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Re:Show HN: Dating Ring (YC W14) – We do the work, you do th... by bravura on Tuesday October 14, 2014 @03:56PM (#8455387)
I have a friend in NYC who is a old-school matchmaker (sole proprietor). If she told me that she was doing a search for a client and looking on dating sites for prospects, I wouldn't blink. I guess that I trust she is trying to act in the best interests of the two people in the potential match.

Is this substantially different?

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Re:Show HN: Dating Ring (YC W14) – We do the work, you do th... by otterley on Tuesday October 14, 2014 @04:14PM (#8455509)
The interests of the clients are irrelevant. If you owned a business and your competitor used your business's facilities to promote his to your detriment, you'd understandably be upset. That's precisely what the poster is being accused of.
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Re:Show HN: Dating Ring (YC W14) – We do the work, you do th... by patmcc on Tuesday October 14, 2014 @07:45PM (#8456470)
I think it depends - would your friend message the prospects on okcupid/POF, or tell her client "here are some great profiles, you should message these people"? Those are very different; I suspect dating sites would have a problem with the former and not the latter.
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