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Chris Messina@chrismessina · 🏆 PH Community Member of the Year!
Is Hinge giving OKCupid a run for their money? Or is it just not that strategically advantageous to copy Tinder anymore? (I'm guessing the latter). This looks like a pretty significant design and product update for OKC... just in time too! 💟  See more
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Nicholas Sheriff@nicholassheriff · Founder, Quest
@chrismessina Chris this feels more like "hater" copy and pasting and testing some of their methodologies in light of what's happening particularly in America with our political unrest..Okcupid is actually owned by the same exact company that owns Tinder. Look at Facebook & Instagrams "creativity" mother co copy all the time among other smaller subsidiar… See more
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Jade Clark@jadenyc · PR/Branding Consultant
@nicholassheriff @chrismessina I disagree and find your analysis on most points here to be way off the mark and skewed by a strong negative bias you seem to have for this entire industry.
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Nicholas Sheriff@nicholassheriff · Founder, Quest
@jadenyc @chrismessina Ok I'll offer statistics....firstly I run a product design firm, and I've consulted with several dating co in this industry over the years and many of my friends use to work in this industry. That was what I was speaking to Jade...not opinion when a client wants to sign a six figure contract with my firm and these are their motivation… See more
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Nicholas Sheriff@nicholassheriff · Founder, Quest
@jadenyc @chrismessina again this gets ignored by the co and they simply put a PR spin on it. https://www.reddit.com/r/OkCupid... https://www.quora.com/Why-Does-O... nonoe of what I have said none of it isn't known to millions of people fact...they have been talking about all of my points for years..not days not months not recently YEARS Jade let me kno… See more
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Nicholas Sheriff@nicholassheriff · Founder, Quest
@jadenyc @chrismessina https://news.vice.com/article/on... Reports of Rape Linked to Online Dating Rise 450 Percent in Five Years I was talking about mostly men ( who are the ones funding these dating co ) that's a statistical fact, focusing most of their energy on producing that celebrates them being predatory tied to of dating, not for compatibility, the… See more
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Nicholas Sheriff@nicholassheriff · Founder, Quest
@jadenyc @chrismessina http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/... A startling 57 percent of women and 21 percent of men report experiences of harassment in online dating, according to a 2016 opt-in survey by Consumer Research. The frequency of such experiences ranged from "once or twice" to "always." None of them have done absolutely anything to put a stop to thi… See more
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Nicholas Sheriff@nicholassheriff · Founder, Quest
@jadenyc @chrismessina http://www.dailymail.co.uk/scien... 'It's a playground for paedophiles': Perverts are luring schoolchildren into sending nude selfies using a dating app known as 'Tinder for teens' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/scien... Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
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Nicholas Sheriff@nicholassheriff · Founder, Quest
@jadenyc @chrismessina @mailonline https://medium.com/@billyroh/sto... Stopping Abuse on Dating Apps Dating is hard for everyone. And if you’re a person of colour, it can be even harder. For example, these are some messages I’ve gotten in the past six months: “U should be glad a white guy is willing to talk to u u ugly asian” “why are you on here? no on… See more
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Chris Messina@chrismessina · 🏆 PH Community Member of the Year!
@nicholassheriff I mean, part of the problem is the humans in the loop, right? Twitter has a similar problem. What do you propose these companies do to curb abuse/bad behavior?
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Nicholas Sheriff@nicholassheriff · Founder, Quest
@chrismessina Exactly Chris, it's like a doctors trying to treat patients that have been thrown from their car, in an accident onto the street...the issue isn't better medical coverage it's seatbelts. So far as everyone can literally see right now majority of those in the industry are taking more of an approach like Jane to literally ignore millions of thei… See more
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Kelly Kuhn-Wallace@kkdub · Coach: Grow Your Biz w/o the Crazy
@nicholassheriff In B2C, a firm's failure to act ethically as it relates to a person(s) will tank the metrics you mention -- but not until victims are identified and the public/future customers/investors see the consequences. And those victims? These men and women may not know -- ever -- that they are paying to chat with bots. They may not know that a minor … See more
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Nicholas Sheriff@nicholassheriff · Founder, Quest
@kkdub I disagree with you Kelly, about the first point because in the valley a lot of these companies lie about all of their metrics. What does the market ( vc market ) do when a company is being deceptive? They give them more money and a higher valuation no correction is done. Everyone simply wants to get paid...full stop. Facebook Overestimated Key Vide… See more
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Alessandro Schiassi@alessandro_schiassi · CEO & Founder at Magnetic Field, Inc.
@nicholassheriff I love everything you wrote here! Spot on! I'd be curious to know your opinion about my dating app, Magnet: https://www.producthunt.com/post... We are taking safety very seriously and, hopefully, our on-site approach could fix all the issues you mentioned with online dating.
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Phil Wolff@evanwolf · product person
@nicholassheriff @kkdub Risk. This is about making aggregating personal/societal risks into investor risks. This should inform dating service management's risk taking. Management could post a $100K safety bond per date, assuring that no physical harm would come to either party on the first three in-person dates. With exposure like this, the operator would … See more
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