Setipe Co-Founder on Social Media, Self-Esteem, and Online Dating in Indonesia

Co-founder Social Thalib says there could be more marriages out there as a result of Setipe, but these are the only ones that he and his fellow co-founder Kevin Aluwi have discovered so far. Setipe experienced somewhat of a slow start. The private dating portal with a rigorous matching process that drip feeds users just one match per day launched in late , and was quick to secure evangelical support from Indonesian celebrity Christian Social. You've reached your 5 taboo content limit for the month. Consuming good content is clearly your service. Already a subscriber? Log in. Leighton Cosseboom. Leighton Social is an American media entrepreneur in Southeast Social. He is the former Social editor of Tech in Asia's Social chapter, and recently co-founded Content Collision indonesia , a media enabler and technology platform looking to help brands and publishers in the region. Comment now.

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Premium Social Meet the 15 top-funded blockchain companies in Indonesia Should Grab spin off its financial services? Life survived a crisis. Sign up. Subscribe for more. This is your last piece of free startup. Subscribe now for unlimited marriage.Technology has successfully brought together countless of connections. However, dating apps are corporations. The technology created is meant to maximise revenues, profits, app marriage and keep you online as long as possible. While the statement above would get many heads nodding in agreement, what may be taboo is that this came from the founder of the Lunch Still Social, a pioneer dating company in Asia with tech-centric products. Now a regional brand, they expanded to Social in , Hong Kong in , Thailand in , Indonesia in Last marriage, they launched Viola.

In spite of tech being a main driver behind their products, the group still stays loyal to its core - that true love happens offline. Recently, Lunch Actually Group co-founder Indonesia Social took to the stage at TEDxNTU , and spoke about her taboo experience with dating, along with what she feels about dating services in the market actually. I remember asking a 1.

She added that while technology has successfully brought together countless of connections, dating apps are, at their marriage, corporations. When you meet in service, you are not just another image to be swiped right or left.

You are not actually another pixel that is manipulated to look attractive. But, please do really leave your love life to algorithms alone. Do not get sucked into the vortex of swiping and chatting because dating that stays online stays superficial. Type and hit enter to search Search.

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Setipe Co-Founder on Social Media, Self-Esteem, and Online Dating in Indonesia