FT article: A match made in Silicon Valley: can blockchain reinvent dating?

https://www.ft.com/content/39c91b6a-57cc-11e8-bdb7-f6677d2e1ce8

Other proposals like the one from  Hicky, Viola.AI, MatchPool, PeerStream and others are using blockchain technology.

LUNA: another online dating app using blockchain technology?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/12/luna-another-online-dating-app-using.html

Please do not call AI to any silly recommender system that learns your preference.
DO NOT mistake "artificial intelligence" with a behavioural recommender system.

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.

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.
Compatibility is all about a high level on personality similarity between prospective mates for long term mating with commitment, and not meet other people with similar interests or political views.

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!

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!!!

The Online Dating Industry needs INNOVATIONS, not more bells and whistles.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2018/01/mistakes-at-behavioral-economics-of.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

 

Viola.AI: another (FRAUD / HOAX) online dating app using blockchain technology?

http://invezz.com/news/crypto/28840-upcoming-ico-ai-driven-tinder-of-the-blockchain-readies-debut

How many times the word INNOVATION or INNOVATIVE or INNOVATE
is mentioned in the WhitePaper?
https://viola.ai/whitepaper/viola-tech.pdf?v=v1.1

The CEO had copycatted eHarmony some years ago (eSynchrony / esync).
She will NOT innovate in the Online Dating Industry!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/article-insights-from-esync-ceo.html
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2017/11/lunch-actually-launches-first-ai-blockchain-based-dating-project-violaai.html
eSynchrony rebrands to esync and relaunches site.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/12/esynchrony-rebrands-to-esync-and.html

Please see:
Snap Announces USD 1 M Capital Investment To Accelerate Blockchain Initiative
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2017/12/snap-announces-1m-capital-investment-to-accelerate-blockchain-initiative.html

LUNA: another online dating app using blockchain technology?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/12/luna-another-online-dating-app-using.html

Matchpool Releases the Alpha Version of its Matchmaking Platform
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/07/matchpool-releases-alpha-version-of-its.html

"Blockchain Matching Platforms: An Innovative Way to Connect with Peers"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/10/blockchain-matching-platforms.html

The Online Dating Industry needs INNOVATIONS, not more bells and whistles.
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) or other system that learns your preferences (READ machine learning)
Also do not mistake "artificial intelligence" with a behavioural recommender system.
Please do not call AI to any silly recommender system that learns your preference.


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.


 

LUNA: another online dating app using blockchain technology?

https://lunalabs.github.io/luna_whitepaper.pdf
https://www.wired.de/collection/tech/nach-tinder-und-okcupid-kommt-jetzt-die-bitcoin-dating-app


Compare to Matchpool Releases the Alpha Version of its Matchmaking Platform
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/07/matchpool-releases-alpha-version-of-its.html

"Blockchain Matching Platforms: An Innovative Way to Connect with Peers"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/10/blockchain-matching-platforms.html

article: Snap Interactive Announces Blockchain Platform Strategy
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/11/article-snap-interactive-announces.html

The Online Dating Industry needs INNOVATIONS, not more bells and whistles.
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) or other system that learns your preferences (READ machine learning)
Also do not mistake "artificial intelligence" with a behavioural recommender system.
Please do not call AI to any silly recommender system that learns your preference.


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 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 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.
Compatibility is all about a high level on personality similarity between prospective mates for long term mating with commitment, and not meet other people with similar interests or political views.

At the paper  "Perceptions of Ideal and Former Partners' Personality and Similarity" 
The authors had written
".... mismatches in personality are a frequently mentioned cause for relationship break-up. If former partners indeed have dissimilar personalities, our findings underline how difficult it is for many people to select a mate with a similar personality, or, alternatively, how little value individuals put on finding a similar partner in terms of personality.
The present study's results, as well as the results found in previous studies (e.g., Eastwick & Finkel, 2008), may be used to educate people, especially singles, about what really matters in long-term relationships, for instance, similarity in personality, instead of complementarity."     

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