Why We Need a Dating Bot
Dating apps are extremely popular. Although some don’t like to admit it but most of us, if not all, have used a dating app/website at least at some point in our life. If you have, you know that the experience is pretty similar for most of these platforms. You download an app, sign up, start liking, passing.. or flat-out cold messaging if you are really desperate or simply want to waste your time. If you are lucky, you get a match and start talking in an online chat.
But what if you did not have to download a new app or signup/login and, most importantly, what if you could talk to a human like friend who will become your personal dating mentor helping you find that special person.
What’s wrong with dating apps?
A couple of things:
-What is the first thing that comes to mind when we are offered to install a new app??- ”Another app???”
That’s right. Apps require downloads, signups and memory storage. As research shows, people do not like downloading new apps with an average smartphone owner using only 5 apps.
-They are very repetitive. Most of them have just a few screens that repeat the same cycle over and over again which makes the user really bored and disengaged. Besides, all dating apps are pretty much the same.
-Last but not least, dating apps are extremely impersonal. My experience with Tinder or OkCupid is no different from any of the millions of users even though we are so different in our preferences, personalities and behaviour.
How to date in the 21st century
Ever since the invention of the internet, online dating has been closely following technological innovation. In 90s and 00s, we were using online websites, then in late 00s we switched to mobile apps, and now it is time for bots and AI to take over.
Instead of constant swiping or pushing buttons on dating apps, you talk to a virtual mentor who helps you find a new friend. It is all conversation based, so you can tell the bot whatever you like about your preferences, personality etc.
With time, such bot can get smarter and understand a lot about user’s dating preferences and will provide help way beyond what swipes, buttons and simple algorithms can. In addition, you are going to be able to do this in a place where you spend most of your time already. Whether it is fb messenger, WeChat, iMessage or Whatsapp, messengers are where people spend most of their online time now and why even leave if you don’t have to. Luckily, there is already a chatbot that helps people date. It is called OutChat.
OutChat
OutChat allows you to find people in your area without leaving your messenger. User is able to talk to the bot and tell them who they are looking for. OutChat then starts showing other users nearby that they can match with. No need to download, Install and register, everything happens on the facebook messenger.
The bot is not super smart, not yet. For now, it is helping users with basic questions and needs. But as there are more users and therefore more data, OutChat is going to get smarter more precise and subtle. As the time goes on, it will understand more of what you are looking for and provide greater value. Or perhaps, an “emotion chip” will be installed someday like the one built for Data from Start Trek.
Give it a few years and maybe we will all have our personal dating mentors that will understand what we are looking for. As one of the founders of OutChat, I invite everyone to check out one of the first matchmaking bots.
