ARTICLE The Era of Free Dating Apps May Be Over

 

 

https://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2023/12/the-era-of-free-dating-apps-may-be-over.html

"Why online dating is so extremely difficult in the Tinder era" by Judith Duportail
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/why-online-dating-is-so-extremely.html

PEW RESEARCH: Key findings about online dating in the U.S.

 

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/02/02/key-findings-about-online-dating-in-the-u-s/

Roughly 6 in 10 online daters in the U.S. are concerned about data collection
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2020/05/roughly-6-in-10-online-daters-in-us-are.html

 

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.

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!!! 

Spark Networks' Q3 Results

 

Net loss was USD10.7M
https://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2022/11/spark-networks-q3-results-with-continued-subscriber-growth-for-zoosk-and-focus-on-profitability.html
https://www.spark.net/news-media/press-releases/detail/267/spark-networks-reports-third-quarter-2022-results-with

Spark Networks Q2’22 Financials
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2022/08/spark-networks-q222-financials.html

Bumble Q3 2022 earnings / total debt was USD 626.0 Million

 

https://ir.bumble.com/static-files/edb0457c-c604-47dc-a86d-d84fe1656a6a
https://ir.bumble.com/static-files/30913c6c-d518-45a1-a19c-3ea3393ab3ef
https://ir.bumble.com/news-releases/news-release-details/bumble-inc-announces-third-quarter-2022-results

Balance Sheet:
As of September 30, 2022, total cash and cash equivalents were USD 365.1 Million and total debt was USD 626.0 Million.

article: Bumble fumbles 17% as revenue results, forecast stumble
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3905090-bumble-stumbles-17-as-revenue-results-forecast-disappoint


SA article: Bumble Reaches Operating Breakeven But Growth Risks Rise
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2022/07/sa-article-bumble-reaches-operating.html

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

TC article: Bumble is testing a speed-dating feature
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2022/10/tc-article-bumble-is-testing-speed.html

article: Bumble Sued by Fund Over Stock Sale Amid Undisclosed User Drop
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2022/09/article-bumble-sued-by-fund-over-stock.html

article: Do Dating Apps' Algorithms Really Expand our Match Pool?

 

https://gizmodo.com/tinder-hinge-dating-apps-algorithm-equality-machine-1849745767

In "The Equality Machine," an author and law professor examines the influence of algorithmic matching on the "meat market" of human companionship.
https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/orly-lobel/the-equality-machine/9781541774735/


PAPER: Serendipity in Recommender Systems Beyond the Algorithm: A Feature Repository and Experimental Design
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2022/10/paper-serendipity-in-recommender.html

Researchers sharpen Cupid's aim on dating apps with new algorithm ???
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2022/06/researchers-sharpen-cupids-aim-on.html

article: Should people trust algorithms with their love life?
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/12/article-should-people-trust-algorithms.html

MTCH Q3 2022 results

https://s22.q4cdn.com/279430125/files/doc_financials/2022/q3/Earnings-Letter-Q3-2022-vF.pdf
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3899081-match-group-gaap-eps-of-0_44-in-line-revenue-of-809_55m-beats-15_06m

USD 3.9 Billion of long-term debt


MTCH Q2 2022 financials
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2022/08/mtch-q2-2022-financials.html

TC article: Bumble is testing a speed-dating feature

 

https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/03/bumble-is-testing-a-speed-dating-feature-where-users-chat-before-matching/


Two papers debunking speeddating for serious dating
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2011/01/two-papers-debunking-speeddating-for.html

article: Facebook Dating (MAY 2018) Was Set To Take Over The Market – Instead It Was Dead In The Water
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2022/05/article-facebook-dating-may-2018-was.html

January 20, 2022: Meta (Facebook) shuts down its video speed-dating service, Sparked
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2022/01/january-20-2022-meta-facebook-shuts.html

Personality and speed daters
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2010/03/personality-correlates-of-different.html