Five Factor Model theory of personality
traits, a psychological model based on research by Paul Costa and Robert
McCrae.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/02/edarling-german-version-homepage.html
Remember Be2?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2010/04/be2-another-hoax.html
Remember BQ-check from FriendScout24?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2010/09/friendscout24s-bq-check.html
Angry customers with Parship in Germany.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/06/angry-customers-with-parship-in-germany.html
Remember ElitePartner and Parship?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2010/04/parship-part-1.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/elitepartnerde-screenshots.html
PARSHIP ELITE Group GmbH. 2015 financials
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/parship-elite-group-gmbh-2015-financials.html
PAPER: A Personality-Based Recommender System for Semantic Searches
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/06/paper-personality-based-recommender.html
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The Online Dating Industry does not need a 10% improvement, a 50% improvement or a 100% improvement. It does need "a 100 times better improvement"
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
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-59650-1_51
in Vehicles Sales Portals
from
12th International Conference, HAIS 2017, La Rioja, Spain, June 21-23, 2017
HAIS 2017: Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems pp 600-612
Unfortunately the Big Five normative personality test is obsolete, it has been proven as an incomplete and incorrect model of personality.
The HEXACO (a.k.a. Big Six) is another oversimplification.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/03/paper-game-based-extraction-of-web.html
Personality Based Recommender Systems are the next generation of recommender
systems because they perform far better than Behavioural ones (past
actions and pattern of personal preferences)
That is the only way to
improve recommender systems, to include the personality traits of their
users.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/06/paper-item-silk-road-recommending-items.html
They need to calculate personality similarity between users but
there are different formulas to calculate similarity.
In case you
did not notice, recommender systems are morphing to compatibility
matching engines, as the same used in the Online Dating Industry for
years, with low success rates until now because they mostly use the Big Five model to
assess personality and the Pearson correlation coefficient to calculate
similarity.
Please remember: Personality traits are highly stable in persons over 25 years old to 45 years old.
Which is the RIGHT approach to innovate in the Personality Based Recommender Systems Arena?
The same approach to innovate in the Online Dating Industry
== 16PF5 test or similar to assess personality traits and a new method
to calculate similarity between quantized patterns.
Online
Dating sites have very big databases, in the range of 20,000,000
(twenty million) profiles, so the Big Five model or the HEXACO model are
not enough for predictive purposes. That is why I suggest the 16PF5
test instead and another method to calculate similarity.
High precision in matching algorithms is precisely the key to open the door and leave the infancy of compatibility testing.
Without
offering the NORMATIVE 16PF5 (or similar test measuring exactly the 16
personality factors) for serious dating, it will be impossible to
innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry.
The Online Dating Industry does not need a 10% improvement, a 50% improvement or a 100% improvement. It does need "a 100 times better improvement"
All other proposals are NOISE and perform as placebo!!!
https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/21/chinas-tantan-raises-70-million/
Other article says: "Tantan now claimes 90 million registered users. Excluding the fake and banned accounts, the number of valid users boils down to 60 million, roughly the size of the population of Italy. Among them, “post-90s” account for more than 75%. The DAUs reached 6 million and the second-day return rate is around 75%. Users have made over 3 billion matches in total, the firm disclosed."
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/06/chinese-tinder-like-tantan-soon-to.html
3 billion matches in total == that is the same to say out of control machine gun shooting flowers (good for nothing, useless).
Recently Zoosk (IPO failed some time ago) booted its female CEO.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/06/zoosk-announces-management-changes.html
Tinder, Match, Meetic, Ourtime, PlentyOfFish, MeetMe (MEET), Hinge, Happn, CoffeeMeetsBagel, OKCupid, Bumble, Zoosk, Badoo and many more: in a WAR between themselves, no one will win!
Social dating is vaporware.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/04/hinge-two-old-months-interview-where.html
Online Dating for serious daters does not need to be more social, it needs to be more effective/efficient.
It needs to reduce the false positives problem and big data dating IS NOT the key to long-lasting romance.
The key to long-lasting romance is STRICT PERSONALITY SIMILARITY and not "meet other people with similar interests".
Match is adding video features in dating profiles.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/06/match-is-adding-video-features-in.html
article: The Rise of Dating-App Fatigue
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/10/article-rise-of-dating-app-fatigue.html
Rubbish research from Hinge: How Vices Affect Your Dating Life
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/06/rubbish-research-from-hinge-how-vices.html
http://mashable.com/2017/06/21/match-stories-video-dating-profile/
Badoo is in war with Zoosk and Badoo backed Bumble to fight and destroy Tinder.
Tinder is in big war with Badoo, and can not outperform it.
The mission of Tinder was to kill Badoo, but it seems Tinder is killing Match.
It seems there is an internal war between Tinder and Match App.
If Tinder is cannibalizing Match and Match Group now wants to promote more Match App and not much Tinder because Tinder is not monetizing as expected?
TC article: Bumble is launching video stories
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/01/tc-article-bumble-is-launching-video.html
Snap Interactive (STVI) Announces Proposed Merger With Group Video Chat Platform Paltalk
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/08/snap-interactive-stvi-announces.html
Tinder copycatted Badoo. Zoosk copycats Tinder with Lively.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/07/tinder-copycatted-badoo-zoosk-copycats.html
Video is now a focus for Tinder. / Match Group.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/04/video-is-now-focus-for-tinder-match.html
CNET article: Match is using geolocation technology to help you find the guy or girl next door.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/01/cnet-article-match-is-using-geolocation.html
Match Group Q1 2017, Revenue flat, ARPU flat, Match in decadence
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/match-group-q1-2017-revenue-flat-arpu.html
Match Group Launches New Dating Brand for Singles 50 and Over in Europe
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/06/match-group-launches-new-dating-brand.html
The
Match Group is only a collection of old and obsolete online dating
sites: Match, Meetic, Chemistry, OkCupid, LoveScout24 (FriendScout24),
OurTime, HowAboutWe, PlentyOfFish and many more and all of them are past
their primes, reached operating ceiling and they are in decadence.
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The Online Dating Industry does not need a 10% improvement, a 50% improvement or a 100% improvement. It does need "a 100 times better improvement"
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
