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Frustrated With Online Dating Man
Creates Dating App ‘Singularity,’
Where He Is the Only Man Available
A North Carolina man created a dating app where he is the only guy available. After not having any luck with other dating apps, Aaron Smith said he noticed an issue that was keeping him from getting more dates.
“The biggest problem with the other apps is that my face is not featured promi- nently,”
Smith told CBS affiliate
WFMY. The Greensboro native decided to eliminate all other competition.
“If life gives you lemons, you should first make lemonade,” he said. “Then make sure no other companies can produce or dis- tribute their own soft drinks. So the only game in town is lemon-
ade.”
Smith asked his software engi- neer friend for assistance, Smith released the new dating app, Singularity, where he’s the only man allowed. Unlike other dating apps like Tinder or OkCupid women who download
the app won’t see tons of potential matches but will see only photos of Smith.
The photos of Smith show the 31-year-old in a Santa Claus hat, playing the guitar, and jumping in front of an ice cream
truck according to
People.
Scott McDowell, Smith’s engineer- ing friend, said he understood his friend when he asked for help.
“All of us who have done online dating in some sorta way can all relate to the fact
that it really does sometimes suck,” he said. Smith recently uploaded an ad for Singularity that has received over 20,000 views.
“Online dating is terrible and get- ting more non- sensical with every passing year,” Smith says
in the video. “Sure, you can meet people the old fashioned way by going out- side, but that feels like a lot of work.”
“Singularity saves you countless hours of swiping,” he adds, “by just matching you with me!”
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