網路愛情有沒有2.0？
February 21st, 2007
各大入口網站都有提供交友的服務。Yahoo!不用説了。PCHome有，蕃薯藤也有。而專門的交友網站有早期的LoveMatch到現在Match.com中文版。從開始有Internet的時候就已經開始有網路交友的服務。好像在網上尋找愛情是一件很天經地義的事情。
仔細想想，我認爲現有網路“交友”的模式實在很不可靠。姑且不說許多網站上充斥著色情服務的廣告，你要怎麽從簡單的自我介紹和其他相關資料中來辨別誰值得你主動聯絡（或回應）呢？你又怎麽樣才能辨別檔案中的内容是實在可靠的，還是那個無聊男女的幻想呢？好，就算你帶著一顆相信世人的心來交友，你又怎麽樣能夠從一來一往的留言中真正去認識一個人呢？
其實我一直不相信“網戀”這回事。雖然我曾經有個女朋友就是在LoveMatch上認識的。既然這樣爲什麽我還說我不相信“網戀”呢？我的道理很簡單。我跟她也是見面以後才開始交往的。之前的聯係只是提供一個開始。我完全沒有辦法理解有些人可以在網上跟一個現實生活中從未見過面的人愛得死去活來的。
扯遠了。。。
我想說的是，網路交友的服務存在已久，它的市場需求應該是毫無疑問的。但是網路交友的模式其實一直都沒有怎麽變。你註冊成會員。你建立你自己的個人檔案。你放幾張自己的照片。你瀏覽別人的檔案看看有沒有那個女（男）孩你看得比較順眼。你給對方留言，看看人家願不願意回覆。你們一來一往，看看能不能建立一些感覺，看看有沒有機會見面。Match.com最高收費933.33NT一個月呢。你不覺得這樣好像不是一個尋找未來另一半的好方法嗎？
我最近在想，Web2.0的一些概念（譬如community、user generated content、social networking等等）都沒有改變交友網站的做法。如果有一個推翻現有模式的交友網站出現的話，應該可以滿紅的吧？看來該是我好好動點腦筋的時候了。。。。
February 21st, 2007 at 10:49 am
check out http://www.yesnomayb.com
February 21st, 2007 at 2:14 pm
from what i saw, not exactly revolutionary… though i didn’t really register…
February 21st, 2007 at 4:21 pm
有啊！如果能不靠天花亂墜也看不能真正認識人的文字，而是靠雙方喜好物品的接近就可。
ppolis即將推出的rss與widget會盡可能將資訊釋出，到時歡迎大家來mashup出愛情2.0。
February 21st, 2007 at 4:51 pm
我服了你。。。你也太會乘機推銷了吧？？？呵呵呵呵。。。。
February 22nd, 2007 at 5:26 am
I think what yesnomayb introduced isn’t revolutionary idea, but rather, it is closer to what people are doing in the current online dating space. It really speed up the process.
1. people browse thru all the profiles with photos and pick out some that caught one’s eyes.
2. then one starts reading the rest and decide whether to proceed with first contact.
Also, in the space, free dating sites are beginning to enter, plentyoffish.com in Canada for one.
Meetic is now the largest online dating site in the world. With its emphasis on chat and the easiness of getting dates, it has become a societal phenomenon in France. With its acquisitions in the UK, Brazil and China, the publicly traded French company (MEET.PA) now has commending positions in France, the UK and Brazil and a strong position in other Western European countries and China.
Check out one of their recent TV ads:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x17a5c_pub-meetic
February 22nd, 2007 at 7:52 am
i’m really looking for something that goes a step further than creating/browsing through profiles and exchanging short messages online. i have some rough ideas myself that need to be refined. but i think i’m onto something… =P
February 25th, 2007 at 1:46 am
Don’t know if you follow Guy Kawasaki. Here is a very informative Web2.0 panel moderated by Guy. There are some sites that are doing pretty well and related to online dating. Hope you and your reader will enjoy it.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3962105514239495106&hl=en
BTW, I was born in Taiwan and came over to U.S. 17 years ago. In the Web 1.0 years, I went through several startups in Silicon Valley, it was a lot of fun. Now, I am heavily involved in the Web 2.0 space in the U.S. I am interested in getting to know more Web 2.0 entrepreneurs in Asia, especially Taiwan and China. I am not a heavy blogger http://william-wei.blogspot.com/ , but anyone who is interested in connected with me can drop me a line at http://www.linkedin.com/in/williamwei
Allen, thank you for providing such a great blog! Let’s chat more.
February 25th, 2007 at 2:12 am
thanks for your compliment. my blog leaves a lot of room for improvement. =) even i know it. anyway, do you know where to go read about web2.0 in china? do you know i’m working on a web2.0 site in taiwan right now and am planning on launching other projects?
February 25th, 2007 at 3:12 am
I don’t specifically know what you are working on, but I am sure you are doing what you believe in and what make you stay up late at night. It’s 2PM Saturday afternoon here and I am researching, reading blogs, working on my projects and enjoy my sandwich at Panera bread. I am hoping you can introduce me to some good Chinese Web 2.0 network and material for reading. One of the blogs I follow is http://www.cwrblog.net/