Is the enforced ratio something that would work? It seems to me all the hotties and the overtly wealthy would get hooked up right away, and for 3-6 months you'd have increasingly homely and unlikeable users. Add in the ones that are "always shopping" and the site could go stagnant fast.
The invite system seems unlikely, until you notice that's exactly how Google Mail and nearly every social site got started. So that strategy might actually work just fine. Plenty of Fish is a site that has managed to make dating a very social thing, where invites given to friends and acquaintances wouldn't even feel unusual.
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Is the enforced ratio something that would work? It seems to me all the hotties and the overtly wealthy would get hooked up right away, and for 3-6 months you'd have increasingly homely and unlikeable users. Add in the ones that are "always shopping" and the site could go stagnant fast.
The invite system seems unlikely, until you notice that's exactly how Google Mail and nearly every social site got started. So that strategy might actually work just fine. Plenty of Fish is a site that has managed to make dating a very social thing, where invites given to friends and acquaintances wouldn't even feel unusual.