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

“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

Match’s Winning Formula for Online Dating in Japan ???

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/matchs-winning-formula-for-online-dating-in-japan-gives-women-control-makes-men-pay-11619256600

Japan's singles turn to tech in search of lasting love ?
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/04/japans-singles-turn-to-tech-in-search.html

SA article: Match Vs. Bumble: I Have Made Up My Mind

 

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4420969-match-versus-bumble-stocks-made-up-my-mind

Algorithms can sway people when making online dating decisions
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/04/algorithms-can-sway-people-when-making.html
compatibility == STRICT PERSONALITY SIMILARITY
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/04/compatibility-strict-personality.html

Bumble is generating losses at the moment

 

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/should-you-fall-in-love-with-bumbles-ipo-2021-03-04

SA article: Bumble: A Good, Not Perfect, Match
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/02/sa-article-bumble-good-not-perfect-match.html

Yahoo finance: Match Group Investors Could Continue To “Swipe Left”
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/02/yahoo-finance-match-group-investors.html

Match Gave Scammers, Predators Access to Dating Apps, Lawuit Says

 

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/match-gave-scammers-predators-access-to-dating-apps-suit-says
https://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2021/03/match-gave-scammers-predators-access-to-dating-apps-suit-says.html
https://www.globaldatinginsights.com/news/department-of-justice-concludes-investigation-into-match-group/


Yahoo finance: Match Group Investors Could Continue To “Swipe Left”
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2021/02/yahoo-finance-match-group-investors.html


article about: "Are online dating sites posting fake profiles to lure subscribers?"
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/02/article-about-are-online-dating-sites.html

Your Identity Could Be Used in Online Dating Scams.

https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/12/your-identity-could-be-used-in-online.html

 

More about: Dating app maker Match sued by FTC for fraud

https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/09/more-about-dating-app-maker-match-sued.html

USA FTC sues Match for deception, unfair practices

http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/09/usa-ftc-sues-match-for-deception-unfair.html

 

Great coverage, big Tinder scam at frequent intervals.

https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/04/great-coverage-big-tinder-scam-at.html

Maddie again: MTCH group 2019 still does not check photos.

https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/04/maddie-again-mtch-group-2019-still-does.html

 

Please remember the case of Yuliana Avalos and Melissa Midwest former 2014 big lawsuit againts Match Group, third-party scammers in Africa or wherever were creating fake profiles and catfishing with them.

IAC and Match Group were essentially aware of that situation and did nothing to stop it.

The USA Court ruled that IAC and Match Group were not responsible.

Attorney Evan Spencer, said that despite the fact that anti-scammer technology is available, Match Group failed to use such things as face-recognition software – which would have discovered that Yuliana Avalos's pictures were being used hundreds of times.

Yuliana Avalos has argued in a former 2014 big 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. 

IAC, Barry Diller Targeted by Pension Fund Over Match Spinoff

 

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/class-action/iac-barry-diller-targeted-by-pension-fund-over-match-spinoff

... claiming the online dating company’s spinoff last year left it saddled with billions in debt and IAC “flush with billions in cash.”

Great Q3 2020 for MTCH (long term debt over USD 3.5 Billion ??? )
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2020/11/great-q3-2020-for-mtch-long-term-debt.html


Match Stock Faces Huge Debt Load As Parent IAC Agrees To Spinoff /// MTCH
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/10/match-stock-faces-huge-debt-load-as.html

Academic study shows dating apps cause anxiety, but impact on Tinder (MTCH) unlikely

 

 

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3639672-academic-study-shows-dating-apps-cause-anxiety-impact-on-tinder-mtch-unlikely
https://www.jpost.com/health-science/dating-app-induced-fomo-causes-low-self-esteem-bad-moods-study-650295

PAPER: The Homophily Principle in Social Network Analysis
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2020/08/paper-homophily-principle-in-social.html

Great Q3 2020 for MTCH (long term debt over USD 3.5 Billion ??? )
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2020/11/great-q3-2020-for-mtch-long-term-debt.html

Dr. Helen Fisher NYT articles about "Changing the Dating Game for the Better"

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/well/mind/dating-coronavirus-love-relationships.html
 
Dr. Helen Fisher: "The Brain Is The Best Algorithm" ???
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2020/01/dr-helen-fisher-brain-is-best-algorithm.html

Tinder will launch in-app video chats
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2020/05/tinder-will-launch-in-app-video-chats.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 normative model or the HEXACO normative model are not enough for predictive purposes. That is why I suggest the normative 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 Reports Q1 2020 Results

https://s22.q4cdn.com/279430125/files/doc_financials/2020/q1/MTCH-1Q-2020-Earnings-Release_Final.pdf

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3569705-match-groupplus-1_8-profits-jump-on-gains-in-usage-revenue
https://s22.q4cdn.com/279430125/files/doc_financials/2020/q1/Earnings-Letter-Q1-2020-vFF.pdf

As of March 31, 2020, the Company had USD 791 Million in cash and cash equivalents and USD 2.1 Billion of

long-term debt.

Match Group Reports Q4 and Full Year 2019 Results
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2020/02/match-group-reports-q4-and-full-year.html

IAC and Match Group amend separation plan

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3565734-iac-match-group-amend-separation-plan

Spinoff in Q2 will saddle Match Group with a high debt load.
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2020/03/spinoff-in-q2-will-saddle-match-group.html

SA article about "Swiping Right On Match Now"
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2020/03/sa-article-about-swiping-right-on-match.html

article about: 23 Crazy Tinder Stats & Facts

https://www.knowyourmobile.com/news/tinder-stats-facts/


The world of online dating is bigger and more expansive than ever before.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-world-of-online-dating-is-bigger.html

Tinder’s New Safety Features

https://www.forbes.com/sites/masonsands/2020/01/24/what-you-need-to-know-about-tinders-new-safety-features

FORBES article: Swipe Right For Verified Dating Profiles
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2020/01/forbes-article-swipe-right-for-verified.html


Your Identity Could Be Used in Online Dating Scams.
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/12/your-identity-could-be-used-in-online.html

More about: Dating app maker Match sued by FTC for fraud
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/09/more-about-dating-app-maker-match-sued.html

USA FTC sues Match for deception, unfair practices
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/09/usa-ftc-sues-match-for-deception-unfair.html

Great coverage, big Tinder scam at frequent intervals.
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/04/great-coverage-big-tinder-scam-at.html

Maddie again: MTCH group 2019 still does not check photos.
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/04/maddie-again-mtch-group-2019-still-does.html

SA article "Facebook Dating Is A Threat To Match, But Not To Tinder"

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4292534-facebook-dating-threat-match-tinder

Infographic: What Share Of Online Dating Users Is 'Investing in Love'?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/09/infographic-what-share-of-online-dating.html

Is Facebook Dating Mining For More User Data Or Making Love Matches?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/09/is-facebook-dating-mining-for-more-user.html

Facebook May Strike Out in the Dating Game
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-may-strike-out-in-the-dating-game-11568286003

BI article: "all the features that Facebook Dating offers to woo millennials away from rivals like Tinder, Hinge and Bumble"
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/09/bi-article-all-features-that-facebook.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.

All you need is maths? The man using equations to find love ???

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/09/all-you-need-is-maths-the-man-using-equations-to-find-love
https://live.newscientist.com/2019-speaker-programme/genius-guide-to-dating#/

"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, not 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.

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


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".  

PAPER "Only the congruent survive - Personality similarities in couples. Personality and Individual Differences"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/04/paper-partnership-longevity-and.html 
PAPER "Partnership longevity and personality congruence in couples"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2010/04/only-congruent-survive-personality.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.
 
WorldWide, there are over 5,000 (five thousand) online dating sites:

- but no one is using the 16PF6 (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!!! i.e. if you are a man seeking women, to show how compatible you are with a 20,000,000 women database, and to select a bunch of 100 women from 20,000,000 women database.

- 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.

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

Singles in America 2019: Match Releases Largest Study on U.S. Single Population

https://www.singlesinamerica.com/2019/#INFO
https://www.singlesinamerica.com/2019-Singles-in-America-Codebook.pdf

Same Rubbish as every year, no scientific research, no innovation for the Online Dating Industry.

Singles in America: Match Releases Largest Study on U.S. Single Population for Eighth Year
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/02/singles-in-america-match-releases.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.

Tinder Lite debut

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3476887-match-plus-1_4-percent-tinder-lite-debut

• Match Group (NASDAQ:MTCH) unveils Tinder Lite for Android, which is aimed at emerging markets with limited data access and lower-cost phones.
• The company says Lite will run faster, consume less battery, and reduce network usage by about 20% compared to the original app.
• The app will launch in Vietnam within the "coming weeks" then continue an initial rollout through Southeast Asia and South America.

Tinder "diet version": Tinder Lite
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/05/tinder-diet-version-tinder-lite.html

In the World of Dating, All-Powerful Facebook Is Now the Underdog (via Barrons)
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/05/in-world-of-dating-all-powerful.html 

Facebook Dating is set to release a new feature on the app
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/07/facebook-dating-is-set-to-release-new.html

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

(.....) Demonstrates the Power of a Law Degree

https://chronicleweek.com/2019/06/greg-blatt-law-degree/
 
During his tenure Ms. Rosette Pambakian said  "shine a light on the terrible practices I have witnessed from Match." and other issues.
https://www.businessinsider.com/tinder-exec-rosette-pambakian-email-to-staff-about-suing-iac-and-match-2018-8/
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/05/match-user-alleges-site-spams-paying.html

But she was silenced by Mandy.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/18/18146668/tinder-lawsuit-match-rosette-pambakian-fired
No mention to MTCH and former Tinder founders war
No mention to MTCH and Badoo - Bumble war



Match, Bumble Evidence in IP Dispute to Remain Confidential
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/01/match-bumble-evidence-in-ip-dispute-to.html
 
The Tinder lawsuit is going to get nasty (part 2)
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-tinder-lawsuit-is-going-to-get.html

New York Times article: Tinder and Bumble Are Seriously at War
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/04/new-york-times-article-tinder-and.html

Four Tinder plaintiffs drop out of lawsuit because Match might have quietly changed their contracts ?
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/08/four-tinder-plaintiffs-drop-out-of.html

Experience Working with Business Moguls Influenced His Career
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/06/experience-working-with-business-moguls.html

article "Will Facebook Succeed In Reinventing Itself?"

https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/scitech/electronics-today/will-facebook-succeed-in-reinventing-itself/2019/05/15/
 
Men are using Snapchat's gender swap filter to experience being a woman on Tinder
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/05/men-are-using-snapchats-gender-swap.html

If "Match app adds an offline dating coach for your online dating woes" ?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/05/if-match-app-adds-offline-dating-coach.html

The brains behind Badoo, the world’s most popular dating app and ... Bumble & others
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-brains-behind-badoo-worlds-most.html

In the World of Dating, All-Powerful Facebook Is Now the Underdog (via Barrons)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/05/in-world-of-dating-all-powerful.html
 
Facebook to take on Tinder, not to revolutionize online dating
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/05/facebook-to-take-on-tinder-not-to.html
 
Match Group Stock Is Jumping Because Facebook Hasn’t Killed Tinder (via Barrons)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/05/match-group-stock-is-jumping-because.html
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/05/should-you-delete-your-tinder-or-bumble.html

There is plenty of room for new players and plenty of room for innovations in the Online Dating Industry
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2019/05/is-market-of-love-saturated-in.html

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