SwirlyWaffle
SwirlyWaffle

Building a dating app only for iOS users in India. Yes, this is a social experiment.

I have used android and Windows all my life and prefer it both for work and for personal use. After seeing my brother and a couple of friends switch over to iOS/Mac, I am convinced that this is a modern day cult.

Please sign up here: https://4k7foa22yp4.typeform.com/to/LTVqaHva

100 sign ups and I will be building it.

13mo ago
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PrancingNugget
PrancingNugget

One question- How will you tackle the gender ratio ?

SwirlyWaffle
SwirlyWaffle

Every SoBo/South Delhi girl has an iPhone. Even South Calcutta girls only use iOS. I think this will be the first app with more females than males lmao.

ZestyTaco
ZestyTaco
Swiggy13mo

Real id se aao tim cook 😂

SwirlyTaco
SwirlyTaco

The first dating app that was exclusive Apple was a mega success.

Was written in python.

Instead of swiping you had to click with your teeth and take a bite, and guaranteed hook up after the first bite.

IIRC was called Garden of Eden.

ZoomyMuffin
ZoomyMuffin

I am all for it. Also, put in other filters like wearing Crocs, being a CRED user, flexing an Amex/Magnus Credit card. To hell with gareebs who have spoiled the country and the planet. If we don't build a wall (physical and metaphorical), we humble wealthy people are bound to be crumpled until we reach our crowded graves!

SwirlyTaco
SwirlyTaco

Definitely don't want to be tainted even by a digital association with the great Unwashed.

ZoomyMuffin
ZoomyMuffin

Yep. I don't even want non-pro normie iPhone gareebs to see my profile. There should be an option for that.

Also 512GB+ storage only

SnoozyWalrus
SnoozyWalrus

Hey !!! My take on this is , there needs to be some kind of backend mechanism to ensure that gender ratio is maintained here along with few steps like :

For iOS only users

  1. Device binding to make sure people arent fake signing up.
  2. Quality of Profile.
  3. Right pricing - If app addressed at 18 - 33 year olds. INR 3K per annum might be good.
  4. Waitlist mechanism to rebalance until enough opposite gender profiles are filled.
  5. Lastly, some in person marketing events at Posh Localities, Colleges where this dating culture is very good and lastly innovatively breaking stigmas of dating .

Viners, feel free to add if any !!!!

SwirlyWaffle
SwirlyWaffle

Great feedback! Thanks. Feel free to reach out on freetail_sj@proton.me if you wanna discuss it more. Was definitely thinking along those lines (except for pricing).

SquishyNarwhal
SquishyNarwhal

Initially it sounded like a joke, but it can actually work to manage the current problem of gender ratio on other dating apps.

If possible add a CIBIL score entry criteria (like CRED did initially) for males - This would feed the ego of both males (alpha mindset) and females (looking for a knight in the shining armour)

To counter fake profiles (an actual menace), have KYC Aadhar verification - it may sound like a friction while signing up but pitch it as a safety measure - this would attract female users (and eventually males)

WobblyPancake
WobblyPancake
Meta13mo

Apple is no longer the flex or status symbol it used to be.

QuirkyWalrus
QuirkyWalrus

Maybe not for many but it still is for a lot of us.

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