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FROM THE WEB: ‘The Algorithms Behind Online Dating’ – Financial Times Video

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This Financial Times video report sees Maija Palmer meet Cupid in Edinburgh to find out about the algorithms used in the online dating world, and whether other industries can learn from them.

She speaks to Bill Dobbie, Chief Executive of Cupid, about the enourmous amount of information that dating sites deal with, and Mike Shaw from Comscore, on how other sectors can learn from their use of big data.

Watch the video below.

 

Simon Edmunds

Simon is the former editor of Global Dating Insights. Born in Newcastle, he has an English degree from Queen Mary, London and after working for the NHS, trained as a journalist with the Press Association. Passionate about music, journalism and Newcastle United.

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