Dating these days has become so common that a while back I was thinking of creating an mobile application geared toward dating. Being a single and independent woman who lives away from her family, I don't mind meeting someone for dinner, coffee or a drink. At the end of the day, all I am looking for in this world is companionship. In order to understand how dating apps works or whether there is market for them, I downloaded a couple of applications such as Tinder, OkCupid, and Hinge.
My experience with Tinder has been the best since I met couple of decent people with whom I could be friends in case the date doesn't work out. However, 90% of the guys were on it for just a hook up or one night stands. The sad part about this is that Tinder had started out with the intention of enabling people meet someone special but ended up being nothing more than a place for one night stands. One more thing I found was that the number of married people on the application was too high. I don't have any problem if a married person is looking to make friends however I feel Tinder isn't the place for that. Not all is bad with Tinder, it doesn't let any random stranger to message you. Unless there is a mutual liking you cannot message each other. One more thing which I found was that there are many girls on Tinder however nobody bothers messaging or knowing someone. Many of my guy friends keep complaining about the same and I agree with them, if you are not interested in getting to know someone you should just delete the application.
OkCupid wasn't that great. The application's chat sucks big time and random strangers can message you and I wasn't comfortable with this.
If I were to build a application on dating, I would want the mobile app to be for someone who is looking for love or relationship. I know its cheesy but I am still positive that love does exist. It would be a app in which there would be different categories for different people who have different dating preferences. Love sees no age, anybody can find love or companionship. You can do a search as per your age preferences. This app would allow you to search for someone who is the same city based on the location preferences. One more thing, I want to make different in my app is that there would a security measure which would verify whether the person is actually who he is. It could be as simple as someone adding a valid document or check conducted via a phone call. This feature would allow the girls to feel more secure in terms of being on a app.
Also, people cannot send more than five messages to five new people in a day, this would give time for them to know someone rather than just simply liking someone and not bother to message or talk. My application would help you login via facebook which would be good because in that case you don't have to fill in all the information. There would be some specific questions which would allow people to know little bit about the person rather than just liking their pictures and swiping right. The chat application would be better than other applications.
Once you have spoken to someone and are comfortable meeting them, my app would allow you to book a ticket for a movie or make a reservation for dinner or lunch or simply coffee so that you can know each other better. The app would link movie theaters and coffee shops, thus getting them more business. In order to make the app more successful there could be events like speed dating which all the people on the application can attend and meet someone face to face.
Hopefully in the near future I would be able to work on this application and bring more love into people's life.
My experience with Tinder has been the best since I met couple of decent people with whom I could be friends in case the date doesn't work out. However, 90% of the guys were on it for just a hook up or one night stands. The sad part about this is that Tinder had started out with the intention of enabling people meet someone special but ended up being nothing more than a place for one night stands. One more thing I found was that the number of married people on the application was too high. I don't have any problem if a married person is looking to make friends however I feel Tinder isn't the place for that. Not all is bad with Tinder, it doesn't let any random stranger to message you. Unless there is a mutual liking you cannot message each other. One more thing which I found was that there are many girls on Tinder however nobody bothers messaging or knowing someone. Many of my guy friends keep complaining about the same and I agree with them, if you are not interested in getting to know someone you should just delete the application.
OkCupid wasn't that great. The application's chat sucks big time and random strangers can message you and I wasn't comfortable with this.
If I were to build a application on dating, I would want the mobile app to be for someone who is looking for love or relationship. I know its cheesy but I am still positive that love does exist. It would be a app in which there would be different categories for different people who have different dating preferences. Love sees no age, anybody can find love or companionship. You can do a search as per your age preferences. This app would allow you to search for someone who is the same city based on the location preferences. One more thing, I want to make different in my app is that there would a security measure which would verify whether the person is actually who he is. It could be as simple as someone adding a valid document or check conducted via a phone call. This feature would allow the girls to feel more secure in terms of being on a app.
Also, people cannot send more than five messages to five new people in a day, this would give time for them to know someone rather than just simply liking someone and not bother to message or talk. My application would help you login via facebook which would be good because in that case you don't have to fill in all the information. There would be some specific questions which would allow people to know little bit about the person rather than just liking their pictures and swiping right. The chat application would be better than other applications.
Once you have spoken to someone and are comfortable meeting them, my app would allow you to book a ticket for a movie or make a reservation for dinner or lunch or simply coffee so that you can know each other better. The app would link movie theaters and coffee shops, thus getting them more business. In order to make the app more successful there could be events like speed dating which all the people on the application can attend and meet someone face to face.
Hopefully in the near future I would be able to work on this application and bring more love into people's life.
11 comments:
Very well thought App shilpa... Only point I would want you to see what are the risks which can be involved and have a mitigation plan done well in advance before you lauch it..... All the very best.. We need such App for people who are just looking for some good friends.... Cheers
Loved ur idea Shilpa ... Go ahead ... All the best ... You will do ur best and I know it ... Waiting for further updates and some new blogs to read ... Wish u good luck
Thank you so much Abhi... :-) Keep reading my blogs and hope you would like them :-)
I appreciate your thoughts. I would like to share few of my experiences over any dating site or app. Even if you are good person. People think you are there only for hookups n all. But its not true for all. Many genuine people look for nice friends.
Really good way to put your thoughts into your tinder profile to share the blog link :). I hope you accept my tinder or may be you already found someone. Bye.
Nice write up. I came to know you on Tinder ( we never spoke though) and ended up on your blog via a link in your profile almost after a month. Keep up the good work and do post updates on how app is developing.
Good Article. Good luck for upcoming mobile app.
Hi Shilpa !
I have read your blogs all are very well composed. I came to know you on tinder. I am following your blogs as well.
Good stuff, just that iIcaught myself proofreading while reading. Very well thought out otherwise.
I like the way you are.
Rahul.deshpande.rd
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