Go Global and Match Anyone, Anywhere
Thomas Kovacs, Webmaster and Creative Artist
Although it has been some months since our last update, progress remains slow and steady. During this time we have introduced a slew of great new features that we feel will bring benefit to our users by increasing the matching potential of the platform!
First and foremost, we have introduced the concept of a draft personal. Whenever a new personal is created, it enters "Draft" status. During this time, the user is free to still make changes to the personal. Once the personal has been approved by an administrator, it enters the matching queue where it can then match other personals and therefore cannot be updated again. This new Draft status ensures that personals can be properly moderated, for example to ensure that adult content is marked as such and that the personal matching parameters are consistent with the text of the personal.
There is now the concept of locationless personals. This means, inputting a city for your personal is completely optional. Beware however, as this means your personal can potentially match with another personal anywhere in the world. This feature is primarily useful for organizations who wish to expand the reach of their products. Regular users, however, may find some benefit with this feature as well if they want to find anyone in the world to connect to, similar to what Omegle use to do.
We introduced a new meetup type, that is the "Online" type. This is useful for meetings where the interaction will take place exclusively online, as oppose to in person. There are many valid reasons to want to connect only online, and we feel this new meetup type will increase the number of matches on the platform and usher in a new level of interaction. Organizations in particular can make great use of this feature to target their online business to an online audience.
And lastly, there are the typical performance improvements and bug fixes. We are figuring out ways to both optimize and modernize the layout so that the app is easier to use, especially on mobile devices. We hope you can enjoy the new features, use them to create exciting new personals and connect with new people from all over the world!