I created a new way to meet people. Need testers.
Hey Testers! I built Intro, a helpful, non-judgmental assistant whose only job is to find people who fit into your life. It has a conversation with you about what you're looking for and what your bring to a connection. When it finds someone who is a good fit, it proposes an introduction. If you both accept, it puts you into a chat together.
This is supposed to be the antithesis to modern apps that make you maintain a profile and scroll through a bunch of garbage. Intro is way different. It only makes an introduction if it thinks you're a good match based on what both of you say you want.
Anyways, I just launched it. It's got a few users. It's mainly been trained on simulations. It needs real people. You probably won't be matched for months, until I get a substantial user base.
it's presented as a very basic interface, but it has a lot of depth to it. it's way more than a chat bot. i put a lot of work into making it guide the conversation toward understanding you and what you want. it can understand different languages (even match across different languages). it understands when a connection requires geographic proximity and when it doesn't.
I would say that trying to manipulate it is not a very good use of the system and doesn't really give me much information. this is because the system inherently works best for people who use it in earnest. you can't game the system because there are no points or ratings. someone trying to manipulate it will get nothing out of it.