i can see so many people face palming themselves at this app (+ commentary).
while it IS interesting, and i'd be curious at its effectiveness, it also reinforces the stigma that 20-something techies only care about solving the problem of 20-something techies (in this case, not enough threesomes).
Yeee... Happy to see my baby here, already triggering some interesting conversations. The reality in my mind is that 3nder is simply an app for finding likeminded people. So far tinder gets the conservative kind of people and when you approach someone there you have to be really careful. As for 3nder you can be yourself, it's straightforward.
@denull Do you think the name paints the app into a corner with this though? I don't know much on this topic, but I've heard the occasional interview with someone who self-identifies in different ways like "sex-positive", "polyamorous", etc, but I got the impression that "X for threesomes" is very different messaging from the way they seemed to view these things. (Compared to, say, dudes trying to have a threesome). Would be curious to know how the userbase breaks down.
@staringispolite lot's of dudes, but only 60% of them are straight. So we are slowly getting their. We want to be the wonderland to everyone so we don't really mind.
The more socially deviant the desire of a user is the less information people seem willing to share. Seems like there's two problems to solve:
1. How do you create credible personal information and profiles without using Facebook (many people don't like using FB for music services let alone freaky stuff)?
2. How do you match people that share the reciprocating aspects of kinks?
Not sure 3nder has either of these nailed[1] but there's a huge opportunity - see FriendFinder.
[1] couldn't help myself.
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