People introductions is a nascent field. Nobody has owned it yet as all the companies in the field are just getting started.
So far we've seen the trust model: http://sonar.me lets you know when your FB or Twitter friends of friends are in the room. Then there's the recommendations model, like okcupid.com recommends people to each other to date, but take the dating out of it and add foursquare checkins for location down to the venue level. Not sure if anyone is doing this model.
There's Agora (http://agoraapp.com), but I'm not really sure what they do to tell you whom to meet.
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People introductions is a nascent field. Nobody has owned it yet as all the companies in the field are just getting started.
So far we've seen the trust model: http://sonar.me lets you know when your FB or Twitter friends of friends are in the room. Then there's the recommendations model, like okcupid.com recommends people to each other to date, but take the dating out of it and add foursquare checkins for location down to the venue level. Not sure if anyone is doing this model.
There's Agora (http://agoraapp.com), but I'm not really sure what they do to tell you whom to meet.
http://grubwith.us is doing an excellent job in the dining niche.