I never heard of the website thread.com before. I was searching through professional blogs and stumbled on Stuart Fosters blog from The Lost Jacket and found a blog titled "Social Savvy'".
It is discussed how people are social creatures and how we create technology to improve our current behavior. Also how some people use social technology to search for their significant other online.
Online dating: has expanded greatly. This is a big industry (bigger then the porn industry). Online dating is a $1.5 + billion industry. The mobile phone dating market is worth $550 million which is expected to increase to $1.3 billion by 2013. The largest social network is facebook that has a user base of about 450 million.
Thread.com .....
The creation of thread was based on the idea that we meet our significant other through our friends. Operating through Facebook connect, Thread looks into your profile and checks your friend's friends and discovers their relationship status. Relevant matches are then shown to you. If the person finds a match interesting, then all they have to do is ask the friend who that person is to get a introduction.
Apparently thread is very simple and easy to use and safety shouldn't be a concern because all candidates are friends with your friends. Thread offers a simple introduction and icebreaker. It is a simple tool that does not compare to real dating sites but as time progresses, it will become more complex...
I found this interesting. It is something I would never use but if someone is looking for a significant other and is looking to meet other people, this is a good way to do it.
http://vimeo.com/http://vimeo.com/6375627
Foster, Stuart. "Social Savvy: Thread." Web log post. The Lost Jacket. 5 Apr. 2010. Web. 5 Apr. 2010..