Three weeks ago I asked what I should do: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1625791<p>Thanks to you guys I found a partner and have a product today:<p>http://www.crushtease.com<p>In short, it's an "anonymous matching/crush matching" service, with the twist that when two people are confirmed interested in each other, instead of telling both of them, you alternate between who you tell. This provides the uncertainty that makes relationships fun and interesting in their early stages.<p>You can read about it more on: www.zachjiganti.com<p>Please check it out and let me know what's good, bad, and if you think people will use it.
<i>This provides the uncertainty that makes relationships fun and interesting in their early stages.</i><p>Um, isn't the "uncertainty" the whole reason that you haven't just asked them out in the first place already? Isn't it the whole idea of not wanting to ruin a friendship or 2 or more (in the case where you or the other person are "taken") the whole reason that a person keeps their feelings secret to begin with?<p>How does this app actually aid with those issues at all?
I think it's a great idea.
congrats.
I would change a little bit the way it works.
You could ask when someone registers if they would preffer to approach or be approached.
You could mix up the probabilities of getting the info according if you are more likely to approach the other person or not (I'm guessing your ultimate objective is to form couples)
Best of lucks!
Martin
This concept of "anonymous matching/crush matching" was the basis of eCRUSH. The founder did an interview on Mixergy <a href="http://mixergy.com/ecrush-ranker-clark-benson-interview/" rel="nofollow">http://mixergy.com/ecrush-ranker-clark-benson-interview/</a><p>Here are some additional links:
<a href="http://www.startup-review.com/blog/ecrush-case-study-why-timing-the-ma-market-is-tricky.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.startup-review.com/blog/ecrush-case-study-why-tim...</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECRUSH" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECRUSH</a><p>Maybe there are some lessons you can glean from the eCRUSH story that will help you out.
There is a startup out of dogpatch NYC who's doing a similar idea, but last I heard it was limited to college students.<p>www.goodcrush.com<p>Edit: It looks like they pivoted away and turned into something I thought about doing a while back.
I'm a little curious about this:<p>>As a general rule, women lose interest once they know the other person is interested in them.<p>If a girl and a boy crush on each other, and the girl gets told and loses interest, the boy is in a worse position than before. Do you feel the uncertainty of "does he know I like him back?" will help keep her interested?<p>When you sign up it doesn't ask for permission to access relationship status. Does that mean you're not keeping track of your "success rate"?
It's interesting because when two people have a mutual crush, and you are told of the crush, you won't know if they were told unless they mention it. So you have a confirmed connection of some sort, but you still need the balls to act on it. Or maybe you won't act on it?<p>Think about it the other way too: They were told, but you weren't. You think she just doesn't crush you, but maybe she did and you weren't told. What if she was told and she starts flirting with me?<p>The mystery is glorious.