TitanicApp vs Tinder
TitanicApp is an AI based Feminist Dating App. Its main concern is female Privacy. Tinder, in case you’re not on it right now, is a “dating” app that allows users to find interested
singles nearby. If you like the looks of someone, you can swipe right; if you don’t, you swipe left.
“Dating” sometimes happens, but it’s often a stretch: Many people, human nature being what it is, use apps like Tinder—and Happn, Hinge, and WhatevR—for one-time, no-strings-attached hookups. As romance gets swiped from the screen, some twenty-somethings aren’t liking what
they see.
In this paradigm, businesses need to remember that women and men are operating in very different worlds and what is appealing to one may not be to the other. I thought of my male
friend in IIT who, enthralled by the start-up culture in this place, had suggested an “Uber for maids”: an app that people (mostly bachelors) could use to summon maids for the day. When I had pointed out that this might lead to problems with sexual harassment, his face fell – it was something he had never even considered. In the male-dominated world of apps, centring and
empowering women felt radical.
Enter Titanic, a feminist dating app. It won’t change the rules of dating overnight, but in the
ecosystem of online dating, it aims to be a little less agonizing for women. But its main
innovation may be that it lets women be the hunters, not the hunted. It focuses on online safety
and privacy of women interested in dating, by eliminating issues a woman encounters on
conventional online dating platforms like privacy and profile visibility. Heres how it works - You
can’t see the profile of a woman who has opted for privacy until and unless she likes you. If she
likes you, then you’ll be able to see her pictures, post and bio, else you can’t even know that she
exists on Titanic. We believe that it is a necessary first step towards doing away with hook-up
culture and making these so-called "dating" apps what they are truly about - dating.
If you want a relationship, remember this: The men you meet on Tinder most likely are not
available; they are there prowling and looking for some fun. It’s obvious how it can never be too
easy to turn a casual encounter into a meaningful relationship. And if you are on these "dating"
apps, the game is different for men and women. Men rack up as many sexual partners as they
can. Women try not to lose the person they’re hooking up with. In this paradigm, the ego and the complications factored in, the game is ultimately won by the person who cares less - and guys
are generally better at caring a lot less. If dating sucks for women in the status quo, that’s
because they allow themselves to play by the guys' rules.
One of the greatest lines I’ve ever heard about dating was from a scene in "Sex in the City."
Here’s a transcript, in case you might have missed it :
Miranda: Men are like cabs. When they’re available their light goes on. They wake up one day,
they decide they are ready to settle down, have babies, whatever, and they turn their light on.
The next woman they pick up, boom, that’s the one they’ll marry. It’s not fate. It’s dumb luck.
Charlotte: Sorry, I refuse to believe that love is that random.
Miranda: It’s all about timing. You gotta get them when their light’s on.
Carrie: Most men I meet are flashing yellows.
Miranda: Or off duty. They can drive around for years picking up women and not be available.
Without a willing passenger, a taxi driver drives around alone. It’s the passenger who holds
power and decides whether or not to accept the ride.
This is the bottom line of it all. Even if your soul mate is on Tinder at this moment, his light isn’t
on - he isn’t looking for anything meaningful - and he’s not ready for you, yet.
