Promising the most engaging and enjoyable experience of any mobile
dating technology, the developers of the popular new app Couplet told
reporters Monday their platform consists entirely of a static list of 20
physically attractive singles designed to be scrolled through
endlessly. “Whereas other apps constantly refresh their databases with
new profiles and pair people up based on mutual interests and
attraction, we simply display the same 20 good-looking individuals over
and over, none of whom our users can match with or even contact, but
whom they can look at all they want,” said Couplet founder Kris Jacobs
of the app, which currently has 16 million registered users and is
ranked No. 3 on both Apple’s App Store and Google Play, where it has
perfect five-star customer ratings. “Clicking on one of the featured
singles’ pictures displays more photos of them, and whenever you find
someone you like, you can choose to ‘heart’ them, which sends them up to
the top of your scrolling queue where you can ‘heart’ them all over
again. It’s that easy.” Based on initial feedback, Jacobs said the app
would soon be adding an option to have the singles’ photos cycle through
continuously without any input from the user.
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