"Breaking the online dating sound barrier": June 2019

Saturday, June 29, 2019

Match.com To Debut Anonymous Calling in 2006 and 13 years later comes Bumble

https://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2006/11/matchcom_to_debut_anonymous_calling/
Nov 1, 2006. 13 long years ago!

NOW, as "innovation"
Bumble now lets you call your matches without exchanging numbers
https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/28/bumble-now-lets-you-call-your-matches-without-exchanging-numbers/
Bumble becomes one of the first major dating platforms to introduce in-app video and voice calls
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/28/19121374/bumble-dating-app-video-voice-chat-call-first-date

Analyst said: "Meet Group apps are not really dating apps any longer given the focus on live cams. "
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/analyst-said-meet-group-apps-are-not.html
Tinder is Trying To Shed its Hookup Image, To Win Over Asia
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/tinder-is-trying-to-shed-its-hookup.html

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

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.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2014/05/lifeproject-method-versus-eharmony.html

Friday, June 28, 2019

Tinder is Trying To Shed its Hookup Image, To Win Over Asia

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-27/to-win-over-asia-tinder-is-trying-to-shed-its-hookup-image

Match +1.2% on new Asia GMs, hiring spree ?
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/04/match-12-on-new-asia-gms-hiring-spree.html
But in Asia the competition is high: MOMO & TanTan, YY and other Tinder copycats.

article about: Is the golden age of online dating over?
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/02/article-about-is-golden-age-of-online.html

Is the Honeymoon Over for Dating Apps?
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/bi-reportarticle-dating-apps-like.html Analysts say there are more users switching between apps than new users entering the dating-app market.

Finding Love Online – What Are The Chances? (via Casino.ORG)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/finding-love-online-what-are-chances.html

Most popular online dating apps in the United States as of March 2019, by audience size (in millions) Last edited Jun 26, 2019
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/most-popular-online-dating-apps-in.html

28 Tweets For People Who Are Sick And Tired Of Online Dating ???
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/28-tweets-for-people-who-are-sick-and.html

The Online Dating Industry needs INNOVATIONS, not more bells and whistles.
The key to long-lasting romance: COMPATIBILITY is exactly STRICT PERSONALITY SIMILARITY and not "meet other people with similar interests or political views".
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2014/05/lifeproject-method-versus-eharmony.html

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Finding Love Online – What Are The Chances? (via Casino.ORG)

https://www.casino.org/blog/chances-of-finding-love-online/

The Online Dating Industry is performing like the Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Industry before the USA Food and Drug Administration was created. There is no/weak Legislation, no ID verification, low reliable background checks, no Quality Norms.
No one compatibility matching method is Scientifically Proven.
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2010/05/horse-named-jim-in-online-dating.html
The entire Online Dating Industry for serious daters in 1st World Countries is a HOAX, performing as a Big Online Casino, with a low effectiveness/efficiency level of their matching algorithms (less than 10%). In the same range as searching by your own.
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2017/08/contradictory-information-from-eharmony.html
The innovations the Online Dating Industry needs will come from only one source: the latest discoveries in Theories of Romantic Relationships development with commitment.

Most popular online dating apps in the United States as of March 2019, by audience size (in millions) Last edited Jun 26, 2019
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/most-popular-online-dating-apps-in.html

28 Tweets For People Who Are Sick And Tired Of Online Dating ???
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/28-tweets-for-people-who-are-sick-and.html

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

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.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2014/05/lifeproject-method-versus-eharmony.html

Most popular online dating apps in the United States as of March 2019,

by audience size (in millions) Last edited Jun 26, 2019
https://www.statista.com/statistics/826778/most-popular-dating-apps-by-audience-size-usa/
https://de.statista.com/prognosen/1002510/umfrage-in-frankreich-zu-beliebten-online-dating-anbietern
https://de.statista.com/infografik/18225/online-umsaetze-fuer-dating-services-in-deutschland/
The Dating App Disconnect
https://www.statista.com/chart/16984/perception-of-online-dating-apps-and-websites/

28 Tweets For People Who Are Sick And Tired Of Online Dating ???
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/28-tweets-for-people-who-are-sick-and.html

Is the market of love saturated? (in Switzerland) via Statista
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/05/is-market-of-love-saturated-in.html

[New Infographic] Online dating around the world, via GWI
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/10/new-infographic-online-dating-around.html

article about: Is the golden age of online dating over?
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/02/article-about-is-golden-age-of-online.html

Is the Honeymoon Over for Dating Apps?
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/bi-reportarticle-dating-apps-like.html Analysts say there are more users switching between apps than new users entering the dating-app market.

Analysts at ProPrivacy say the dating apps collect everything from chat content to financial data on their users — and then they share it.
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/analysts-at-proprivacy-say-dating-apps.html

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

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.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2014/05/lifeproject-method-versus-eharmony.html

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

28 Tweets For People Who Are Sick And Tired Of Online Dating ???

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/funny-online-dating-tweets_l_5d126bc2e4b0a39418699877

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

Dating apps aren't necessarily your friends
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/dating-apps-arent-necessarily-your.html

New Silly Patent for eHarmony: SOCIAL MATCHING
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/new-silly-patent-for-eharmony-social.html

Is the Honeymoon Over for Dating Apps?
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/bi-reportarticle-dating-apps-like.html Analysts say there are more users switching between apps than new users entering the dating-app market.
Analysts at ProPrivacy say the dating apps collect everything from chat content to financial data on their users — and then they share it.
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/analysts-at-proprivacy-say-dating-apps.html
The (silly?) GDI Los Angeles Dating Conference 2019
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/today-begins-silly-gdi-los-angeles.html

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

The Online Dating Industry needs INNOVATIONS, not more bells and whistles.

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.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2014/05/lifeproject-method-versus-eharmony.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

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

BBC article about "Should we dislike the 'Like' button?"

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48364817

La caja de Pandora que destapó el cándido botón “me gusta” de Facebook
https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-48694585

INTERNET TRENDS 2019 - 2020 AS USUAL Next Big Thing: PERSONALIZATION!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/internet-trends-2019-2020-as-usual-next.html

PAPER about "How the online world is affecting the human brain"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/paper-about-how-online-world-is.html

NEW PAPER: Detecting Persuasive Arguments based on Author-Reader Personality Traits and their Interaction.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/new-paper-detecting-persuasive.html

The Online Dating Industry Loves Artificial Intelligence
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-online-dating-industry-loves.html

AGAIN the obsolete Big Five normative test.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/10/again-obsolete-big-five-normative-test.html

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

Chief Scientist At eHarmony Cavorts With The ... Facebook
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/01/about-chief-scientist-at-eharmony.html

FYI: 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 understand: 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.

Monday, June 24, 2019

INTERNET TRENDS 2019 - 2020 AS USUAL Next Big Thing: PERSONALIZATION!

https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/11/internet-trends-report-2019/
https://www.bondcap.com/report/itr19/

KP INTERNET TRENDS 2019 AS USUAL Next Big Thing: PERSONALIZATION!
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/06/kp-internet-trends-2019-as-usual-next.html

PAPER about "How the online world is affecting the human brain"
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/paper-about-how-online-world-is.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

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 16PF6 personality test.
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.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2014/05/lifeproject-method-versus-eharmony.html

Saturday, June 22, 2019

New Silly Patent for eHarmony: SOCIAL MATCHING

https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/13/fa/2a/508e728064ff35/US10320734.pdf

NEW silly patent DETERMINING PERSONALITY PROFILES BASED ON ONLINE SOCIAL SPEECH
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/new-silly-patent-determining.html

eHarmony is investing in machine learning to make smarter matches???
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/04/eharmony-is-investing-in-machine.html
eHarmony is developing an A.I. feature
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/05/eharmony-is-developing-ai-feature.html

Mi Media Manzana, eHarmony copycat, ceases operations
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/mi-media-manzana-peruvian-dating-app.html

eHarmony sold for USD 85 Million to German owner of ElitePartner and Parship
https://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2019/02/interview-with-grant-langston-ceo-of-eharmony.html
There's a lot of fraud in Germany (via OPW)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/02/theres-lot-of-fraud-in-germany-via-opw.html

Matchmakers Emerge as an Antidote to the Agony of Online Dating ???
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/03/matchmakers-emerge-as-antidote-to-agony.html

eHarmony is ONLY a 19+++ 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 2019.

The Online Dating Industry is selling elixirs, tonics, snake oil liniments and other patent medicine and performing like the Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Industry before the USA Food and Drug Administration was created where any player can make any claim without any credentials.
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2010/04/eharmony-is-not-scientifically-proven.html

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.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2014/05/lifeproject-method-versus-eharmony.html

PAPER about "How the online world is affecting the human brain"

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325461.php

Technology has impacted human activities monumentally. Now, scientists want to know if human brains are being affected too.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wps.20617
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31059635

The Phones Emitting the Most & Least Radiation
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-phones-emitting-most-least-radiation.html

KP INTERNET TRENDS 2019 AS USUAL Next Big Thing: PERSONALIZATION!
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/06/kp-internet-trends-2019-as-usual-next.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

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 16PF6 personality test.
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.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2014/05/lifeproject-method-versus-eharmony.html

"Why online dating is so extremely difficult in the Tinder era" by Judith Duportail

Por qué ligar es tan extremadamente difícil en la era de Tinder
Charlamos con la periodista Judith Duportail a raíz de su ensayo El algoritmo del amor, en el que analiza cómo Tinder influye sobre nosotros, sobre nuestro comportamiento, nuestra autoestima y nuestra forma de entender las relaciones en el siglo XXI.
https://smoda.elpais.com/feminismo/ligar-dificil-era-tinder/

Is the Honeymoon Over for Dating Apps?
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/bi-reportarticle-dating-apps-like.html Analysts say there are more users switching between apps than new users entering the dating-app market.
Analysts at ProPrivacy say the dating apps collect everything from chat content to financial data on their users — and then they share it.
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/analysts-at-proprivacy-say-dating-apps.html
The (silly?) GDI Los Angeles Dating Conference 2019
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/today-begins-silly-gdi-los-angeles.html

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

The Online Dating Industry needs INNOVATIONS, not more bells and whistles.

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.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2014/05/lifeproject-method-versus-eharmony.html

Friday, June 21, 2019

Analyst said: "Meet Group apps are not really dating apps any longer given the focus on live cams. "

Meet Group (NASDAQ:MEET) announces a USD 30 M share repurchase program that expires at the end of 2021.
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/meet-group-nasdaqmeet-announces-usd-30-m.html

Is the Honeymoon Over for Dating Apps?
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/bi-reportarticle-dating-apps-like.html
Analysts say there are more users switching between apps than new users entering the dating-app market.

Analysts at ProPrivacy say the dating apps collect everything from chat content to financial data on their users — and then they share it.
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/analysts-at-proprivacy-say-dating-apps.html

"Magic Lab's move will be interesting to watch" says analyst from Online Dating Industry
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/magic-labs-move-will-be-interesting-to.html
but ... the Online Dating Industry needs INNOVATIONS, not more bells and whistles.
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/paper-tinder-stamp-perceived.html

the (silly?) GDI Los Angeles Dating Conference 2019
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/today-begins-silly-gdi-los-angeles.html

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.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2014/05/lifeproject-method-versus-eharmony.html

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Analysts at ProPrivacy say the dating apps collect everything

from chat content to financial data on their users — and then they share it.
https://threatpost.com/match-tinder-invasive-privacy-practices-2/145672/

Over 70 percent of subscribers across Match express concern about the amount of data they share with the platform, according to a ProPrivacy survey

Tinder criticized for not enforcing its '18 and up' age requirement
https://news.yahoo.com/tinder-criticized-not-enforcing-18-180216027.html

Dating apps aren't necessarily your friends.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/dating-apps-arent-necessarily-your.html
Analysts say there are more users switching between apps than new users entering the dating-app market.

trackers hidden inside popular Google Play apps such as Uber, Tinder, Skype, Twitter, Spotify, and Snapchat.
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2017/11/trackers-hidden-inside-popular-google.html

Snapchat gender swap filter to create fake Tinder profile
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/05/snapchat-gender-swap-filter-to-create.html

article about "The Tinder Hacker"
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/05/article-about-tinder-hacker.html

Featured SA article: The Meet Group Has Lots Of Issues
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/featured-sa-article-meet-group-has-lots.html

Dating apps aren't necessarily your friends.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/06/19/tinder-has-more-matchmaking-power-than-your-bff-dating-apps-arent-necessarily-your-friends/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b2bba42e469c

Please compare to:
Is the Honeymoon Over for Dating Apps?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/bi-reportarticle-dating-apps-like.html
Analysts say there are more users switching between apps than new users entering the dating-app market.

2019 Thesis: Love at First Byte: An Economic Analysis
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/2019-thesis-love-at-first-byte-economic.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

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

BI report/article: Dating apps like Tinder, Match, and Bumble are still growing,

but analysts predict that growth will 'slow significantly' in 2019
https://www.businessinsider.com/dating-app-usage-growth-slowing-tinder-match-bumble-analysts-say-2019-6

Dating apps like Tinder, Match, and Bumble will see their user base numbers in the US increase in 2019, but grow slower than in recent years, eMarketer research analysts predict.
According to the new report, eMarketer estimates 25.1 million users will use a dating app at least monthly, a 5.3% increase from the amount of users in 2018.
Analysts say there are more users switching between apps than new users entering the dating-app market.