FROM THE WEB: ‘What’s He Really Like? Check the Lulu App’ – The New York Times

The New York Times have a piece on Lulu, the booming app which lets women anonymously rate men.

Lulu was launched this year by Alexandra Chong and allows women to rate men, whether ex-boyfriends acquaintances or relatives, out of 10 by adding hashtags to a man’s profile.

Chong is planning on moving the app from London to New York, where she says the audience has grown by 600% in the last six months.

Times reporter Deborah Schoeneman talks to Chong about the genesis of and ideas around the app, talks to female users of Lulu and asks men their feelings on their scores.

Read the piece here.