Certainly it will require some deep thought and lots of coding, but the concept is easy to understand - like Tinder, but with video which users upload right from their devices.<p>Has anyone built this, and if not, why? It seems like something that should already exist and be in common use, like Tinder, Bumble, etc.
Adding video is pretty trivial from an effort standpoint, so this probably falls under a class of startups where the differentiation is not enough to justify a standalone service.<p>Video costs are higher and probably no additional revenue, so Tinder isn't doing it on thier own. If you put a bunch of energy into such a product and it looked like it would take off... bam... Tinder now has videos and you're dead.
I don't think most people would do this. They're likely too shy and/or don't want to put the effort in. In my city, about 25% of profiles are blank on Tinder.<p>Tinder has gifs now, and you can connect your Instagram to most apps. The functionality exists and isn't used much. Even IG is still mostly photos.
Dating apps are only valuable based off their user base. The coding is not the hard part. The app is not the hard part. Well over 90% of the difficulty of dating apps is successfully marketing them.
I agree. I used to own a domain with the intention of building one.<p>'Video Dating' used to be 'a thing' back in the 80s.<p>There's a classic old video on YouTube showing them. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bomkgXeDkE" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bomkgXeDkE</a>
Bash out an MVP and get a few people to try it. Tinder is vulnerable to a strong competitor<p>I think its a reasonable idea and you never can tell what the customer really wants or what the market will reward.
Well, there was Chatroulette: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatroulette" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatroulette</a><p>Mmhh..looks like there still _is_ Chatroulette (NSFW!) <a href="https://chatroulette.com" rel="nofollow">https://chatroulette.com</a>
That's literally how "YouTube" was born. Registered on Valentine's Day as a way to share interesting videos of yourself to find dates.
I would argue that creating a Tinder but only with voice is much more exciting. Imaging going on a blind date and the only thing you know is the voice.
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