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 Of course NOT, Big Five test is OBSOLETE.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