eHarmony review via Mashable / July 2018

https://mashable.com/2018/07/24/eharmony-review/
 

https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/eharmony.com
 
compare to 

EliteSingles review via Mashable / June 2018
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/06/elitesingles-review-via-mashable-june.html
https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/elitesingles.com

PAPER that debunks EliteSingles, SilverSingles, eHarmony and copycats using Big Five normative tests!!!
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/07/paper-that-debunks-elitesingles.html

eHarmony selects Redis Enterprise for unmatched real-time performance
https://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2018/06/eharmony-selects-redis-enterprise-for.html


The Five Factor Model aka Big Five normative test used by eHarmony and its copycats, had been proven/revealed as an incomplete and incorrect model to assess/measure personality of persons.
Now it is a HOAX, a FRAUD to use it (year 2018) 
 
The same for eDarling and EliteSingles/SilverSingles sites!
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 16PF5 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 16PF5 (or similar test measuring exactly the 16 personality factors) for serious dating, it will be impossible to innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry.  

PAPER that debunks EliteSingles, SilverSingles, eHarmony and copycats using Big Five normative tests!!!

 

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325975273_Comparison_of_three_short_six-factor_personality_instruments

The Five Factor Model aka Big Five normative test used by eHarmony and its copycats, had been proven/revealed as an incomplete and incorrect model to assess/measure personality of persons.
Now it is a HOAX, a FRAUD to use it (year 2018) 
The same for eDarling and EliteSingles/SilverSingles sites!
 
eHarmony was copycatted in several countries like
the online dating sites EliteSingles in Canada, Australia, USA, UK, Chile, Mexico; eDarling in Spain, German, France, Russia;
also TeAmo in Russia is another copycat of eHarmony;
esync (eSynchrony) in Singapore,
MiMediaManzana in Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Chile, etc.,
Marrily in India
and
LemonSwan in Germany and other countries. 


Please see: 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

Last May 2016, I suggested USA FTC investigate several online dating sites for misleading statements, false claims, overpromises.
Like Match, eHarmony, Zoosk, OkCupid, EliteSingles (Affinitas GmbH.) copycat of eHarmony, Tinder and others.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/05/suggested-usa-ftc-investigate-several.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 16PF5 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 16PF5 (or similar test measuring exactly the 16 personality factors) for serious dating, it will be impossible to innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry.

article: Russian Authorities Want Easy Access to Online Dating Logs

https://globalvoices.org/2017/04/25/russian-authorities-want-easy-access-to-online-dating-logs/
"The Badoo dating network will soon be added to Russia's federal list of “information disseminators,” ..... This means that the dating site will be required to keep servers in Russia, where all Russian users’ data will be stored, so that the Federal Security Service and local law enforcement can have easier access to user data and communications logs.
"This may present a challenge for Badoo. Although the 11-year-old company was founded by Russian entrepreneur Andrey Andreev, the business is registered in Cyprus and headquartered in London."

I agree, it is said the main business of Badoo is the spyware business!

BI article: The reclusive CEO of dating app Badoo on his app's redesign
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/04/bi-article-reclusive-ceo-of-dating-app.html

TeAmo in Russia is another copycat of eHarmony
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/stupid-investors-series-today-teamoru.html

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

Indian based online gaming company that plans to copycat .... eHarmony! They think they can use 16PF test in a game.

But serious daters do not want gamification.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/09/indian-company-plans-to-copycat.html

Moreover eHarmony was copycatted in several countries like the online dating sites EliteSingles in Canada, Australia, USA, UK; eDarling in Spain, German, France, Russia; also TeAmo in Russia is another copycat of eHarmony. eSynchrony in Singapore, MiMediaManzana in Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Chile, etc.

Informant said:
"a new age gamification manner that will be marketed worldwide for people to find their perfect match."
I replied:
The perfect match does not exist.
It will only exist a pool of compatible persons, not more than that.
They can not promise a perfect match

 "16PF personality tests through gaming tasks"
The 16PF test costs USD100,000 per language and norm, and will be impossible to incorporate in a game due to high distortion.

Example: Dewey color system.
http://www.deweycolorsystem.com/
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2010/06/12like-visualdna-and-hoax.html
In compatibility matching methods there are 2 steps:
1) to objectively measure personality traits (with the 16PF5 test or similar) without distortion.
2) to calculate compatibility (personality similarity) between prospective mates
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2011/05/if-you-plan-to-useoffer-16pf5.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/03/paper-on-similarity-between.html

"Direct Q and A for today's generation is boring we need to make the process fun."
Same mistakes as eHarmony, they plan to gamify a serious proposal, and they will fail of course!
Still waiting online gaming company Etermax, owner of Trivia Crack app to launch online dating app similar to Tinder/Badoo.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/09/still-waiting-etermax-owner-of-trivia.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/08/eharmony-engineers-try-to-get-to-heart.html

Please see:
Shaadi Takes 25% In Thrill
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2015/01/shaadicom-takes-25-in-thrill.html
Happn Is Now In India, And Is Not Afraid Of Competition
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2016/05/happn-is-now-in-india-and-is-not-afraid-of-competition.html
There's No Algorithm For Chemistry, Says Tinder India CEO Taru Kapoor
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2016/07/there-is-no-algorithm-for-chemistry-says-tinder-india-ceo-taru-kapoor.html 

Another eHarmony style copycat: TeAmoRU (from Russia)

I reviewed it during 2012
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/over-16-similarities-between-eharmony.html
then morphed to a more casual site
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/03/teamorru-morphing-to-more-casual-online.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/the-4-biggest-eharmonys-copycats.html


Now shortened its questionnaire.

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

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 

The 4 biggest eHarmony's copycats

eHarmony to Launch Globalization Initiative ?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/eharmony-to-launch-globalization.html
too late and unnecessary!

 The 4 biggest eHarmony's copycats:
- Affinitas GmbH. German company operating the brands EliteSingles, eDarling and others.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/10/elitesingles-received-redesign.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/02/more-juicy-information-from-affinitas.html
- TeAmoRu.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/03/teamorru-morphing-to-more-casual-online.html
- eSynchrony.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/i-had-reviewed-esynchrony-last-january.html
- MiMediaManzana.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/02/mi-media-manzana-review-my-half-apple.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. 
 
The key to long-lasting romance is STRICT PERSONALITY SIMILARITY and not "meet other people with similar interests".

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 only way to achieve that is:
- using the 16PF5 normative personality test, available in different languages to assess personality of members, or a proprietary test with exactly the same traits of the 16PF5. The ensemble of the 16PF5 is: 10E16, big number as All World Population is nearly 7.0 * 10E9 
- expressing compatibility with eight decimals, like The pattern 6.7.6.8.9.6.7.7.8.7.2.5.8.7.3.4 is 92.55033557%  +/- 0.00000001% similar to the pattern 7.7.6.8.8.7.6.5.8.7.4.5.7.7.3.4
Using a quantized pattern comparison method (part of pattern recognition by cross-correlation) to calculate similarity between prospective mates.

TeAmoRU morphing to a more casual online dating site?

It seems TeAmoRU is morphing to a more casual online dating site.
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/teamo.ru

It started as a copycat of eHarmony in Russia. Last march 2012, received funds from the Japanese.

I reviewed it last September 2011

and then in June 2012 it received major redesign.

MatchWise, Chemistry, PlentyOfFish Chemistry Predictor, eVow, TeAmoRU  and other sites use/used the Birth Order Item, but it is useless at all for Serious Online Dating!


TeAmorRU uses the Big Five normative test to measure personality of its members, but ..... The Big Five normative test  had been proven/revealed as an incomplete and incorrect model to assess/measure personality of persons!


With less than USD10 Million you can copycat eHarmony
or
 innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry, killing those old & obsolete sites forever because they are HOAXES based on a Big Scientific FRAUD.