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Happy Sunday!
With exactly two weeks until Valentine’s Day, I’ve decided to offer a matchmaking service. Inspired by several previous posts with similar ideas, my approach is a little different. Instead of matching people based solely on looks or what applicants think they want, I pair people using a blind-date principle.
By minimizing the variables, more matches can be made. Finding a match isn’t about ticking boxes or avoiding every potential flaw. Everyone gets one red flag they can raise, that's it. This should make matchmaking easier and help more people find matches.
Doesn't work out? No problem, I can always try to find you another match.
I'll do my very best to give as many people as possible the best experience.
https://forms.gle/idoxYLUXo3g6nqLt8
FAQ:
>What are the rules for applying?
Be honest in your submission. Unfaithful submissions, such as submitting the form multiple times, will result in complete disqualification.
>How will I be contacted?
I will contact you through email, so make sure to provide a valid email address. You can always arrange for a different method of contact with your match if you so please.
>When will I get a response?
I will try to reply to every serious applicant, even if I haven’t found a match for you yet. You can expect a confirmation within 24 hours of submitting your application.
>Does my location matter?
Yes. Applications without a general location will not be processed. Location is important for making meaningful matches.
>Will you share any information about applicants?
I value transparency. Periodically, I will share anonymised statistics about applicants. Identifiable information will not be shared without your consent.
If you have any other general questions, please post them in the thread. If you want to ask personal questions, you can do so by replying to my email.
Good luck!
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>>34738982
There's like five threads for it on the catalog already. What retard thinks he's getting something out of this when it's going to be the million fags that already spam this place and a handful of "females", most of whom will be catfish or trannies?
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The day before valentines, we should have a community speed date event, that's streamed on something like cytube so we can all watch. Voice or Video is required. Both people talk for a minute (or longer depending on if there aren't many participants) and then press a button to either go next or match. Both people need to press the match button for them to be taken out of the dating pool. People in a discord lobby will have the ability to object to a match and will be immediately queued to talk to the person they want to talk to. The person they want to talk to will either skip or match. If they skip they're matched with their original match
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>>34740424
Thank you! I started this exactly because I want to improve the user experience.
I've read many replies in the other threads, giving me a good idea on what can be improved.
One of them is simply the odds. By asking as little information as possible, with as little eliminators as possible, odds increase dramatically.
The other big thing is communication. Going without any response for days or weeks just doesn't inspire confidence.
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>>34740572
There are multiple kinds of odds. It's always a SNR question and whose perspective you look at. For example, women generally have to tread through thousands of adds to decide what makes sense for them. Men, on the other hand, have to treat through thousands of deserts to find the one drop of water. The way to address either side is different.
Blind date formats address mostly the source imbalance (so the male side of the issue), but don't address the female side of the issue (huge amount of noise to little signal).
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So are the mods going to do something about this retarded shit or what? We don't need dozens of identical copycat threads where guys are trying to farm women's contact information with this retarded gimmick. These threads should be ban on sight they're so fucking stupid
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>>34740690
Yes, I am looking forward to it as well. I think it's more of a minimalist vs maximalist question. Mostly other approaches so far have been maximalist. If your approach works better, it will not only reduce the workload on people currently working on maximalist approaches (thus improving responsiveness if they were serious so far and it wasn't just a scam), but also bring people together in a safer way than what is currently available out there. Win win.
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>>34740718
I don't intend to farm anyone's contact information. Sadly, there's not much I can do right now to prove that I'm acting in good faith. That's something only time can show.
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>>34740650
>We don't need dozens of identical copycat threads where guys are trying to farm women's contact information with this retarded gimmick.
Because every thread in the catalog not spent on cuck, gooning and literal pedo shit is a tragedy, right?
Fucking idiot.
Even if not a single one of these is honest, they're an improvement.
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Good morning everyone! These are the statistics for gender and age distribution of just the first day. As more applicants role in, I'm able to disclose more precise statistics without risking deanonymising anyone.
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>>34742658
There's entire open source messengers that fall under the domain of /soc/ but are banned on sight. Are we pretending like moderation on this abandoned board isn't totally arbitrary now?
Can every single thread on the catalog be a matchmaking thread because they all individually fall under the technical rules of /soc/? How many threads before it's decided that it's too many? 8, 12, 30?
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>what about these threads that should also be banned
Uh yeah they should also get banned and deleted fucking retard. /soc/ should have been made SFW a decade ago.
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Here are the statistics from yesterday. It was quite a slow day with few submissions, so take it with a grain of salt. I suppose nobody likes Mondays.
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It was a very slow day. Percentages might be a bit misleading because we are biased towards larger numbers, but if you translate them over it shows about a 7:1 male/female ratio for the day. Compared to 7:2 for the first day.
Most male correspondents are from North America while most female correspondents are from Europe.
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>>34747424
an inordinate amount of posts here are american, and guys, american women dont need to really make posts or seek out people in ways like these, european women do however, theres not that big of a sample of european men here just because its not as popular outside of america, and most of the userbase is male
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>>34746168
88+13 is 101 Scam alert. Are you indian?
>>34747443
Despite language barriers, by user statistics, there are about 45% EU users, and 40% US users. EU is just bigger.
American sensationalism is american culture, americans are more outgoing as a result.
European men and women are more introspective by default.
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>>34747529
It's just my charting software making funny rounding errors. Lots of rounding up, but no rounding down. And no, I'm not Indian. I'm British, hence why I go silent during those sleeping hours and start answering again in the morning. Not sure if that's any better though.
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>>34747650
No, it does not. Maybe my lack of "dear sir/madam" puts you at ease.
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>>34747529
i guess i shouldve specified but i meant specifically this board, and most of the people you see signing up for this stuff are most likely the same people you see making posts every day on threads here, i agree that americans are very much so more outgoing, but states differ, and european countries have a lot more diverse cultures and personalities (purely stereotypes here) in order to bunch them together in my opinion, you could say states are wildly different too but i think most americans behave a certain way
but i dont imagine zeitgeists actually play a big role on the statistics here, 80% of posts here are american guys (number i pulled out of my ass but you get the idea)
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>>34748196
I really do send every serious applicant at least a confirmation email. So far I've done my best to honour my commitment. It all happens manually, if there's a really long delay I might just be sleeping.
All emails are sent via an iCloud email address, so while I don't expect my emails to be instantly flagged as spam, they can apparently still end up there.
If it has already been longer than 24 hours and the confirmation hasn't been moved to spam, I'm happy check my outbox to see if I sent you an email. Just the first three symbols of your email address should be enough for me to have a look.
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>>34746168
You talk like a fed.
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>>34751337
Yes! I finished writing an email for a match just now. Just to be on the safe side, when there might be a match but the details don’t line up exactly, I send an email first to check if it’s alright. I've send out a good few, but waiting for replies makes it a bit sluggish.
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>>34738975
Submitted an application. Not expecting anything out of it, but was still funny to fill out for the hell of it.
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>>34738975
>Sex
Male /m/
>Description
Looking for a bisexual, straight or even lesbian girl (biological female) who is into 2D loli, and wants a relationship/family with a man. Contact me at rel587@protonmail.com
I am wealthy, come from a good family and some attractive women have found me good looking. Not larping, I just want to find someone who is like me, but that has been almost impossible.
If you want to contact me anonymously, just make a protonmail. It won't ask you to use a phone number nor alternate email account.
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