Let`s Date, Aplikasi `Cinta` yang Mirip Pengalaman di Dunia Nyata
Let`s Date, App that Replicated the Real World Experience
Editor : Heru S Winarno
Translator : Parulian Manalu
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SELAIN Tider juga ada aplikasi serupa bernama Let's Date dirilis untuk iPhone di Amerika Serikat pekan lalu. Tidak hanya menampilkan foto, aplikasi tersebut menyediakan informasi berupa minat dan hobi dari para pengguna Facebook.
"Tujuan kami adalah menciptakan aplikasi yang mirip dengan pengalaman di dunia nyata seperti pergi ke pesta atau bar dengan orang-orang yang berpotensi memenuhi syarat," kata Sehan Suhl, pendiri Let's Date.
"Anda seperti berada di tengah kumpulan orang dan jika ada seorang yang menarik perhatian Anda, begitu pula sebaliknya, percakapan dapat mengalir dan bisa saja seseorang mengajak Anda berkencan," tambah dia.
Aplikasi Let's Date hanya bisa dipakai oleh pengguna yang aktif di Facebook setidaknya selama setahun dan punya minimal 50 teman. Meski aplikasi itu dapat membantu pengguna menemukan teman kencan secara cepat namun menemukan orang yang tepat untuk berkencan butuh waktu.
"Biasanya orang bisa mendapat pasangan malam itu juga, tapi mungkin Anda ingin menghabiskan waktu yang lebih lama untuk menemukan pasangan tepat demi menghabiskan hari Valentine," tambah dia.
LET'S Date, which was released across the United States last week for the iPhone, is a similar app. But rather than simply focusing on the photo, the app provides the person's interests from Facebook for a broader view of the potential date.
"Our goal was to create an app that replicated the real world experience of going to a party or bar full of potentially eligible people," said Sean Suhl, founder of Let's Date.
"You're put into a crowd of people and if someone catches your eye and they catch your eye, then a conversation is struck up and then someone might ask the other person out on a date," he added.
The app resulted from a frustration with other dating apps, according to Suhl, who described them as "artificial and laborious".
"We're just presenting you the daters and you're just saying yes or no," he added.
Let's Date also stipulates that users must have been active on Facebook for a year, and have at least 50 friends before signing up. Although the apps can set people up quickly, it still could take a while to find the right person.
"People are literally getting dates the same night, but you might want to give yourself enough time to find the right Valentine," Rad said.
