"Want to meet hott singles in your area?" echoes all kinds of dating websites. They all claim to have a secret formula to finding your perfect match based on things you tell it about you. What if you didn't have to tell it anything and it could still find someone who likes your same interests? There is an app for that: Yoke. This app searches through Facebook profiles of your friends' friends and see if you have any similar interests. Only one party needs to have opted in to the service too. So that may mean that you get a message from someone who "matches" you. Apparently it looks at a lot of other datasets such as things you have purchased off Amazon.
I can understand the desire to meet someone with similar interests, but I don't really think some programs trolling the internet and gathering my data is my ideal way to find a husband. It would creep me out to get an email from some stranger because of this app. The people talking about it on TechCrunch seem to be in favor though http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/28/yoke/
Personally, I think its creepy not to mention a how-you-met story killer =)
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