Comments on: No plans? Meet New People via Activities http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:26:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: sarah b http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-2489783 sarah b Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:22:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-2489783 thanks to the great internet, dont even need activities to meet new people these days. check out how you can meet new people on sites like speeddate, stickam and <a href="http://www.woome.com/people" rel="nofollow">WooMe, meet people</a> thanks to the great internet, dont even need activities to meet new people these days. check out how you can meet new people on sites like speeddate, stickam and WooMe, meet people

]]> By: bobby http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-1026969 bobby Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:34:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-1026969 i want to get to know any body6 in the house just to have a friend for short i want to get to know any body6 in the house just to have a friend for short

]]> By: derek http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-925724 derek Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:50:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-925724 these guys have hit on something interesting.. a completely location based mobile dating service.. you text your address in and it give you hits of people who are close to you.. much more spontaneous than match or eharmony <a href="http://www.meetmoi.com/1/meetmoi/welcome?k=blog" rel="nofollow">MeetMoi.com</a> these guys have hit on something interesting.. a completely location based mobile dating service.. you text your address in and it give you hits of people who are close to you.. much more spontaneous than match or eharmony

MeetMoi.com

]]> By: Tim http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-515166 Tim Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:39:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-515166 As of December 6, Weekendr is <a href="http://blog.weekendr.com/?p=20" rel="nofollow">for sale</a> (via <a href="http://hackr.de/2006/12/11/weekendrendr" rel="nofollow">live.hackr</a>). As of December 6, Weekendr is for sale (via live.hackr).

]]> By: Idont http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-434787 Idont Thu, 23 Nov 2006 21:29:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-434787 You should have a look at tilllate.ch It is a big success story here spreading around europe now. Their great idea? They have photographs (young students) in all the trendy events, then they publish the pictures. Now you can tag the pictures so that you can "track" hot people. ;) It is not a typical web2.0 designed website with all the typical features, but it works as if it had them... Only issue: they need a few Gb of bandwidth per month. ;) You should have a look at tilllate.ch

It is a big success story here spreading around europe now.

Their great idea? They have photographs (young students) in all the trendy events, then they publish the pictures.

Now you can tag the pictures so that you can “track” hot people. ;)

It is not a typical web2.0 designed website with all the typical features, but it works as if it had them…

Only issue: they need a few Gb of bandwidth per month. ;)

]]> By: Tom Bailey http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-428785 Tom Bailey Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:36:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-428785 I host get togethers at my house and I pay for everything. It seems to work better than Match etc. because I just invite high quality people. People seem to like the idea of not having to pay and not having to deal with low quality people. I host get togethers at my house and I pay for everything. It seems to work better than Match etc. because I just invite high quality people. People seem to like the idea of not having to pay and not having to deal with low quality people.

]]> By: Alex http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-315190 Alex Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:48:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-315190 it'll be worth to mention this website : http://wecheese.com. it's doing the same like macthactivity but with a far great design and user experience. these new websites are really better than traditional matching websites I've been using wecheese.com these last 8 months since i moved to Paris. it helped me to connect to local people based on activity sharing. People are serious and open minded to strangers like me. it’ll be worth to mention this website : http://wecheese.com. it’s doing the same like macthactivity but with a far great design and user experience.

these new websites are really better than traditional matching websites

I’ve been using wecheese.com these last 8 months since i moved to Paris. it helped me to connect to local people based on activity sharing.

People are serious and open minded to strangers like me.

]]> By: Beth http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-303614 Beth Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:25:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-303614 I just googled MatchActivity.com and came across this blog. After reading all the comments and post, I registered today for MatchActivity and as a single woman this concept seems refreshing, because you are actually going to meet this person who post an activity (but for the record - I haven't gone out with anyone just yet). I have however, been messaging with people instantly. Which is really nice, because the men on the site look very attractive. Just my thoughts! I just googled MatchActivity.com and came across this blog. After reading all the comments and post, I registered today for MatchActivity and as a single woman this concept seems refreshing, because you are actually going to meet this person who post an activity (but for the record - I haven’t gone out with anyone just yet). I have however, been messaging with people instantly. Which is really nice, because the men on the site look very attractive. Just my thoughts!

]]> By: Allen http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-301327 Allen Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:42:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-301327 In case anyone is interested, I have an interview with the founder of Weekendr here: http://www.centernetworks.com/interview-with-weekendr I think his site is fun and its nice to see a fun site sometimes. In case anyone is interested, I have an interview with the founder of Weekendr here:
http://www.centernetworks.com/.....h-weekendr

I think his site is fun and its nice to see a fun site sometimes.

]]> By: jazmine aka jazzy http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-298885 jazmine aka jazzy Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:45:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-298885 Hey what's ya'll Hey what’s ya’ll

]]> By: John http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-295835 John Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:56:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-295835 You can't automate serendipity, but you can provide a venue. This is why we have nightclubs and speed dating, church groups and blind dates. MatchActivity is a new way of finding that context. You can’t automate serendipity, but you can provide a venue. This is why we have nightclubs and speed dating, church groups and blind dates. MatchActivity is a new way of finding that context.

]]> By: dave http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-295492 dave Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:28:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-295492 sorry, you do need more of those grocery stores, but you can NOT automate serendipity, and that's exactly what you're talking about doing... sorry, you do need more of those grocery stores, but you can NOT automate serendipity, and that’s exactly what you’re talking about doing…

]]> By: John http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-293971 John Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:25:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-293971 MatchActivity's model is not dismissive of cognitive filters - quoting Yoni - "A user is notifying everyone with similar shared interest about their activity." The act of defining an activity in combination with traditional profiles gives their members more information upon which to make a decision, not less. There's a trend in online dating to add endless quantitative measures in the name of compatibility analysis. But this doesn't provide the most important part of a new relationship - context. Lots of people meet in grocery stores without the help of a questionnaire. We don't need more analysis, we need more grocery stores. MatchActivity’s model is not dismissive of cognitive filters - quoting Yoni - “A user is notifying everyone with similar shared interest about their activity.” The act of defining an activity in combination with traditional profiles gives their members more information upon which to make a decision, not less.

There’s a trend in online dating to add endless quantitative measures in the name of compatibility analysis. But this doesn’t provide the most important part of a new relationship - context. Lots of people meet in grocery stores without the help of a questionnaire. We don’t need more analysis, we need more grocery stores.

]]> By: dave http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-293780 dave Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:52:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-293780 well, patent pending is a bit like saying 'revenue pending' imho....not sure how one will patent the concept of 'system for meeting people with similar interests in an expiry based system' etc...on the other hand, isn't meetup (or upcoming) built around impending events, events that transpire and by definition also 'create urgency'? i see the dating bent, but it looks like a tag system on top of a bulletin board from the outside (with some 2.0 utilities to boot)...clever approach to reinventing the wheel i think, creative, but creative is not original, creative is only about knowing how to hide your sources ;) i do like the call to action approach, it's very appealing, but in the end the site operates by encouraging dismissal of a cognitive filter (no, not putting down the superficial stuff, that's fine), and without any shred of user vouching or testimonial, it's effectively very blind dating...my understanding is that your paying customers (at matchactivity) are able to invite people privately to events, and so in that sense you are simply reinventing the dating site (browse, select) but underpricing by roughly 60 percent (circa 9 dollars, correct?) well, patent pending is a bit like saying ‘revenue pending’ imho….not sure how one will patent the concept of ’system for meeting people with similar interests in an expiry based system’ etc…on the other hand, isn’t meetup (or upcoming) built around impending events, events that transpire and by definition also ‘create urgency’? i see the dating bent, but it looks like a tag system on top of a bulletin board from the outside (with some 2.0 utilities to boot)…clever approach to reinventing the wheel i think, creative, but creative is not original, creative is only about knowing how to hide your sources ;)

i do like the call to action approach, it’s very appealing, but in the end the site operates by encouraging dismissal of a cognitive filter (no, not putting down the superficial stuff, that’s fine), and without any shred of user vouching or testimonial, it’s effectively very blind dating…my understanding is that your paying customers (at matchactivity) are able to invite people privately to events, and so in that sense you are simply reinventing the dating site (browse, select) but underpricing by roughly 60 percent (circa 9 dollars, correct?)

]]> By: Lingam http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-293778 Lingam Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:49:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-293778 Yoni, i can do the same thing with Craigslist only with a lot less hassle and commitment. Yoni, i can do the same thing with Craigslist only with a lot less hassle and commitment.

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-293684 David Mackey Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:20:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-293684 This is a great idea. This is a great idea.

]]> By: Yoni http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-293497 Yoni Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:32:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-293497 MatchActivity is all about creating real context for first time meetings. So I guess, Dave, if you are comparing us to either Yahoo Personals or to Upcoming.org (social activities site) you probably did not fully understand how our site works. MatchActivity has a very unique methodology that lets people skip browsing profiles and allows the users to post whatever activity they like to do, and the time(s) in which they are available to do them. By posting an activity, a user is notifying everyone with similar shared interest about their activity. Each activity has a time sensitive component which makes the site more dynamic and real. It's a very unique approach that has never really been done before and protected by strong patent pending. MatchActivity was developed to attract a young hip demographic of active singles, who go out regularly and actually want to hook up with real people, not read through endless profiles. Well written, Steve. MatchActivity is all about creating real context for first time meetings. So I guess, Dave, if you are comparing us to either Yahoo Personals or to Upcoming.org (social activities site) you probably did not fully understand how our site works. MatchActivity has a very unique methodology that lets people skip browsing profiles and allows the users to post whatever activity they like to do, and the time(s) in which they are available to do them. By posting an activity, a user is notifying everyone with similar shared interest about their activity. Each activity has a time sensitive component which makes the site more dynamic and real. It’s a very unique approach that has never really been done before and protected by strong patent pending. MatchActivity was developed to attract a young hip demographic of active singles, who go out regularly and actually want to hook up with real people, not read through endless profiles.

Well written, Steve.

]]> By: Whos Going To Join The Dead Pool Next | Remarkoo http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-293278 Whos Going To Join The Dead Pool Next | Remarkoo Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:10:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-293278 [...] I was browsing TechCrunch and they had a review about a new site called Who’s Going? My initial reaction to the review was “Ok, another match making site, big deal“. Then the author of the post Steve Poland said: “There’s not much more to say about this site - I love it.” [...] [...] I was browsing TechCrunch and they had a review about a new site called Who’s Going? My initial reaction to the review was “Ok, another match making site, big deal“. Then the author of the post Steve Poland said: “There’s not much more to say about this site - I love it.” [...]

]]> By: cg http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-293150 cg Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:01:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-293150 what about a website that lists all of these websites? I bet I could get $2MM in VC funding for such an idea...... what about a website that lists all of these websites? I bet I could get $2MM in VC funding for such an idea……

]]> By: dave http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-292879 dave Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:25:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-292879 from what i understand, meetup.com kills these by offering those interested the ability to express interest for *free* - why on earth would somebody pay anything or more specifically, go through the tedious payment/confirmation process, just to express interest? that's absurd....upcoming.org, now part of yahoo, is also a killer site that beats meetup in terms of simplicity, and kills the potential for matchactivity and others via yahoo's dating site... another dating site? another online social planner tool? another me-too? please, show me somebody doing something truly unique in this area... btw, you forgot about matchtag.com, yet another one of these sites... from what i understand, meetup.com kills these by offering those interested the ability to express interest for *free* - why on earth would somebody pay anything or more specifically, go through the tedious payment/confirmation process, just to express interest? that’s absurd….upcoming.org, now part of yahoo, is also a killer site that beats meetup in terms of simplicity, and kills the potential for matchactivity and others via yahoo’s dating site…

another dating site? another online social planner tool? another me-too? please, show me somebody doing something truly unique in this area…

btw, you forgot about matchtag.com, yet another one of these sites…

]]> By: The Who’s Going Blog » TechCrunch Profile http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-292698 The Who’s Going Blog » TechCrunch Profile Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:16:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-292698 [...] - “No plans? Meet New People via Activities” on TechCrunch [...] [...] - “No plans? Meet New People via Activities” on TechCrunch [...]

]]> By: NJG from NYC http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-292679 NJG from NYC Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:05:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-292679 YASISOAP (Yet Another Solution In Search Of A Problem) YASISOAP

(Yet Another Solution In Search Of A Problem)

]]> By: Natasha http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-292616 Natasha Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:34:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-292616 There is a mature site of a similar kind that offers info about meetups and events in Boston. "Heylet'sgo": http://heyletsgo.com/day.php The site has been around for a couple of years. Lots of real people/users, lots of events and acitivities. Good team behind the site. There is a mature site of a similar kind that offers
info about meetups and events in Boston.

“Heylet’sgo”:

http://heyletsgo.com/day.php

The site has been around for a couple of years. Lots of real people/users, lots of events and acitivities. Good team behind the site.

]]> By: Steve http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-292535 Steve Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:04:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-292535 I'm going to create a tool that will make you go out and meet people the normal way instead of using these lame social web tools. I’m going to create a tool that will make you go out and meet people the normal way instead of using these lame social web tools.

]]> By: lemon obrien http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-292487 lemon obrien Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:48:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/23/no-plans-meet-new-people-via-activities/#comment-292487 isn't this called meetup.com or craigslist; why would i use this? isn’t this called meetup.com or craigslist; why would i use this?

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