November 15, 2006
Semi-Anonymous VoIP Online Dating
Almost every guy that's ever gone nightclubbing probably has the same goal: meet someone. For whatever reasons. And no doubt some have scored a phone number. Out of those, there are the guys that got a real number and those that got a fake one. If you sit back and think about it, it's understandable. Some guys are relentless, and women generally aren't very confrontational; at least not in the past. So to defuse the situation, some of them hand out a fake number. Well online dating has changed the entire dating game, the environment, the rules, etc., but the objective is essentially the same: meet someone compatible. But for women especially, some semblance of anonymity is desirable. To that end, a new service, MatchTalk, from dating site Match.com, uses VoIP technology from Jangl to set up calls between two members without revealing phone numbers.
It's nothing new; Jangl offers their own semi-anonymous calling. Match.com has just integrated Jangl tech [Alec Saunders] into their offering. MatchTalk sets up a unique phone number between each two members that want to connect, so their own phone numbers don't have to be handed out until and if they are ready. This is a step up from Verbdate, which reveals your Skype username if you allow it to be public. Now if someone just added semi-anonymous video calling, touch, smell, etc., nightclubs might just go out of style. But seriously, long-distance relationships would be easier to maintain.
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