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first_captured: 2025-12-31
sources:
- sources/ideaflow/2025-12-31_vibe-matcher-social-network.md
- sources/google-sheets-ideas.md
status: raw
tags:
- social
- matching
- ml
- software
title: vibe matcher social network
type: idea
updated: 2026-04-10
visibility: public
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# vibe matcher social network

a social network that quantifies what makes people "vibe" together and uses those factors to match them. the inspiration came from a conversation with Jacob about why they get along so well — some factors are identifiable, but there are likely many more, "possibly to the unclassifiable extent where we need machine learning."

the vision: like dating apps, but generalized to all relationships. people find others they genuinely love hanging out with. "it would actually create a lot of value that a lot of people actually are looking for." connects to the [[social-network-analysis|social network mapping]] cluster and the [[info-exchanger|info exchanger]] idea for pre-conversation context sharing.

**spreadsheet evaluation:** originality 7/10, excitement 7/10, MVP 8-16 weeks. competitive landscape: Bumble BFF and Friender do friend-matching but use basic profile similarity, Peanut matches moms — no product uses ML on deep compatibility factors for general social matching. the "robust quantification of vibe" is the hard and novel part. massive cold-start and data problem — need enough users AND enough interaction data to train meaningful compatibility models. the matching algorithm IS the product. could prototype with detailed questionnaires before ML. tech depth 6/10, labeled [WRONG FIT] ("ML on interaction patterns is interesting but you need massive data you don't have").

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## timeline

- [2025-12-31] captured in ideaflow — voice note about vibing with Jacob
- [2026-04-10] google sheets evaluation — 7/10 originality, 7/10 excitement, MVP 8-16 weeks, [WRONG FIT] tier