Tastemates, a brand new startup has built a social network around the connection forged between people due to the discovery of mutual interests. According to the startup’s CEO Jon Vlassopulos, they are “trying to codify serendipity.” Users of the app are asked to swipe to indicate their entertainment taste.
Later on, the app will get a better sense of what the user is interested in. This will lead to recommendations and will bring up activity of users with similar tastes. The emphasis, according to Vlassopulos, is using data that’s being shared explicitly in the app. Tastemates is available for Android and but the iPhone version is still undergoing work.
