"We're a social club that sets up drinks between 2 groups of friends: 3 and 3." #dating #online_dating #paid #startups #interesting #Facebook #@to_use #future_moi #future_goals #motivation #pub

#Eh #dating #discrimination #online_dating #racism #sexual #social_dynamics #pub

"At HerWay, women's profiles are invisible by default. This innovative approach to dating allows women to browse for men anonymously instead of being bombarded by unwanted attention, which ensures 100% privacy." #online_dating #dating #seriously? #social_dynamics #pub

#dating #online_dating #social_dynamics #unique_spin #freemium #gamification #in_app_purchases #web_2.0 #social_media #$kippt_bookmark #mobile_apps #android #iOS #pub

""IAC, which owns a majority stake in the company it helped incubate..." "Tinder saw explosive growth after the Olympics, when athletes were using it heavily at Sochi. Then, it was generating 10 million matches per day." "IAC also owns popular dating services Match and OKCupid." "IAC recently bought another 10 percent of Tinder from venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya for $500 million, according to people with knowledge of the deal. That values the 20-month-old company with 10 million daily users at $5 billion, compared with IAC’s $5.57 billion market capitalization." #online_dating #apps #ballers #valuations #sites #IAC #subsidiaries #money #pub

#online_dating #acquisitions #sites #IAC #subsidiaries #money #nostalgia #affiliate_marketing #pub

#online_dating #acquisitions #sites #IAC #subsidiaries #money #nostalgia #affiliate_marketing #pub

"Online dating service and IAC property Match.com is getting into the highly-targeted subscription dating game with the acquisition of People Media, which it is taking off the hands of publicly traded PE firm American Capital and a host of other investors for $80 million in cash. The deal includes the purchase of about 27 targeted dating sites with a combined 255,000 paying subscribers, including BlackPeopleMeet.com, BBPeopleMeet.com, LDSPlanet.com, SingleParentMeet.com and SeniorPeopleMeet.com." "People Media, founded in 2002, had $11.6 million of EBITDA in 2008 and quotes Jupiter Research as saying the combined revenues of the targeted dating service business are expected to reach $1.2 billion worldwide this year. Still according to the announcement, People Media, besides exclusively powering multiple AOL Personals communities, reaches nearly 4 million internet users each month. Match.com attracted about 5.8 million unique monthly users in May 09 according to comScore and reported $9.9 million in operating income before amortization last year." #online_dating #acquisitions #sites #IAC #subsidiaries #money #nostalgia #affiliate_marketing #pub

Lol "Swipe up Heavenly for a serious commitment. Swipe down Sinful for a fun open-ended relationship." #dating #online_dating #sexual_dynamics #apps #iOS #pub

"I made three fake tinder profiles. One was with a perfectly average looking guy [1] , one an underwear model [2] , and one ugly looking guy [3]". Tries to see different amount of matches and messages. #tinder #online_dating #experiments #newbies #studies #pub

Sent the same message to all his 40 something matches. "Edit: Initially, I had 42 matches, I am currently at 37. Got blocked by 5. Got 8 responses - all varied. Edit: http://imgur.com/a/4KcE7 [1] - album of responses" #tinder #online_dating #experiments #newbies #shy #pub

#online_dating #mobile #iOS #beta #alternatives #startups #pub

Bloc app: check-in to events & start matching with people today.

Never heard of it. Probably pretty dead. Can check for "events", "match", "chat". Not strictly for dating, but hah. #real_life_social_apps #mobile_apps #social_networking #online_dating #iOS #matching_apps #android #pub