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After Pair was released, I wanted try this "thumbkiss" thing to see what it was all about. The problem was I had no one to pair with. So I figured hey wouldn’t it be fun to create directory of singles to pair with, and so I created PairMixer over the weekend with my friend (bearwithclaws). I reversed engineered the Pair's private API so pairing is done "automagically".

What do you guys think?

Screenshots: http://i.imgur.com/QBbB9.png http://i.imgur.com/zU7AY.png

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When visiting the homepage, I didn't realize this was an additional service to an existing (and unrelated) iPhone app. I just saw the unrealistic (albeit funny) conversation on the iPhone and the (real?) testimonial next to it and left the site. It wasn't until I read your comment here that I realized what the site is all about.

So, I think the idea is great, but I also think your comment here does a better job at explaining what the site does than your actual homepage...

Is that a real testimonial on the page? If not, I think you should take it down. Alternatively, the screenshot doesn't depict reality, it's highly unlikely that a woman will approach the guy in an online world.

No its not a real testimonial. Thanks for the heads up. It was left over from our designs. We've changed it.

To different fake testimonials... splendid :)

When google rolled out their images search, I thought similar simplistic sites would stop using pictures obviously stolen from the internet to use them as fake customers, but apparently not.

How are you going to address the problem of a bunch of men signing up for your app but almost no women?

Also, I get the feeling the few women who appear signed up are not real. True/false?

False. Everyone on the site is real.

They are very real.

Even SexySamantha?

"I'm a Professional Promotional Model from Toronto, Canada! I love to model, act, and dance! I am also a Fashion Designer and I create all kinds of fun costumes and outfits! ♥ ♥ www.SuperSweetAndSexy.ca ♥"

If I were modding the site, I'd probably keep users like this away in the early stages, while there's just a handful of women signed-up. Later on, if there are thousands, then it's not as big a deal.

(Not that I have any problem with her career or personal style, just that she seems to be on there purely for self-promotion)

The problem is that we launched on HackerNews which generally has a more Male audience.

We are going to try to get more females on PairMixer though other channels.

No, this is a problem intrinsic to the whole dating site/app genre. I'd suggest reading up on it if you're in this field. The biggest problem any straight person dating site has to figure out is how to get women on the site and keep them happy.

I love it! Disclosure: I'm one of the co-founders of Pair :)

Thanks, how about access to your API :)

Oh, and all users are real too (feel free to PAIR with them).

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