http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2018/01/what-is-violaai.html
Nobody can tell them Viola.AI seems to be a big overpromise! They mistake AI with a silly recommender system.
A fraud, a hoax, that will not outperform Watson IBM that uses obsolete Big Five normative test (same as eHarmony, EliteSingles and eSync)..
"Viola.AI creates a much more secure, interactive place to meet, talk, but also begin to participate in the non-cyber world. For example, a matched couple will be able to use cryptocurrency to pay for gifts or the wedding dress. But also couples counseling and other expert advice. Users sign up to the platform. Their identity is verified through facial identification, including via their social media profile. They can then use the system cryptocurrency to pay for membership services and other community-linked goods and opportunities. The entire ecosystem of dating, in other words, is found on one platform."
== READ the virtual world SecondLife resurrected???
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life
Viola.AI, a ‘Siri with empathy’ ???
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/01/violaai-siri-with-empathy.html
Match failed with Alexa Amazon
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2018/01/match-pulls-its-alexa-skill-giving-controversial-dating-tips.html
and Chief Scientist At eHarmony Cavorts With The ... Facebook
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/01/about-chief-scientist-at-eharmony.html
My bet: He is copycatting WATSON IBM, in same manner as Dr. Galen Buckwalter did (Soulmates.ai), but Buckwalter used the HEXACO model of personality (BIG FIVE, or OCEAN is obsolete now)
eHarmony and other dating sites are collaborating with big AI players like IBM Watson ???
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/03/eharmony-and-other-dating-sites-are.html
Dr. Galen Buckwalter talks about the HEXACO model of personality (BIG FIVE, or OCEAN is obsolete now)
article: Why Brands Need to Understand Personalities in Order to Leverage AI’s Potential
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/08/article-why-brands-need-to-understand.html
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
Soulmates.ai launches to help brands find compatible influencers using AI
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/soulmatesai-launches-to-help-brands.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/23/bumble-majority-owner-badoo-looking-to-sell-for-about-1-point-5-billion.html
It is said, Badoo is backed by Russian Mafia in the spyware business.
And Bumble is not independent from Badoo structure (servers, database)
There is NO ROOM for Tinder and Bumble in the same boat, they are in war between them now, so if MTCH acquires Bumble, they will fight between them.
Tinder, Match, Meetic, Ourtime, PlentyOfFish, MeetMe (MEET), Hinge, Happn, CoffeeMeetsBagel, OKCupid, Bumble, Zoosk, and many more: in a WAR between themselves, no one will win!
Great article about 2017, the whole year "Adulation for Whitney Wolfe Herd"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/12/great-article-about-2017-whole-year.html
Badoo and Bumble at NOAH17 London Conference
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/11/badoo-and-bumble-at-noah17-london.html
Bumble revenue in the range of USD 150 Million for 2018
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/08/bumble-revenue-in-range-of-usd-150.html
Bumble (by Badoo) claims 18 Million users
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/07/bumble-by-badoo-claims-18-million-users.html
Bumble founder on millennial matchmaking ? via FT
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/03/bumble-founder-on-millennial.html
Bumble backed by Badoo: Perhaps it is only a revenge against Match Group! No more than that.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/11/bumble-backed-by-badoo-perhaps-it-is.html
Match Group still in talks to acquire Bumble with a valuation over USD 1 Billion ?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/11/match-group-still-in-talks-to-acquire.html
https://e27.co/paktor-cto-online-dating-trumps-old-school-courtship-20180119/
"For example, let’s say you liked person A, B, C, D and E and a new user comes and likes person A, B and C. Because you liked the same three people as well, we will recommend person D and E to that user — we judge that you two have similar tastes. It is based on users’ reaction to each profile.
Another example is if you match with person A, B and C, but only talk to C, we will try to find profiles similar to C for you — this is based on their profile info, such as age."
NO INNOVATION AT ALL, the same as any online dating site!
Please do not call AI to any silly recommender system that learns your preference.
DO NOT mistake "artificial intelligence" with a behavioural recommender system.
Viola.AI, a ‘Siri with empathy’ ???
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/01/violaai-siri-with-empathy.html
The Online Dating Industry needs INNOVATIONS, not more bells and whistles.
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) or other system that learns your preferences (READ machine learning)
Also do not mistake "artificial intelligence" with a behavioural recommender system.
Please do not call AI to any silly recommender system that learns your preference.
Lack Of Innovation & Decadence can summarize the Online Dating Industry.
C-Level executives are more worried about their golf scores than their company’s long term strategy and innovations.
C-level executives are cooking barbecues under the water (selling smoke) and not paying attention to latest research from Academics which could be beneficial for 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"
The 3 milestone discoveries of the 2001 - 2010 decade for Theories of Romantic Relationships Development are:
I) Several studies showing contraceptive pills users make different mate choices, on average, compared to non-users.
"Only short-term but not long-term partner preferences tend to vary with the menstrual cycle"
II)
People often report partner preferences that are not compatible with
their choices in real life. (Behavioural recommender systems or other
system that learns your preferences are useless)
III) What is important in attracting people to one another may not be important in making couples happy
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
https://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/arne-kahlke-lemonswan-parship-elitepartner
LemonSwan is another eHarmony copycat style online dating site, using obsolete Big Five normative test. (LemonSwan Prinzip)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/06/another-fraud-from-germans-today.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/07/lemonswan-interviews.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/06/beispielbilder-from-new-online-dating.html
The Big
Five normative test, had been proven/revealed as an
incomplete and incorrect model to assess/measure personality of persons.
It is a HOAX, a FRAUD to use the Big Five normative test in year 2018.
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
LemonSwan in Germany and other countries.
Online-Dating: 187 Portale nutzen Fake-Profile
https://www.verbraucherzentrale.de/aktuelle-meldungen/digitale-welt/onlinedating-auf-diesen-portalen-flirten-fakeprofile-21848
https://www.hna.de/netzwelt/online-dating-187-portale-mit-mit-fake-profilen-zr-9527560.html
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/service/online-dating-verbraucherschuetzer-decken-unfaire-praktiken-auf-a-1188017.html
https://ssl.marktwaechter.de/pressemeldung/online-dating-fake-profile-auf-187-portalen
https://www.welt.de/regionales/bayern/article172505859/Verbraucherschutz-Online-Dating-Portale-mit-Fake-Profilen.html
https://www.futurezone.de/digital-life/article213118807/Augen-auf-beim-Online-Dating-Ein-Experte-zum-Umgang-mit-flirtenden-Fake-Profilen.html
They should investigate more and better!
Chinese dating apps shut after ‘sexy girl’ chats found to be run by robots
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/01/chinese-dating-apps-shut-after-sexy.html
EliteSingles and TinEye Reverse Image Search
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/10/elitesingles-and-tineye-reverse-image.html
about article EliteSingles full of fake profiles / Beware of sharks in the dating pool
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/06/about-article-elitesingles-full-of-fake.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/01/about-spark-networks-se-nyse-american.html
Many complaints about Match dot com suggest ... database is full of old & inactive profiles, scammers, fake profiles, etc!
Perhaps Only way to sustain that huge revenue is / WAS creating fake profiles from inside to entice customers to subscribe. ???
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/04/article-better-business-bureau-gives.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/05/only-way-to-sustain-that-huge-revenue.html
Scammers and Spammers: Inside Online Dating's Sex Bot Con Job
http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/scammers-and-spammers-inside-online-datings-sex-bot-con-job-20160201
"They're
not the only ones using fake profiles," says Marc Lesnick, organizer of
iDate, the industry's largest trade show. "It's definitely pervasive."
But
Lesnick, the iDate organizer, says there’s no doubting who’s up to such
tricks. “Everyone in the industry knows who the good players are and
who bad players are,” he says. “Eventually the bad guys will get found
out and get caught. This is fraud.” But when I ask him to name names,
like many in the business, he declines. “I have to bite my lip,” he
says. “Some of them come to my event.”
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/10/new-site-hoycitas-tineye-reverse-image.html
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4137528-meet-group-undervalued-dating-app-market
Please see:
USA favorite, and least favorite, social media platforms
Dating platform Tinder — though not typically what you’d consider social media — was also largely disliked. About 43 percent of people want it to go away — about the same percentage who aren’t familiar with it in the first place.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/01/usa-favorite-and-least-favorite-social.html
Please notice: MTCH group is 16 times bigger in revenue than MEET group
and MEET group can not innovate at all and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/11/meet-groups-meet-ceo-on-q3-2017-results.html
video: Panel: The Future of Online Dating - NOAH17 London
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/11/video-panel-future-of-online-dating.html
Meet Group + Affinitas (EliteSingles) merged with LOV (Spark Networks) + Parship talking about NO INNOVATION in the Online Dating Industry.
https://livestream.com/NYSE/SparkNetworks2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhoN5UvlBeM
THEY CELEBRATE AS IF THEY HAVE SCAMMED INVESTORS!
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
about "Dating website eHarmony's 'scientific' match ad banned" in UK
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/01/about-dating-website-eharmonys.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
Spark Networks (LOV) Investor Presentation - Slideshow 7 DEC 2017 (Affinitas, EliteSingles)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/12/spark-networks-lov-investor.html
EliteSingles / eDarling sites are only copycats of eHarmony.
A prospective client will not perceive eDarling / EliteSingles sites as better, superior or different than eHarmony's ones.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/06/about-article-elitesingles-full-of-fake.html
It is also said EliteSingles USA churn rate 87% every 5 months!
Match Group is 10 times bigger than Spark + Affinitas merge in revenue.
eHarmony
is 2 or 3 times bigger than Spark + Affinitas merge in revenue and
eHarmony has 750,000 paid subscribers and Affinitas in the range of
380,000.
eHarmony's sites are 3 times bigger in active users and revenue than EliteSingles's sites.
And
worse, NYSE:LOV can not beat and will never beat eHarmony Inc.
in United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and United States.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/08/coo-von-betreiber-affinitas-im-neuen.html
eHarmony is a 17+ years old obsolete site. The success rate of eHarmony is less than 10%.
eHarmony is only supported by a big marketing budget and not by serious scientific evidence.
The
Big Five normative test used by eHarmony and its copycats, had been
proven/revealed as an incomplete and incorrect model to assess/measure
personality of persons.
Now it is a HOAX, a FRAUD to use it (year 2018)
The same for eDarling and EliteSingles sites!
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/09/eharmony-pays-1-2-million-to-settle-automatic-charging-lawsuit/
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/eHarmony-settles-lawsuit-1-28-million-california-12485015.php
https://lawestmedia.com/lawest/eharmony-santa-monica/
http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/eharmony-to-pay-millions-in-northern-california-settlement-napa-da/article_e9751c37-ae35-56e2-9ebc-2dc0c0080787.html
California updates dating services contract law to include sites like Match and eHarmony
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/10/california-updates-dating-services.html
about "Dating website eHarmony's 'scientific' match ad banned" in UK
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/01/about-dating-website-eharmonys.html
about Chief Scientist At eHarmony Cavorts With The ... Facebook
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/01/about-chief-scientist-at-eharmony.html
eHarmony and other dating sites are collaborating with big AI players like IBM Watson ???
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/03/eharmony-and-other-dating-sites-are.html
Contradictory information from eHarmony and PROOF of FRAUD
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/08/contradictory-information-from-eharmony.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/article-secret-of-eharmony-algorithm-is.html
eHarmony should be closed forever for fraud!
The success rate of eHarmony is less than 10%.
eHarmony is ONLY a 17+ years old obsolete site and a HOAX, based on a big
scientific fraud, only sustained by big marketing budget.
The Big
Five normative test used by eHarmony, had been proven/revealed as an
incomplete and incorrect model to assess/measure personality of persons.
It is a HOAX, a FRAUD to use the Big Five normative test in year 2018.
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
LemonSwan in Germany and other countries.
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
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
