The League: the real thing or just another dating fad?
No online dating app has made more waves than The League, founded by Amanda Bradford, a Stanford GSB grad. It started in SF and recently launched in NYC, and pretty much everyone I know has either joined or applied for it. It would be very interesting to see how this unfolds. This NY Post article is somewhat unflattering in its portrayal of the site. Some of the quotes are freaking hilarious, a parody of the well-educated urban elite.
http://nypost.com/2015/06/23/heres-a-dating-app-for-shallow-people-who-…
Ok. This is very well written.
However, The League has a 200,000 waiting list in NYC alone, so it's not going anywhere. By all indications (buzz, vc funding, waitlist), the site is going to blow up.
Funny how "young professional" always means "smug, self-satisfied, self righteous 20-something who is a professional in name only".
I tend not to like to associate myself with people who feel like where they went to college is the defining part of their life.
If college isn't a defining part of your life, then you probably either had no fun or didn't like your school.
NESCAC I like to think ill have many, many more defining moments in my life than college. There is no such thing as a 'peak' in my world.
Anyway, as to the League, it's pretty stupid. A buddy (who's a VP) at GS IBD was denied- probably because he went to a school in Alabama. So, so stupid. If it can't make money, it won't be around for long.
Dude, this is NYC, not bumblefuck alabama. Being a IBD VP at a BB is dime a dozen. No big deal. Your friend probably got dinged because he's not attractive or interesting enough.
There are plenty of state school alums on The League, so it's not all about academic pedigree. It's a combination of factors, akin to getting into an elite b-school.
Well... You're not wrong. He's not the prettiest human alive. But it was my understanding that this was an app for upwardly mobil young professionals to date, without the annoyance of underachieving individuals. If they are really choosing people based off looks (which are subjective) and their own opinion of what constitutes 'interesting', then it's another stupid, elitist popularity contest.
So, it's worse than I thought. They don't stand a chance.
THE LEAGUE OOZES MAD SWAGGER
only if you have the iPhone ... I suppose android users are out of 'the League'ers' league.. :)
Pshh... Android isn't prestigious enough. Have you seen how much they cost? Anyone could get one! It's a bloody peasant's phone!
But it's probably because Andriod app development is freaking expensive. I guess the League is a tad short on cash. Which is expected, seeing as how they generate no revenue.
For those obsessed with status and prestige because of their inner insecurities, The League is a game changer. For the rest of us, I don't think we'll notice either way.
I'm on the SF version. Everything these interviews and articles say about the app is bullshit.
I wonder if they allow Asians in?
if it uses the same admission standards as the top schools, there might, in fact, be too many of them ;)
I finally got on The League a few weeks ago. I started at 740,000 people in front of me and didn’t pay anything. It took me a week to get off the waitlist. I got a few matches immediately that were much higher quality and response rate than Tinder.
The waitlist isn't real it's a marketing feature to create a sense of scarcity.
Yeah that’s what it seems like. They kept sending me messages to pay and eventually I jumped ahead of everyone on the list after a week.
When I was single the tiers went:
Plenty of Fish , eHarmony, etc = old people and weird losers
Tinder = blue collar community college trash, most unattractive. If you are on Tinder you are likely low value
Bumble = nice tinder replacement but anything of quality migrated. Basically the Tinder people found Bumble and the Bumble people went to Hinge
Hinge = the gold standard. If you were attractive, college educated, had a career, etc. this was your app of choice.
This was a few years ago so maybe things changed. Remember hearing about the League but never had a need for it
Bumble and The Hinge blow. Hard. On hinge I had a bunch of notifications from people I absolutely did not want to talk to. Not sure why you're into that.
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