Today-May 15
For singles ready to mingle, a British expatriate here has generated some buzz on social media with her plans to launch an in-person dating event, which uses technology to match attendees. Ms Candice Gallagher, 38, who goes by the user name “candi.licious” on TikTok, began sharing her idea for the event on May 3. She is known for posting videos about her dating life on the video-sharing application. In a report by The Straits Times, it was said that she has been looking for a partner since she moved to Singapore for work four years ago. Her LinkedIn profile states that she is working as head of marketing for financial services firm CardUp. On Tuesday (May 14), when she added a registration link to her TikTok account inviting interested singles to sign up for the dating event, an overwhelming response caused the registration form to crash just after it was launched. Dubbed “SinglePore”, the event is based on a similar one in New York City, United States organized by dating site Matchbox where interested singles sign up to join a party. During the party, they answer a questionnaire that is “built on relationship science”, Matchbox stated. A “marriage pact algorithm” is then used to help singles figure out who would be their “best match”. Ms Gallagher said that she had been given permission to run a similar one in Singapore. Last year, Ms Gallagher embarked on what she dubbed as a “#10appsin10weeks” campaign where she used a different dating app across 10 weeks. Her experiences with the various dating apps such as Coffee Meets Bagel, Hinge and Tinder can be found on her TikTok account. Despite going on numerous dates, she has so far been unable to find a suitable partner. Read more at:
https://www.todayonline.com/news/trending-british-expat-dating-person-event-crash-website-2423086
