TechCrunch Readers Are Shallow
Written by on December 21st, 2006 in Ajax News.
Yesterday I wrote about some of the changes at top dating site Yahoo Personals, designed to make profile matching easier and faster. And I also dug into some of the new business model experiments being conducted by some of the younger startups out there. A good example is YesNoMayB, a South African startup that allows users to quickly scan photographs of potential mates and pick out the ones they like. If the other person picks you as well, there’s a match.
In a poll included with that post I asked whether looks or personality are more important. A huge majority, 71%, of the 698 responses so far indicated that “looks come first,” while a mere 18% put personality first. If TechCrunch readership is any indication of the dating pool in general (I have a feeling it isn’t), startups like YesNoMayB and HotOrNot’s MeetMe have a very bright future. Note to VC’s: Invest immediately. 
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Source: TechCrunch
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