Tawkify

Tawkify is a dating website that uses human matchmakers to select matches.[1]

Overview

Rather than having users find each others' profiles, Tawkify uses external human "Matchmakers" to pair members, one of whom is the co-founder of Tawkify, E. Jean Carroll. Tawkify facilitates opposite-sex and same-sex relationships in the United States and Canada.[2] Users don't see any photographs or personal information about any other user.[3] Matchmakers find profiles that they believe will match well and pair them. The Matchmakers will plan dates and collect date feedback from both parties after each match.[3]

History

Tawkify was founded by co-founders are E. Jean Carroll and Kenneth Shaw.[4] E. Jean Carroll is the writer of Elle magazine's "Ask E. Jean" column,[5] and author of four books.[6] According to The New York Times, "The two met years ago, when Ms. Carroll sought out Mr. Shaw...to help her design her own app".[7]

The Tawkify website launched in January 2012. In June 2012, Tawkify launched Mystery Date and Walkify.[3]

gollark: The one thing I don't seem to get is push notifications, because they all run through Google Cloud Messaging or something. Also a working Play Store, but you can just install the official one on top of microG.
gollark: It *mostly* works and does waaaay less data gathering.
gollark: Yay for Google's reliable products!
gollark: Also adblocking everywhere (except the oh-so-few sites satisfying my acceptable ads criteria), so I wouldn't notice if targeted ad networks did start serving relevant-to-my-speech ads.
gollark: My laptop, which I think has a mike, runs Linux, and my phone runs Lineage without Google services.

See also
  • Comparison of online dating websites

References
  1. Biddle, Sam. "The Best Dating Site You've Never Heard of Is Too Smart for Its Own Good", Gizmodo, 29 June 2012. Retrieved on 4 August 2012.
  2. Papamarko, Sofi. "Online dating with a traditional twist", The Globe and Mail, Toronto, 2 August 2012. Retrieved on August 4, 2012.
  3. Papamarko, Sofi. "Tawkify: Online dating with a traditional twist", The Globe and Mail, Toronto, 2 October 2012. Retrieved on 3 August 2012.
  4. http://www.crunchbase.com/person/kenneth-shaw
  5. http://www.elle.com/life-love/ask-e-jean/
  6. https://www.amazon.com/E.-Jean-Carroll/e/B000AP7CJM
  7. Rosenbloom, Stephanie. "No Scrolling Required at New Dating Sites", New York Times, New York, 13 April 2012. Retrieved on 3 August 2012.
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