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Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

262 - Making a Polyamorous Dating App

Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

Multiamory, LLC

Society & Culture, Sexuality, Education, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Self-improvement

4.9970 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This week's guests are Amanda Wilson and David Epstein, co-founders of the app #open, a sex positive and polyamory-friendly dating platform. Amanda and David will be walking us through some of the difficulties they faced creating the app, as well as what distinguishes it from all the other dating apps available. Join our amazing community of listeners at multiamory.supercast.com. We offer sliding scale subscriptions so everyone can also get access to ad-free episodes, group video discussions, and our amazing Discord community.Whatever you want to learn, MasterClass has something for you, taught by experts in their fields. Support the show and get an exclusive 15% offer at multiamory.link/masterclass.Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes for creators. Everything from graphic design and video editing to photography, writing, and business. Get a free month of Skilllshare at multiamory.link/skillshare.Multiamory was created by Dedeker Winston, Jase Lindgren, and Emily Matlack.Our theme music is Forms I Know I Did by Josh and Anand.Follow us on Instagram @Multiamory_Podcast and visit our website Multiamory.com. We are a proud member of the Pleasure Podcasts network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Basically what Facebook's done is they're moralizing. They've said that

0:04.4

their community sentiment is such that this isn't something that they want to

0:09.4

take ads for and this is incredible when you look at Zuckerberg out in Silicon Valley talking about the importance of clarity and free speech or running Super Bowl ads here in the US talking about how important

0:25.3

Facebook groups are.

0:26.5

Welcome to the multi-ammery podcast. I'm Jace. I'm Emily and I'm

0:30.8

Dettaker. We believe in looking to the future of relationships, not maintaining

0:35.2

the status quo of the past. So whether you're monogamous, polyamorous, swinging, casually dating,

0:41.5

or if you just do relationships differently we see you and we're here for you I did.

1:00.0

Force a meter for myself to fix. On this episode of the Multiamery Podcast, we're speaking with Amanda Wilson and David Epstein,

1:07.0

the co-founder of the Sex Positive and Non-Managamy Friendly dating app, hashtag open.

1:13.6

So as our listeners know, online dating is hard.

1:18.0

It's a hard world.

1:19.2

It's something that we talk about occasionally on this show.

1:22.2

And creating an app for online dating I would say is even

1:26.0

harder.

1:27.0

And so today we're excited to talk to both Amanda and David about some of the challenges in creating an app like this,

1:36.0

what they're doing to try to make online dating better,

1:39.0

as well as some of the challenges that have come up with that,

1:42.0

and also some kind of real world talk about the world of online dating and

1:46.4

and what's going on there. So Amanda and David thank you so much for joining us.

1:51.5

Thank you for having us. It's a pleasure to be here as well.

1:55.0

Yeah, so I wanted to start out just with the elevator pitch for what hashtag open is. And I kind of want to hear what I'm curious about is like

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