OfficiallyDating.com launches today. Supposedly they are trying to make it into a Facebook-like site for couples.
My personal opinion?
It think this is a great concept and dating has always made a lot of money on the internet. Now the only hurdle they will face is if their site stands up to the level of Facebook.
I did sign up and test out the service but what I think is missing is API like Facebook where developers can add games, movie raters, and etc…etc…
At this point, it doesn’t look any more different than other social networking sites, these guys have a lot of work to do.
However, their video looks very persuasive to use the service:
Most couples have the natural, human compulsion to let the world know that they’re in love. This phenomenon crosses cultures and spans millennia. Ancient ancestors marked their relationships by painting walls and chiseling stone. Particularly in the early 20th Century, couples carved their initials on trees. In the 1980s and 1990s many accomplished the same goal with graffiti. However, culture always evolves. Modern young women no longer wear their boyfriends’ “pins”, “graduation rings” and “varsity jackets”. So, other than seeing a wedding ring, that perennial icon, it can be surprisingly difficult to discern if someone is available.
iRead, is a Facebook/MySpace application for organizing your favorite books.
It looks like a great niche social network done right using Facebook app as the piggyback method.
Great job guys, keep up the great work! They are also making apps for other social networking sites, maybe it’s time that they create one of their own under their domain name. (That might be the killer revenue for them and also build a brand…)
iRead is an application and online community for book lovers. Once registered, you list, rate, and write reviews about books you are reading or what you have read in the past. Based on your reviews and preferences, you can find other readers with similar tastes, and check out their reading lists and recommendations to find more books you might enjoy. You can also browse randomly through other users’ reading lists and reviews. The iRead application for Facebook has already become very popular, with over one million registered users.
