NYPOST article "How fake internet lovers are scamming desperate singles out of millions"

 

https://nypost.com/2021/12/08/how-fake-internet-lovers-are-scamming-desperate-singles-out-of-millions/

Law firm is investigating the actions of the officers and board of directors of Match Group,
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/law-firm-is-investigating-actions-of.html

Shareholders’ Amended Complaint Survives Dismissal in Match Group Securities Suit
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/shareholders-amended-complaint-survives.html

It says 13,000 + sites but .......
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2014/06/it-says-13000-sites-but.html

article: Should people trust algorithms with their love life?

 

 

https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2021/12/dating-in-the-age-of-ai-would-you-let-an-algorithm-choose-your-partner/

WSJ article: "Match Introduces a Human Matchmaking Element to Its Dating App"
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/wsj-article-match-introduces-human.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".  

FUNNY: IDEA's Project 0d8 Helps Dating Services Improve
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/07/funny-ideas-project-0d8-helps-dating.html
Improvement is not innovation!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/01/mistakes-at-behavioral-economics-of.html

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.  

 

Match Group to pay USD 441 Million in settlement with Tinder co-founder in valuation case.

 

https://nypost.com/2021/12/01/barry-dillers-match-group-paying-441m-to-settle-tinder-suit/
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3775733-match-group-to-pay-441m-in-settlement-with-tinder-found-in-valuation-case

Law firm is investigating the actions of the officers and board of directors of Match Group
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/law-firm-is-investigating-actions-of.html

Law firm is investigating the actions of the officers and board of directors of Match Group,

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/shareholder-alert-morris-kandinov-investigating-110000218.html


article: How the USD 2 Billion Case Over Tinder Is Playing Out, and What May Come Next
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/article-how-usd-2-billion-case-over.html

 

Barry Diller’s Henchman 'Assaulted' Tinder Founder Sean Rad During Break
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/barry-dillers-henchman-assaulted-tinder.html

Shareholders’ Amended Complaint Survives Dismissal in Match Group Securities Suit
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/shareholders-amended-complaint-survives.html

article: Match Group Fails to Toss Investor Suit on Fake Dating Profiles
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/article-match-group-fails-to-toss.html

article: How the USD 2 Billion Case Over Tinder Is Playing Out, and What May Come Next

 

https://dot.la/2-billion-case-over-tinder-barry-diller-iac-match-2655778175.html
https://litigationfinancejournal.com/tinder-founder-alleges-he-was-misled-about-apps-value/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-23/match-ceo-s-tinder-trial-fist-bump-sparks-bullying-claim

 

Barry Diller’s Henchman 'Assaulted' Tinder Founder Sean Rad During Break
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/barry-dillers-henchman-assaulted-tinder.html

Shareholders’ Amended Complaint Survives Dismissal in Match Group Securities Suit
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/shareholders-amended-complaint-survives.html

article: Match Group Fails to Toss Investor Suit on Fake Dating Profiles
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/article-match-group-fails-to-toss.html
 

 

Shareholders’ Amended Complaint Survives Dismissal in Match Group Securities Suit

 

https://lawstreetmedia.com/news/tech/shareholders-amended-complaint-survives-dismissal-in-match-group-securities-suit/

article: Match Group Fails to Toss Investor Suit on Fake Dating Profiles
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/article-match-group-fails-to-toss.html

Barry Diller’s Henchman 'Assaulted' Tinder Founder Sean Rad During Break

 

https://radaronline.com/p/barry-diller-greg-blatt-assaulted-tinder-sean-rad-billion-court-battle-trial/

 

NYP article: Tinder’s owner lowballed app’s value even as revenue surged, founder claims
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/nyp-article-tinders-owner-lowballed.html

 

 

article: Match Group Fails to Toss Investor Suit on Fake Dating Profiles

 

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/class-action/match-group-fails-to-toss-investor-suit-on-fake-dating-profiles

Match Gave Scammers, Predators Access to Dating Apps, Lawuit Says
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/03/match-gave-scammers-predators-access-to.html

MATCH GROUP hacked? Leaked internal docs will reveal they create fake profiles from inside?
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2016/05/exclusive-match-group-hacked-leaked.html


Barry Diller’s companies try to undermine witnesses in Tinder co-founder’s USD 2B lawsuit
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/barry-dillers-companies-try-to.html

SA article: Bumble: Risks Have Emerged

 

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4471026-bumble-risks-have-emerged

Bumble Inc. Q3 2021 net loss of USD 10.7 Million
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/bumble-inc-q3-2021-net-loss-of-usd-107.html

WSJ article: "Match Introduces a Human Matchmaking Element to Its Dating App"
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/wsj-article-match-introduces-human.html

NYP article: Tinder’s owner lowballed app’s value even as revenue surged, founder claims

 

https://nypost.com/2021/11/19/tinders-owner-lowballed-apps-value-even-as-revenue-surged-founder-claims/

Tinder co-founder lands in heated exchange with Barry Diller’s company lawyer
https://nypost.com/2021/11/16/tinder-co-founder-sean-rad-clashes-with-barry-dillers-lawyer/


“I can kind of conclusively say that I’ve never threatened anyone,” Barry Diller said in court.
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/i-can-kind-of-conclusively-say-that-ive.html


Tinder Founders’ USD 2.5 Billion Lawsuit Goes to Trial
https://www.globaldatinginsights.com/featured/tinder-founders-2-5-billion-lawsuit-goes-to-trial/

WSJ article: "Match Introduces a Human Matchmaking Element to Its Dating App"

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/match-introduces-a-human-matchmaking-element-to-its-dating-app-11637269774

Synapse again? Match Beta Tests New Automatic Matching Algorithm?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/08/synapse-again-match-beta-tests-new.html

Synapse: the Match algorithm
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2013/05/synapse-match-algorithm.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".  

FUNNY: IDEA's Project 0d8 Helps Dating Services Improve
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/07/funny-ideas-project-0d8-helps-dating.html
Improvement is not innovation!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/01/mistakes-at-behavioral-economics-of.html

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.  

 

“I can kind of conclusively say that I’ve never threatened anyone,” Barry Diller said in court.

 

 

https://nypost.com/2021/11/15/barry-diller-denies-his-company-cheated-tinder-founders-out-of-2-billion/
https://nypost.com/2021/11/16/tinder-co-founder-sean-rad-clashes-with-barry-dillers-lawyer/


Barry Diller’s companies try to undermine witnesses in Tinder co-founder’s USD 2B lawsuit
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/barry-dillers-companies-try-to.html

"Diller 'threatened to go after [Rad] for everything he has,
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/05/diller-threatened-to-go-after-rad-for.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9626589/Barry-Diller-tried-bury-sexual-misconduct-allegations-against-former-Tinder-CEO-Greg-Blatt.html

Spark Networks SE (LOV) Q3 2021 financials

 

https://seekingalpha.com/filing/5790528
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4469708-spark-networks-lov-ceo-eric-eichmann-on-q3-2021-results-earnings-call-transcript
https://www.spark.net/news-releases/news-release-details/spark-networks-reports-third-quarter-2021-financial-results-and
https://seekingalpha.com/pr/18562280-spark-networks-reports-third-quarter-2021-financial-results-and-reiterates-full-year-guidance


Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results

    Revenue was USD 53.3 Million.
    Net Loss was USD 2.7 Million.
     .
    Total cash and cash equivalents were USD 12.4 Million.
    Total debt was USD 84.7 Million.


Spark Networks SE Reports Preliminary Q2 2021: Net Loss was USD50.4 Million
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/08/spark-networks-se-reports-preliminary.html

Bumble Inc. Q3 2021 net loss of USD 10.7 Million

 

https://ir.bumble.com/news-releases/news-release-details/bumble-inc-announces-third-quarter-2021-results
"As of September 30, 2021, total cash and cash equivalents were USD 291.6 Million and total debt was USD 623.6 Million."
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3769034-bumble-stumbles-more-than-5-as-quarterly-loss-widens
Bumble shares drop more than 17% as paying users decline
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3769519-bumble-shares-drop-more-than-17-as-paying-users-decline
https://www.globaldatinginsights.com/featured/bumble-inc-loses-paying-subscribers-during-third-quarter/
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4468259-bumble-inc-bmbl-ceo-whitney-wolfe-herd-on-q3-2021-results-earnings-call-transcript

Bumble Inc. Announces Q2 2021 Results
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/08/bumble-inc-announces-second-quarter.html

Barry Diller’s companies try to undermine witnesses in Tinder co-founder’s USD 2B lawsuit

 

 

https://nypost.com/2021/11/09/dillers-companies-try-to-undermine-witnesses-in-tinder-co-founders-2b-suit/

Tinder’s Sean Rad paid witness USD 2 Million before trial against Barry Diller’s company ???
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/tinders-sean-rad-paid-witness-usd-2.html

Tinder’s former marketing chief sues Match
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/08/tinders-former-marketing-chief-sues.html
But she was silenced by Mandy.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/18/18146668/tinder-lawsuit-match-rosette-pambakian-fired

 

Match user alleges site spams paying users with fake profiles
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/05/match-user-alleges-site-spams-paying.html
 

Bad News, Match Group overpaid USD 575 Million for PlentyOfFish.

http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/10/bad-news-match-group-overpaid-usd-575.html

Tinder’s Sean Rad paid witness USD 2 Million before trial against Barry Diller’s company ???

 
https://us.newschant.com/business/tinders-sean-rad-paid-witness-2m-before-trial-against-barry-dillers-company/
https://nypost.com/2021/11/05/tinder-founders-witness-was-paid-2m-before-trial-against-barry-dillers-company-docs/
https://www.globaldatinginsights.com/featured/iac-accuses-sean-rad-of-paying-tinder-co-founders-for-testimony/


Match Group (MTCH) Q3 2021 report
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/11/match-group-mtch-q3-2021-report.html

"As of September 30, 2021, we had USD 523 Million in cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments and USD 3.8 Billion of long-term debt, including USD 1.7 Billion of Exchangeable Senior Notes.
Our USD 750 Million revolving credit facility was undrawn as of September 30, 2021."

 

Match Group (MTCH) Q3 2021 report

 

https://s22.q4cdn.com/279430125/files/doc_financials/2021/q3/Earnings-Letter-Q3-2021-vF.pdf

"As of September 30, 2021, we had USD 523 Million in cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments and USD 3.8 Billion of long-term debt, including USD 1.7 Billion of Exchangeable Senior Notes.
Our USD 750 Million revolving credit facility was undrawn as of September 30, 2021."

WSJ article "Bumble, Match Have Love Left to Give"
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/08/wsj-article-bumble-match-have-love-left.html
 

Bumble Inc. Announces Q2 2021 Results
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/08/bumble-inc-announces-second-quarter.html

Match Group (MTCH) Q2 2021 report
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/08/match-group-mtch-q2-2021-report.html

FUNNY: IDEA's Project 0d8 Helps Dating Services Improve
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/07/funny-ideas-project-0d8-helps-dating.html
Improvement is not innovation!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/01/mistakes-at-behavioral-economics-of.html

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.   

FT article: "Tinder founders go to court over bitter break-up with Barry Diller"

 

Creators of the dating app accuse media mogul of undervaluing their stake

https://www.ft.com/content/c603bb34-8bb0-42b8-b264-11833409d6b5


USD 2 Billion Lawsuit against Match Group (MTCH)
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/10/usd-2-billion-lawsuit-against-match.html