"Breaking the online dating sound barrier": January 2016

Sunday, January 31, 2016

(IAC) (MTCH) Privacy Issues Could Kill Match Group (via OPW)

http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2016/01/privacy-issues-could-kill-match-group.html

More millennials are starting to swipe left on Tinder
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/more-millennials-are-starting-to-swipe.html
Tinder, eHarmony and Zoosk Win iDate2016 Superconference Awards ?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/tinder-eharmony-and-zoosk-win-idate2016.html

Do you remember also? Global Personals Ltd. owner of White Label which had been proven by Journalists to invent fake profiles from inside. Same for Cupid PLC with a new CEO named last year. After that scandal some "UK Dating Sites Found Body To Clean Up Industry" But they should begin to delete all FAKE and INACTIVE PROFILES from online dating sites.
The same for AshleyMadison's "Ashley’s Angels" [Fortress Investments, a New York hedge fund, ~~will loan~~ Avid Life Media USD50M over two years and Ashley Madison Linked To A Murder Case ]
AND
the big lawsuit against Match (nasdaq: IACI) [Evan Spencer, says that despite the fact that anti-scammer technology is available, Match fail to use such things as face-recognition software – which would have discovered that her pictures were being used hundreds of times. Yuliana Avalos has argued in a lawsuit against Match that photos of her were posted without her permission on the site as part of a scam that drove a man to commit suicide. "Yuliana Avalos, is a part-time model who never joined Match, but says her pictures have been used in ~200 fake profiles."]

Imagine a NEW Legislation for Online Dating Sites to force them disclose how many active members they have (Premium members: paid or with gift subscriptions) ?
And also force them to conduct ID verification ? A variety of new laws, or new interpretations of existing laws, could subject dating sites to claims or otherwise harm their business. (extracted from IAC SEC filing)

Please read also
A former employee of Affinitas GmbH. that says in a review they create fake profiles from inside?
Some forums with comments saying fake profiles at eDarling Spain
Partnerbörsen im Clinch (January 2012)
Reviews of eDarling German version at CIAO

Some online dating sites tested, in Germany

http://online-dating-news.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/stiftung-warentest-partnersuche-im.html

http://www.focus.de/familie/stiftung-warentest-verlieben-2-0-alle-11-minuten-verliebt-sich-ein-single-online-naja_id_5245501.html

WorldWide, there are over 5,000 -five thousand- online dating sites
but no one is using the 16PF5 (or similar) to assess personality of its members!
but no one calculates similarity with a quantized pattern comparison method!
but no one can show Compatibility Distribution Curves to each and every of its members!
but no one is scientifically proven! No actual online dating site is "scientifically proven" because no one can prove its matching algorithm 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 its members.
Please read "LIFEPROJECT METHOD versus eHARMONY"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/05/lifeproject-method-versus-eharmony.html

eDarling (Affinitas GmbH.) just closed in Italy.

Affinitas GmbH. CEO fresh interview at Spanish newspaper "El País"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/affinitas-gmbh-ceo-fresh-interview-at.html

CONFIRMED eDarling GAME OVER in Turkey!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/04/confirmed-edarling-game-over-in-turkey.html

eDarling/EliteSingles are only copycats of eHarmony.

eHarmony, is a 15+++ years old obsolete site and a HOAX, based on a big scientific fraud, only sustained by big marketing budget. The Big Five normative test had been proven/revealed as an incomplete and incorrect model to assess/measure personality of persons.
The Big Five normative test had been replaced by HEXACO or Big Six test.
Proof of FRAUD from eHarmony
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/03/proof-of-fraud-from-eharmony.html

Remember eHarmony closed its site in Brazil.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/03/eharmony-brazil-game-over.html

and
eHarmony failed in Japan.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/10/a-coldsilent-war-and-forbidden-news-in.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2012/11/eharmony-japan-mystery-solved.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/eharmony-revealed-its-secret-sauce.html

USA FTC to investigate Affinitas GmbH. online dating site EliteSingles for overpromises.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/07/usa-ftc-to-investigate-affinitas-gmbh_1.html

Affinitas GmbH. (eDarling) under fraud investigation in Russia.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/09/affinitas-gmbh-edarling-under-fraud.html

Affinitas GmbH. 2013 financials. Revenue and Net Loss.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/05/affinitas-gmbh-2013-financials-revenue.html

Some data from eDarling France, German and Spain. (powered by Affinitas GmbH.)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/10/some-data-from-edarling-france-german.html

The 4 biggest eHarmony's copycats
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/the-4-biggest-eharmonys-copycats.html

With less than USD10 Million you can copycat eHarmony
or
innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry, killing those old & obsolete sites forever.

AshleyMadison lawsuit will be handled in USA St. Louis city

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ashleymadison-lawsuit-will-be-handled-in-st-louis/article_bc0d319b-1066-5090-88d1-2f7401750646.html

It’s been six months since the AshleyMadison hack.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/its-been-six-months-since-ashleymadison.html

Saturday, January 30, 2016

‘Tinder App’ Updates: Copycatted Badoo + Facebook

http://n4bb.com/what-is-tinder-app-updates-2-online-dating-app-download-2016/

More millennials are starting to swipe left on Tinder
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/more-millennials-are-starting-to-swipe.html

Tinder, eHarmony and Zoosk Win iDate2016 Superconference Awards ?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/tinder-eharmony-and-zoosk-win-idate2016.html

More millennials are starting to swipe left on Tinder

http://nypost.com/2016/01/29/more-millenials-are-starting-to-swipe-left-on-tinder/

Match Group (MTCH) Q4 2015 Earnings Preview (IAC)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/match-group-mtch-q4-2015-earnings.html

Match is in serious decline, cannibalized by Tinder.
Clearly The Match Group is not going to innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry in the next years.

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

Friday, January 29, 2016

Match Group (MTCH) Q4 2015 Earnings Preview (IAC)

http://www.nasdaq.com/article/match-group-mtch-q4-earnings-preview-what-to-expect-cm571778

IAC/InterActiveCorp (IAC) CEO Joey Levin on Q3 2015 Results - Earnings Call Transcript by Seeking Alpha
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/10/iacinteractivecorp-iaci-ceo-joey-levin.html

The Match Group is only a collection of old and obsolete online dating sites: Match, Meetic, Chemistry, OkCupid, FriendScout24, OurTime, HowAboutWe, PlentyOfFish and many more are past their primes, reached operating ceiling and they are in decadence.

Moreover, Tinder will not monetize as expected and it is cannibalizing Match.
Tinder can collapse like Skout (problems with minors using it).
Also Tinder is in war with other online dating application: Bumble backed by Badoo (powered by a Russian Mafia of hackers & spies)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/sa-article-swipe-left-or-swipe-right-to.html

article: Online dating scam bilks women of millions

http://newsok.com/article/5475437

USA FBI agents have made the first arrests in their investigation of an online dating scam that has duped victims out of millions of dollars.

The scam used dating sites like ChristianMingle, Match and OurTime to befriend older women.

Please see also:
Woman Sends USD 1.4 Million to an Online Boyfriend She's Never Met ?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/woman-sends-usd-14-million-to-online.html

There's A New Kind Of Online Dating Scam ?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/11/theres-new-kind-of-online-dating-scam.html

A 251 page brochure from Match Group with astronomical executive compensations
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/11/a-251-page-brochure-from-match-group.html

Remember ?
Evan Spencer, had said that despite the fact that anti-scammer technology is available, Match fail to use such things as face-recognition software – which would have discovered that her pictures were being used hundreds of times.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/11/bad-news-big-lawsuit-against-match.html
Last August 2011 when a U.S. Class Action Called Match a 'Scam' / More than 90% of potential dates are "phantoms," suit charged then Match had morphed its marketing campaign.

When I was interviewed last January 2011 by "Caras y Caretas" (summer in Argentina) I thought there were going to be a big scandal, because former CEO of Match LATAM Countries recognized 75% inactive profiles at Match Argentina, but nothing happened. Soon or later, all online dating sites should scan all photos used in each and every profile!

Tinder, eHarmony and Zoosk Win iDate2016 Superconference Awards ?

https://cyberdatingexpert.com/tinder-eharmony-and-zoosk-idate-awards/

Lack Of Innovation & Decadence can summarize the Online Dating Industry 2015.
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.
Wasting precious time with Matchmakers which should be obsolete.

Tinder will not monetize as expected and it is cannibalizing Match.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/sa-article-swipe-left-or-swipe-right-to.html

Tinder is destroying Zoosk
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/dating-app-zoosk-destroyed-by-tinder.html

and eHarmony, is a 15+++ years old obsolete site and a HOAX, based on a big scientific fraud, only sustained by big marketing budget. The Big Five normative test had been proven/revealed as an incomplete and incorrect model to assess/measure personality of persons.
The Big Five normative test had been replaced by HEXACO or Big Six test.

http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/03/proof-of-fraud-from-eharmony.html

http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/03/article-eharmony-founder-talks.html

eHarmony 15th Anniversary, A BIG HOAX
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/08/eharmony-15th-anniversary-big-hoax.html

eHarmony to Launch Globalization Initiative; Company Expects Subscriber Base to Grow 40-50% in 2015
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/eharmony-to-launch-globalization.html

The 4 biggest eHarmony's copycats.

http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/the-4-biggest-eharmonys-copycats.html

Please see also
Affinitas GmbH. CEO fresh interview at Spanish newspaper "El País"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/affinitas-gmbh-ceo-fresh-interview-at.html

I had reviewed over 55 compatibility matching engines intended for serious dating since 2003, when I had discovered "the online dating sound barrier" problem.

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 Online Dating Industry needs a very powerful algorithm like the "Teller Ulam design". In this case 100 times more powerful than actual matching algorithms.

With less than USD10 Million you can copycat eHarmony
or
innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry, killing those old & obsolete sites forever.

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Affinitas GmbH. CEO fresh interview at Spanish newspaper "El País"

article: Why 2016 Will Be an Even Scarier Year for Internet Security

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rami-essaid/why-2016-will-be-an-even-_b_9082320.html

Krebs on Security article: "A Look Inside Cybercriminal Call Centers"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/krebs-on-security-article-look-inside.html

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

FT article: Rocket fills its tanks for flight into the unknown

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d2df0066-c42c-11e5-808f-8231cd71622e.html

Information: Internally big fight in Rocket Internet's Board of Directors
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/information-internally-big-fight-in.html

article Rocket Internet SE in deep crisis
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/article-rocket-internet-se-in-deep.html

All the domino should fall ... when they run out of money!
Trying to Relaunch Rocket Internet SE / Oliver Samwer gave Handelsblatt a new interview!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/trying-to-relaunch-rocket-internet-se.html
Many if not most, USA, Canada or European businesses models are unfeasible in Latin American countries, African countries, Russia or even Australia. (transportation costs could be 10 times bigger than Europe)

PAPER: Using Personality Enhanced Item-Based Recommender System for Cold Start

PAPER:[PDF] using personality Enhanced item-based recommender system for cold start

Please see:
PAPER: Birds of a feather ......
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/paper-birds-of-feather-locate-together.html

PAPER User Similarity Adjustment for Improved Recommendations http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/paper-user-similarity-adjustment-for.html

Please remember:
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. They need to calculate personality similarity between users but there are different formulas to calculate similarity.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/paper-diversity-enhancement-in.html
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!!! because they mostly use the Big 5 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.

Online Dating sites OFFERING COMPATIBILITY MATCHING METHODS BASED ON PERSONALITY SIMILARITY 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 normative personality test instead.
The same applies for Personality Based Recommender Systems.

Similarity is a word that has different meanings for different persons or companies, it exactly depends on how mathematically is defined.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/04/paper-hybrid-personalized-recommender.html

Please see: "How to calculate personality similarity between users"
Short answer: the key is the ENSEMBLE!
(the whole set of different valid possibilities)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/03/how-to-calculate-personality-similarity.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

The next wave of innovation!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/06/the-next-wave-of-innovation.html

PAPER: Birds of a feather locate together? Foursquare checkins and personality homophily

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563216300097

Monday, January 25, 2016

Information: Internally big fight in Rocket Internet's Board of Directors

http://www.breakit.se/artikel/2451/uppgifter-internt-storbrak-i-rocket-internets-styrelse
http://rtlnext.rtl.de/cms/rocket-internet-will-kurs-beibehalten-gruender-oliver-samwer-dementiert-geruechte-um-streit-2649233.html
http://www.di.se/artiklar/2016/1/25/rocket-internet-notering-ett-misstag/
http://www.svd.se/uppgifter-kinneviks-vd-ifragasatter-rocket-internet-notering

article Rocket Internet SE in deep crisis
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/article-rocket-internet-se-in-deep.html

All the domino should fall ... when they run out of money!

Trying to Relaunch Rocket Internet SE / Oliver Samwer gave Handelsblatt a new interview!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/trying-to-relaunch-rocket-internet-se.html
Many if not most, USA, Canada or European businesses models are unfeasible in Latin American countries, African countries, Russia or even Australia. (transportation costs could be 10 times bigger than Europe)

TC article: The End Of The Big Venture Formula

http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/24/the-end-of-the-big-venture-formula/

The next wave of innovation!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/06/the-next-wave-of-innovation.html

What comes after the Social Networking wave?
The Next Big Investment Opportunity on the Internet will be .... Personalization!
Personality Based Recommender Systems and Strict Personality Based Compatibility Matching Engines for serious Online Dating with the normative 16PF5 personality test.

Sunday, January 24, 2016

article Rocket Internet SE in deep crisis

http://www.welt.de/print/wams/wirtschaft/article151381344/Vom-Kurs-abgekommen.html

Trying to Relaunch Rocket Internet SE / Oliver Samwer gave Handelsblatt a new interview!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/trying-to-relaunch-rocket-internet-se.html

Many if not most, USA, Canada or European businesses models are unfeasible in Latin American countries, African countries, Russia or even Australia. (transportation costs could be 10 times bigger than Europe)

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Trying to Relaunch Rocket Internet SE / Oliver Samwer gave Handelsblatt a new interview!

https://global.handelsblatt.com/edition/350/ressort/companies-markets/article/trying-to-relaunch-the-rocket

Rocket Internet SE attracts funds for new investment vehicle!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/01/rocket-internet-se-attracts-funds-for.html

Board Battle at Rocket Internet SE. Grabau GAME OVER.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/12/board-battle-at-rocket-internet-se.html

All the domino should fall ... when they run out of money!

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

iDate 2016 Miami Superconference

http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2016/01/idate-miami-is-next-week-the-must-attend-event-of-the-year.html

Founders Of iDate & Online Personals Watch Put Businesses On Sale For Millions ? (via GDI)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/12/founders-of-idate-online-personals.html

What I "learned" at iDate 2015 Superconference
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/01/what-i-learned-at-idate-2015.html

I had reviewed over 55 compatibility matching engines intended for serious dating since 2003, when I had discovered "the online dating sound barrier" problem.

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 Online Dating Industry needs a very powerful algorithm like the "Teller Ulam design". In this case 100 times more powerful than actual matching algorithms.

With less than USD10 Million you can copycat eHarmony
or
innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry, killing those old & obsolete sites forever.

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Rocket Internet SE attracts funds for new investment vehicle!

First Closing of Rocket Internet Capital Partners Fund
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6e7faff2-be92-11e5-9fdb-87b8d15baec2.html
"Rocket Internet SE, the German start-up incubator, has raised $420m for a fund to invest alongside it in fledgling internet companies."
"The fund, which Rocket Internet SE says will run for about 10 years, will be limited to investing in companies in which Rocket Internet SE is itself investing."
http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2016/01/19/rocket-internet-capital-partners-fund/
http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/rocket-internet-capital-partners-fund-420-millionen

Remember?
Rocket Internet shares fall nearly 12% after bond sale
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/653f4d34-2a41-11e5-8613-e7aedbb7bdb7.html

Proven Losers from Rocket Internet SE, not winners. PART 2
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/12/proven-losers-from-rocket-internet-se.html

Rocket Internet SE future decided in the emerging markets
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/12/rocket-internet-se-future-decided-in.html