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Show HN: AutomateYourDate.com - Outsourcing your dating

13 pointsby xpop2027almost 12 years ago

7 comments

dchukalmost 12 years ago
I know for a fact that this girl [<a href="http://automateyourdate.com/testimonial/automate-your-date-testimonial-4/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;automateyourdate.com&#x2F;testimonial&#x2F;automate-your-date-t...</a>] is on fiverr.com
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the_fcalmost 12 years ago
I legitimately thought this was satire at first.
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rmasonalmost 12 years ago
The question that I&#x27;ve got is what is your surrogate going to tell the girl in order to get you a date? You know the only way they can go viral is to start getting men dates.<p>What happens when the girl finds out that you&#x27;re not Tom Cruise&#x27;s younger brother who just sold his startup to Google? This makes much better sense as a reality TV show. Poor Allen Funt would be horrified.<p>Ref: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Funt" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Allen_Funt</a>
prawnalmost 12 years ago
Not sure if this is the way to win the hearts of prospective partners: caring little about the approach as to outsource personal interactions.<p>I imagine there&#x27;s room for improvement in online dating, and can see professional help being a viable service (tips on profiles, photographer, suggesting people to contact or automating some initial contact) but I don&#x27;t know if this would appeal to people?
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smtddralmost 12 years ago
It might be nice if the picture of the couple at the beginning actually rotated&#x2F;fade-in&#x2F;out between &quot;traditional&quot; image of a couple, interracial, same-sex, etc.
jacques_chesteralmost 12 years ago
Dating is not a &quot;solvable&quot; problem because asymmetric information and asymmetric supply&#x2F;demand meaning that the solutions to the Stable Marriage Problem aren&#x27;t applicable.<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Market_for_Lemons" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Market_for_Lemons</a><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_and_demand" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Supply_and_demand</a><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_marriage_problem" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Stable_marriage_problem</a><p>&quot;Outsourcing&quot; just makes the informational asymmetry worse. It&#x27;s a negative-sum strategy. Hooray.
doobiusalmost 12 years ago
LOL