"Breaking the online dating sound barrier"

Saturday, May 13, 2017

PAPER: Improved collaborative filtering recommendation algorithm of similarity measure

Improved collaborative filtering recommendation algorithm of similarity measure

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)

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 notice, 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.

Which is the RIGHT approach to innovate in the Personality Based Recommender Systems Arena?

The same approach to innovate in the Online Dating Industry == 16PF5 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 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 does not need a 10% improvement, a 50% improvement or a 100% improvement. It does need "a 100 times better improvement"

All other proposals are NOISE and perform as placebo

Please see also:
PAPER: Twitter User Personality Prediction 2017
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/04/paper-twitter-user-personality.html

People-to-People Reciprocal Recommenders
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/11/people-to-people-reciprocal-recommenders.html

A people-to-people content-based reciprocal recommender using hidden markov models
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2507214&dl=ACM&coll=DL&CFID=589669483&CFTOKEN=18383938

How AI can help you find a date ?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/01/how-ai-can-help-you-find-date.html
PAPER: Tensor Methods and Recommender Systems
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/03/paper-tensor-methods-and-recommender.html

Artificial Intelligence to Help You Meet Your Soulmate ?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/12/artificial-intelligence-to-help-you.html

Friday, May 12, 2017

PAPER: Is Red Really Romantic?

http://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/abs/10.1027/1864-9335/a000296

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/05/don_t_wear_red_in_your_online_dating_profile.html

Please see:
article "How Men on Tinder Reacted to Three Different Levels of Makeup"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/07/article-how-men-on-tinder-reacted-to.html

and remember:
What is important in attracting people to one another may not be important in making couples happy.
Latest Research in Theories of Romantic Relationships Development shows: compatibility is all about a high level on personality* similarity* between prospective mates for long term mating with commitment.
*personality measured with a normative test.
*similarity: there are differents ways to calculate similarity, it depends on how mathematically is defined.

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

UK Digital Market Overview report

http://www.ukom.uk.net/data-and-insights/insights-archive/ukom-publishes-latest-uk-digital-market-overview-report
www.ukom.uk.net/uploads/files/UKOM_Digital_Market_Overview_Mar_2017.pdf
www.ukom.uk.net/uploads/files/UKOM_Insights_deck_IAB_research_breakfast_03_2017.pdf

Which global internet markets are the most ‘mobile first’?
http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Blog/Which-global-internet-markets-are-the-most-mobile-first

The future of mobile is desktop!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/02/ukom-online-personals-who-kicks-off-new.html

Tinder Launching (or Updating) A Web Version Of Its Dating Platform
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/03/tinder-launching-or-updating-web.html
There are many fake Tinder for PC / desktop pages.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/03/there-are-many-fake-tinder-for-pc.html

Snap Interactive (STVI) Reports Q1 2017 Results

Thursday, May 11, 2017

Another HOAX, today: Loveflutter

Unless they can prove their method 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 the members of the site: It is a HOAX, a big FRAUD.

http://globaldatinginsights.com/2017/05/10/loveflutter-returns-revamped-twitter-integrated-product/
They claim "The Science: ‘Tweets Reveal Your Personality’
https://www.loveflutter.com/loveflutter-tweets-personality
Spontaneous, opinionated, clever and funny, tweets offer a revealing glimpse into your personality – it’s the real, unfiltered you and the opposite of a polished Instagram feed other dating apps rely upon.
Don’t just take our word for it. We’ve partnered with Toronto-based language scientists Receptiviti AI to explore how tweets reveal your personality (see infographic)."
https://mic.com/articles/176856/loveflutter-app-claims-to-know-your-personality-type-by-analyzing-your-tweets
It seems they use a proprietary model of personality nobody knows, instead of well known normative personality models like HEXACO or 16PF5
Perhaps they are masked by biorhythms, like MatchMatrix; or they mistake emotions with personality traits.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/hoax-alert-matchmatrix.html

IBM Deciphers Personality Types From 200 Tweets ?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/11/ibm-deciphers-personality-types-from.html

TextDater, a Personality mining platform, still another HOAX
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/08/textdater-personality-mining-platform.html

Another HOAX: Dating app uses machine learning to find your most compatible partner
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/04/another-hoax-dating-app-uses-machine.html

DatePlay: Another HOAX in progress
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/07/dateplay-another-hoax-in-progress.html

PersonalityML.
Personality markup language (PersonalityML) has the aim of standardize and help to disseminate and share the use of users’ personality information across applications that take human psychological aspects into account in the computer decision making process.

http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2012/12/about-new-markup-language-called.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/05/paper-development-of-group-recommender.html

Personality mining platform Traitify raises USD4M
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/08/personality-mining-platform-traitify.html

ALL indirect methods, ADD a lot of DISTORTION to the measurement.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/07/how-facial-features-drive-our-first.html
The best way to assess personality of daters is using a normative instrument.
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.

“Top 45 Top Scientific Papers For The Online Dating Industry”
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/top-45-scientific-papers-for-online.html
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/internetdatingscience/2012/02/top-45-top-scientific-papers-for-the-online-dating-industry.html

PARSHIP ELITE Group GmbH. 2015 financials

From
https://www.bundesanzeiger.de/ebanzwww/wexsservlet
Search for Parship and see

The company group includes the well-known international brands PARSHIP and ElitePartner. At the end of 2015, more than 230 employees at the headquarters in Hamburg and in Amsterdam will work for the PARSHIP ELITE Group within the Group. In the short financial year from April 1 to December 31, 2015, PARSHIP ELITE Group GmbH generated group sales of Euros 58.0 Million.
and big loss of Euros 13.4 Million.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/09/elitepartner-parship-sold-again-in-part.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/10/compatibility-2013-explained-by-parship.html
Will ElitePartner & Parship merge?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/10/will-elitepartner-parship-merge.html

Compare to Affinitas GmbH. 2015 financials
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/affinitas-gmbh-2015-financials.html

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/parship.de
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/elitepartner.de

German online dating sites, some fresh data from Alexa
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/03/german-online-dating-site-some-fresh.html

Match: Soldier frustrated after his photo was used in online dating scam

http://www.13wmaz.com/news/soldier-speaks-after-his-picture-was-used-to-scam-dallas-online-daters/438655065

Emily Thompson was enamored with the soldier she met on the dating site, Match in March.

"I definitely was falling in love," she said.

But it all fell apart when the Dallas businesswoman learned their love was a scam that cost her more than USD 130,000.

His name, on the profile, was Robert Parker.
Tuesday, we heard from two more North Texas women who also texted with him.

Match Group Q1 2017, Revenue flat, ARPU flat, Match in decadence
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/match-group-q1-2017-revenue-flat-arpu.html

Please remember also:
In 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.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/10/plentyoffish-warning-after-womans-weird.html

When I was interviewed last January 2011, 6 LONG YEARS AGO, by "Caras y Caretas" (summer in Argentina) I thought there were going to be a big scandal, because former CEO of Match LATAM Countries recognized 75% inactive profiles at Match Argentina, but nothing happened. Soon or later, all online dating sites should scan all photos used in each and every profile!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2011/01/featured-in-caras-y-caretas-issue-n.html

Article by female Journalist: Dirty tricks from Match?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3191461/From-automatically-renewing-subscriptions-secretly-boosting-profiles-dating-sites-use-cynical-tricks-stop-leaving.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/08/article-by-female-journalist-dirty.html
UK Journalist Melissa Kite, 43, tried online dating after being single for six months.
After no success she decided to cancel her subscription.
When she tried to cancel suspiciously eligible men began contacting her.

Some years ago: Class Action Calls Match a 'Scam' / More than 90% of potential dates are "phantoms," suit charges
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2011/08/class-action-calls-match-scam.html

*** Only way to sustain that huge revenue is creating fake profiles from inside to entice customers to subscribe. *** ???
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/05/only-way-to-sustain-that-huge-revenue.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

Also be alerted several complaints about Match dot com suggest ... database is full of old & inactive profiles, scammers, fake profiles, etc!
Perhaps Only way to sustain that huge revenue is creating fake profiles from inside to entice customers to subscribe. ???

Please see also:
LAWSUIT Chad Perkins et al. v. Match Group Inc. et al., case number 1:17-cv-2988
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/04/lawsuit-chad-perkins-et-al-v-match.html