ElissaShevinsky

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by ElissaShevinsky 12y ago
Also - Pax apologized and then spent over a year being an excellent citizen of the startup community and on social media. I worry about an ecosystem that is so unforgiving. I believe that ostracizing people - without the possibility of givi
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by ElissaShevinsky 12y ago
I'm saddened that Pax's work at Glimpse didn't help to redeem his reputation. Pax showed excellent judgment on social media for the entire time that he was my cofounder. And we did excellent work together (we consistently ha
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“It’s Complicated” with Paul Graham(medium.com)
9 points by ElissaShevinsky 13y ago|2 comments
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by ElissaShevinsky 13y ago
I wrote this in response: https://medium.com/glimpse-labs/5c6d2ff4ef0d PG has done a lot for the community and I think he deserves a conversation rather than a lynching. I'm calling for a more civil discourse on
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I can't talk about Pax Dickinson but he can. Ask him anything.(reddit.com)
1 points by ElissaShevinsky 13y ago|0 comments
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On Being Pax Dickinson's Former CoFounder(medium.com)
1 points by ElissaShevinsky 13y ago|0 comments
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by ElissaShevinsky 13y ago
Thanks. I was reluctant to post the link on HN (because it's a less warm audience than feminists on Twitter) but I think it's important that we talk about this. - Elissa (author)
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Sexism & Tech from Pax Dickinson's biz partner(businessinsider.com)
6 points by ElissaShevinsky 13y ago|2 comments
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Facebook Graph Search and Online Dating(businessinsider.com)
2 points by ElissaShevinsky 13y ago|0 comments
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by ElissaShevinsky 14y ago
This is a very useful insight. If brands can't rely on Facebook to reliably deliver messaging to a significant number of their fans, then these brands will spend less resources (both effort and money) on cultivating fan bases on Facebook. I
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by ElissaShevinsky 14y ago
It's a good business model ;) The issues with it are exacerbated by the promise they made to always be free (which makes it problematic to offer a tier of paid services even if users would be interested.) They're getting around this by offe
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by ElissaShevinsky 14y ago
Yes, "Check Him Out." The article also mentioned that the app didn't have much of a user base, at least in the author's location (LA.) I'd really love to see women taking the initiative in online dating, but I believe this will require a so
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by ElissaShevinsky 14y ago
Author Ann Friedman has a useful insight: "From the Web-based heavy hitters like OkCupid, eHarmony, and Plenty of Fish on down to newer apps like Skout, How About We, and MeetMoi, they’re all developed by men." The CEOs of every major onlin
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by ElissaShevinsky 14y ago
This can be solved by pre-registrations. I've done this before for two sites - Member of the Tribe and JSpot (both Jewish dating apps - http://JoinJspot.com ) This lets you wait until you have a certain threshold of users before you launc
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by ElissaShevinsky 14y ago
Apps like this don't have enough engagement. Women, in general, don't actively search & message men on dating sites. Online dating behavior isn't so different from offline courtship, where men tend to be the pursuers.
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by ElissaShevinsky 14y ago
What are the implications of Techstars under-reporting the deaths of their startups? Not to knock 100K in notes (and the other benefits of being in a reputable accelerator) but these statistics vastly overstate the positive impact of Techst
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by ElissaShevinsky 14y ago
What's relevant & interesting here is that this levels the playing field (at least somewhat.) Google's struggle to monetize mobile ads - on search & elsewhere - means that there is still time for another company to figure that out f
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by ElissaShevinsky 14y ago
This is a headache to do (could someone build an app to make this easier?) but I'm putting this into my personal task list for next week.
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by ElissaShevinsky 14y ago
We need to be careful not to read too much into this data without context. "Liking" a fan page used to be a much lighter thing before the FB interest graph became interwoven into other applications & this new search feature. I used to "
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by ElissaShevinsky 14y ago
Tested CrazyBlindDate last night. Recognized a friend from okcupid labs (despite the surrealist facial shuffling) and clicked to set up a date. It gave me two options to meet him at Philz in SF - 3:14am or 3:44am. So clearly there are still
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by ElissaShevinsky 14y ago
I don't believe that this is simply about enabling advertisers to message users. Until I have more data this is speculation on my part. That said - I believe this is an attempt to expand their nearly-saturated US market by facilitating user