MatchMaker

Social TV Final Project

Li Bian :: [email protected] ::Information Ecology

MatchMaker

a system that suggests friends to people on Facebook by analyzing and matching people's online profile with the profiles of TV characters. retrieve more accurate friend suggestions by leveraging the power of human understanding of one another through existing social network. using relationships in TV programs as a parallel comparison matrix, extends these relationships into reality to help people find friends whose personality and characteristics are expected to suit them well.

MatchMaker

“People You May Know”

“People You May Know”

“People You May Know” “Friends”


Proximity matching


Personality matching

MatchMaker Reality Projection

“People You May Know” Network growth trajectory: linear filtering




What a

small world!


What a

small world!


What a

small world!

“…focused on the individual experiences… ---Lean Startup


MatchMaker Network growth trajectory: sporadic

MatchMaker

Tighter friendship (viral network effect, another kick on exponential growth)

Greater peer to peer influence (higher click through rate)

Drive curiosity, not “suggestion”

(“What can I talk about with friends?” “What do my friends think of me?”)

Thank you

Technology

MatchMaker