Why Emotional Connection Feels Impossible Today

“So, the problem is that there are no users.

Without users, no one to play against and therefore no dates?” Nikki said as they sat in his kitchen after Joachim told them about his grand plan.

“No, but you’re not listening.”

“Well, I’m listening, and you say you need users and that you can’t sell the app to venture capitalists to market it.”

“Yes,”

“And now you want me to sell it?”

“Yes.”

“I’m good, but there are limits.

Picking up a playboy at the bar is not the same as raising millions.”

He looked dejected.

“But you’re starting at the wrong end.

How does the app work now?

Have you changed it?”

“No.”

“So, you scroll through a gallery, choose someone you like, challenge them in a quiz or word puzzle.”

“Then you choose a personal question for your opponent that you want answered if you win.”

“And if you lose, do you get to answer his question instead?”

“Yes.”

“The chat opens when either of you want to start chatting?”

“Yes.”

“And the revenue?”

“Sale of items in the in-app store that may give you certain benefits or the ability to send emojis.

Special questions.

Extended personal questions.”

“And no dicks” pics!

You get to know a date more than in a traditional online dating app.

And you’ve had fun along the way.

This is like G8KeyPR but without the risk.

You challenge yourself.

Exactly what I did but completely without the risk.

In an app.”

“Exactly.

That’s what struck me when you called.”

“But you need users.

Here’s how we do it.

Can you create a bunch of faces with your AI?”

“Fake profiles, you mean?”

“Yes.

But we’re open about it.

We’ll let the first users test the app with questions and everything that goes with it.

At first, most of them will be avatars, fake accounts, but the more people who start playing, the more real dates there will be.”

“But you can’t challenge them since you’re not playing against them?

If you’re going to play against fake profiles, you’re just playing against yourself, right?”

“Yes, but you get a feel for the app.

Then let people share it to increase awareness and when there are enough real users, you release the update where you CAN challenge each other.

Then you have the real PlaynDate on the market.”

“So, this will be like a demo?”

“Yes, but you’ll have a lot of fun along the way.

And if you find a real profile, you can save him or her and challenge him when the real version is released!”

He was a path and flames.

“Maybe we should release our story,” he said.

“Like a blog.

Where we write exactly how it all led up to this and you can download the app from there.” Nikki smiled mischievously.

“I’ll help you try to raise venture capital at the same time.

With this idea, I have enough to make it.

Damn, I like this,” she said, scrolling through the app.

“You’re absolutely awesome, Joachim.” She quickly caressed his cheek, and the death certificate burned in her heart.

But now they were more than friends.

They were business partners.

The silence between two people can sometimes say more than a thousand matches.