Saturday, November 5, 2022

Monday, August 29, 2022

PAPER: MATCHING THEORY-BASED RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS IN ONLINE DATING

 


 

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.11384.pdf

summary of recommender systems  Wednesday, November 24, 2010
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2010/11/summary-of-recommender-systems.html

RecSys 2021 15th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/09/recsys-2021-15th-acm-conference-on.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)
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/05/paper-beyond-personalization-research.html
 

That is the only way to improve recommender systems, to include the personality traits of their users.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/01/paper-comparative-study-of-people-to_14.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. 

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

Which is the RIGHT approach to innovate in the Personality Based Recommender Systems Arena? 
The same approach to innovate in the Online Dating Industry == 16PF6 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 16PF6 test instead and another method to calculate similarity.

Breaking "the online dating sound barrier" is to achieve at least:
3 most compatible persons in a 100,000 persons database.
12 most compatible persons in a 1,000,000 persons database.
48 most compatible persons in a 10,000,000 persons database.
100 times better than Compatibility Matching Algorithms used by actual online dating sites!

High precision in matching algorithms is precisely the key to open the door and leave the infancy of compatibility testing.


Without offering the NORMATIVE 16PF6 (or similar test measuring exactly the 16 personality factors) for serious dating, it will be impossible to innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry. 
 

 

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

REUTERS article about MTCH versus USA FTC

 





https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/pssst-matchcom-does-not-want-you-know-about-this-ftc-case-2022-07-06/

(Reuters) - The online dating company Match Group Inc really, really does not want anyone to know that it’s in a big fight with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over the FTC’s investigation of a Match subsidiary that allegedly shared users’ photos with a facial recognition company.

article: Match Faces Probe Over Dating Photos’ Alleged Use in Database
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2022/06/article-match-faces-probe-over-dating.html

Friday, June 10, 2022

Researchers sharpen Cupid's aim on dating apps with new algorithm ???

 



https://techxplore.com/news/2022-06-sharpen-cupid-aim-dating-apps.html
"A new algorithm proposed by a University of Texas at Dallas researcher and his colleagues could help dating app users find the perfect mate. "

find the perfect mate?  "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, no 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.


Finally the perfect dating algorithm? Of course NOT, Big Five test is OBSOLETE.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/02/finally-perfect-dating-algorithm-of.html
 

 
PAPER: Couple Simulation: A Novel Approach for Evaluating Models of Human Mate Choice
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/03/paper-couple-simulation-novel-approach.html 

 

 

The Online Dating Industry needs INNOVATIONS, not more bells and whistles.
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 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 key to long-lasting romance: COMPATIBILITY is exactly STRICT PERSONALITY SIMILARITY and not "meet other people with similar interests or political views".  

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 16PF6 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.

Breaking "the online dating sound barrier" is to achieve at least:
3 most compatible persons in a 100,000 persons database.
12 most compatible persons in a 1,000,000 persons database.
48 most compatible persons in a 10,000,000 persons database.
100 times better than Compatibility Matching Algorithms used by actual online dating sites!

High precision in matching algorithms is precisely the key to open the door and leave the infancy of compatibility testing.
 
Without offering the NORMATIVE 16PF6 (or similar test measuring exactly the 16 personality factors) for serious dating, it will be impossible to innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry.  



Friday, June 3, 2022

article: Match Faces Probe Over Dating Photos’ Alleged Use in Database

 


https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/match-faces-probe-over-dating-photos-alleged-use-in-database
Online dating company Match Group Inc. is under pressure from the (USA) Federal Trade Commission to cooperate with an investigation into whether its OkCupid app illegally shared data with a facial recognition company.

MTCH Avoids USD844 Million in USA FTC Claims on Judge’s Ruling
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2022/03/mtch-avoids-usd844-million-in-usa-ftc.html

 
OKCupid Debuts New Matching System For Online Dating ???
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2020/07/okcupid-debuts-new-matching-system-for.html

OKCupid denies a data breach
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/02/okcupid-denies-data-breach.html

Friday, May 13, 2022

WSJ article: Match, Bumble Fight the Ick

Investor wariness of subscription tech services has extended to dating apps. Match and Bumble want to change that.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/match-bumble-fight-the-ick-11652351401

Bumble Inc. (BMBL) Q1 2022 Results / total debt was USD 622.3 Million.
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2022/05/bumble-inc-bmbl-q1-2022-results-total.html

Spark Networks (NASDAQ:LOV) reports Q1 2022 results
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2022/05/spark-networks-nasdaqlov-reports-q1.html

BBC article: "Why people behave badly on dating apps"
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2022/05/bbc-article-why-people-behave-badly-on.html

SA article: Match Group: With Domestic Paid Users Declining, This Company Offers More Risk Than Reward
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2022/05/sa-article-match-group-with-domestic.html

MTCH Q1 2022 financials
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2022/05/mtch-q1-2022-financials.html

 

The Online Dating Industry needs INNOVATIONS, not more bells and whistles.
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 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 key to long-lasting romance: COMPATIBILITY is exactly STRICT PERSONALITY SIMILARITY and not "meet other people with similar interests or political views".  

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 16PF6 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 16PF6 (or similar test measuring exactly the 16 personality factors) for serious dating, it will be impossible to innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry.
 
 


 

Thursday, May 5, 2022

BBC article: "Why people behave badly on dating apps"

 




https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220505-why-people-behave-badly-on-dating-apps

MTCH Avoids USD844 Million in USA FTC Claims on Judge’s Ruling
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2022/03/mtch-avoids-usd844-million-in-usa-ftc.html

From iDate2004 to iDate2013 / FINAL CONCLUSIONS
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2013/01/from-idate2004-to-idate2013-final.html

article: Why the VC Missed Out on Gaming and Online Dating
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2022/03/article-why-vc-missed-out-on-gaming-and.html

 

The Online Dating Industry needs INNOVATIONS, not more bells and whistles.
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 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 key to long-lasting romance: COMPATIBILITY is exactly STRICT PERSONALITY SIMILARITY and not "meet other people with similar interests or political views".  

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 16PF6 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 16PF6 (or similar test measuring exactly the 16 personality factors) for serious dating, it will be impossible to innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry.