Article Subject: Matchmaking at MIT, BU and Harvard Just Got Easier with nChooseTwo

Article Link: http://bostinnovation.com/2011/02/17/matchmaking-at-mit-bu-and-harvard-just-got-easier-with-nchoosetwo/

Article Rating: 2.8 (out of 5)

Website: nchoosetwo.com

Dr. Dato’s Brief:

This is an interesting idea for a dating site that has been started by would-be MIT student entrepreneurs Jason Gao and Tim Hsieh.

The site called nChooseTwo was developed to invite mutual friends to match others romantically and works by going to their website and entering potential matches into the system. The recipient will receive a message saying “A friend just suggested a new match for you! To view this match, visit https://www.nchoosetwo.com.” Once on the site, the potential match can see who his/her match is and have the option to accept or decline the match. There are other features to the site such as ‘crushes’.

The concept is somewhat similar to some of the dating sites that we have reviewed ie. GreenLightCard.com where the person who has the crush hands the recipient a card containing information on how to contact the admirer.

I am not sure how this will pan out, but I think the idea is novel but it will require an inkling of effort from a mutual friend which can be hard especially in the area of love which is fairly personal to most people.

new concept in online dating - introducing a match through a friend