Jonathan Badeen
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So there's, there's all sorts of things that, uh, that we, that we wanted.
Well, I think one of my favorites that I wanted to do was a... I won't go into full detail on it, just in case anybody cares or whatever, but it was basically sort of a group dating bar hopping type of product that I thought would have been pretty cool, trying to use Tinder, which was trying to essentially make Tinder useful at a time when... that Tinder isn't generally useful.
Well, I think one of my favorites that I wanted to do was a... I won't go into full detail on it, just in case anybody cares or whatever, but it was basically sort of a group dating bar hopping type of product that I thought would have been pretty cool, trying to use Tinder, which was trying to essentially make Tinder useful at a time when... that Tinder isn't generally useful.
Well, I think one of my favorites that I wanted to do was a... I won't go into full detail on it, just in case anybody cares or whatever, but it was basically sort of a group dating bar hopping type of product that I thought would have been pretty cool, trying to use Tinder, which was trying to essentially make Tinder useful at a time when... that Tinder isn't generally useful.
Because, you know, like Tinder, for instance, like one of the, you know, the lower usage days are the days where people are out and busy and they've got things going on. You know, it's the time when people have downtime. That's the time where they really use Tinder.
Because, you know, like Tinder, for instance, like one of the, you know, the lower usage days are the days where people are out and busy and they've got things going on. You know, it's the time when people have downtime. That's the time where they really use Tinder.
Because, you know, like Tinder, for instance, like one of the, you know, the lower usage days are the days where people are out and busy and they've got things going on. You know, it's the time when people have downtime. That's the time where they really use Tinder.
And so it was, that was sort of the goal is to try to like, try to make Tinder useful at those times when you're out and about with your friends and all of that.
And so it was, that was sort of the goal is to try to like, try to make Tinder useful at those times when you're out and about with your friends and all of that.
And so it was, that was sort of the goal is to try to like, try to make Tinder useful at those times when you're out and about with your friends and all of that.
I think so. I think there's a little bit of that slot machine effect of like, you know, let me do one more. I remember back in college, Hot or Not was a thing, you know, it wasn't for dating, but it was for, you know, they added that later. But it was, you know, it was just sort of like, I'm going to, I'll stop once I get one more, when I see one more nine or something like that, you know.
I think so. I think there's a little bit of that slot machine effect of like, you know, let me do one more. I remember back in college, Hot or Not was a thing, you know, it wasn't for dating, but it was for, you know, they added that later. But it was, you know, it was just sort of like, I'm going to, I'll stop once I get one more, when I see one more nine or something like that, you know.
I think so. I think there's a little bit of that slot machine effect of like, you know, let me do one more. I remember back in college, Hot or Not was a thing, you know, it wasn't for dating, but it was for, you know, they added that later. But it was, you know, it was just sort of like, I'm going to, I'll stop once I get one more, when I see one more nine or something like that, you know.
So there was a little bit of that element going on. But I think even just the sort of the swipe action itself ends up sort of having an emotional connection to it, you know, where you're sort of like, oh, hell no. There is that sort of emotional connection to it. I think that interface and everything in general, it kind of feeds into that sort of almost
So there was a little bit of that element going on. But I think even just the sort of the swipe action itself ends up sort of having an emotional connection to it, you know, where you're sort of like, oh, hell no. There is that sort of emotional connection to it. I think that interface and everything in general, it kind of feeds into that sort of almost
So there was a little bit of that element going on. But I think even just the sort of the swipe action itself ends up sort of having an emotional connection to it, you know, where you're sort of like, oh, hell no. There is that sort of emotional connection to it. I think that interface and everything in general, it kind of feeds into that sort of almost
people watching kind of thing that we we that people like to do um and to me i'm you know i like to think of as a disney fan i always think of uh of mary poppins and uh the uh a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down and so that was you know not necessarily that quote being you know very cognizant of it when we were creating tinder but this idea of like look this is you
people watching kind of thing that we we that people like to do um and to me i'm you know i like to think of as a disney fan i always think of uh of mary poppins and uh the uh a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down and so that was you know not necessarily that quote being you know very cognizant of it when we were creating tinder but this idea of like look this is you
people watching kind of thing that we we that people like to do um and to me i'm you know i like to think of as a disney fan i always think of uh of mary poppins and uh the uh a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down and so that was you know not necessarily that quote being you know very cognizant of it when we were creating tinder but this idea of like look this is you
dating can be a difficult thing. Um, and, and going through all of these things and let's see if we can try to make that process fun. Um, and sort of disguising the work. Um, and because Tinder, you know, I think compared to other platforms that pre, uh, that, uh, predated Tinder, Tinder was a little bit more of a numbers game.