Re: an artificial game market for online dating

On 2 Jun 2006 20:24:52 -0400, "Amir Michail" <amichail@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Velochic du nord wrote:
On 1 Jun 2006 20:43:18 -0400, "Amir Michail" <amichail@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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P.S. You can find out more about artificial game markets and their
effectiveness here:

http://artificialmarkets.com/

May I make a suggestion, darling?

1. Get out more.
2. Talk to real people, especially real women, and just don't talk to
their tits. Make love to their brains. We wimmenz kind of like that.
Offer us delicious little tidbits, like astute observations on world
poltics, show some interest and involvement in your community, find
some common ground.
3. Exercise those rusty social skills. The more you talk to real
women, the easier it gets. Practice makes perfect.


Are women not interested in new models for online dating?

Some are, some aren't. I've used them. I'm rather more interested in
ones that are _effective_.

I'm actually trying to get a startup going. I've already built three
startup prototypes on other topics but I am still looking for new
ideas. New methods for online dating sound compelling to me. Social
networking is big, so maybe other methods might be successful also.

Here's my big question: Have you done your research on the psychology
of how men and women meet and pick each other out of a crowd? How they
make choices about what interests them, what qualities they are
looking for in a partner and what sort of relationship they are
looking for? The programming is the easy part. Getting the pschology
right is difficult.

My experience with online dating is that the sorts of things that I'm
interested in, the majority of MOTAS using it weren't. Kind of cheesed
me off after a while, it did.

I had good experiences with www.lavalife.ca, and www.eharmony.com.
(my sib met her husband through Lavalife) Both allowed for a certain
amount of flirting and cruising before committing to making contact.
Kind of like RL in that respect.

I also had good experiences with RL matchmakers. (La CoHabitante is
currently using one of the local outfits. She is getting some
excellent introductions)

I did not have good experiences with the first incarnation of
www.match.com I'm not cute, perky or american; rather I'm a tall,
hyperactive, outdoorsy, artsy canuck, and I rather scare most men.
I'm very focussed when I'm on a mission.

V.

.

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