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"We talked about making your own Facebook page more dateable, but here&amp;#x27;s a little way to find out about other people&amp;#x27;s dateability... New app On the Rebound will tell you which guys in your online social circle are, um, ripe for the picking. The app searches through your available Facebook friends (you can choose whether you&amp;#x27;re looking for guys or girls) and then gives you advice on whether or not you should go for it with each person, based on their relationship history over the past six years. The higher the rating, the more &amp;quot;on the rebound&amp;quot; the person is. Speaking to Buzzfeed, co-founder Anthony Coombs shared the inspiration for the app: &amp;quot;[The idea for the app] started when I missed out on dating a girl after her boyfriend had broken up with her. Like a nice (dumb) guy I waited to ask her out, thinking she needed time to heal. Instead, she hooked up with a friend of mine a week later, and they&amp;#x27;ve been together since!&amp;quot; Hmm. Well, you know how I feel about self-proclaimed &amp;quot;nice guys,&amp;quot; but I will say when Coombs emailed me about the project, he really was pretty nice. He admitted that the app has been controversial, with some people calling out the app as being sexist and conforming to gender stereotypes (sample advice to a woman on an available guy? &amp;quot;Trust me, he&amp;#x27;s using you. Use him back!&amp;quot;). Coombs disagrees. He points out that the team consulted with both male and female relationship experts who helped them develop a system whose results are based on research, and that the intention is to look at age, gender, the length of last relationship, and the time spent single to determine what kind of relationship a person might be ready for, rather than just seeking out a vulnerable person who&amp;#x27;s on the rebound. I did a test run to check it out and saw which guys were deemed &amp;quot;on the rebound,&amp;quot; and the app was seriously rooting for me to pick one of them up, with tips like, &amp;quot;He&amp;#x27;s ready. He&amp;#x27;s been ready. C&amp;#x27;mon now! You are so obviously the one for him!&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;We guarantee he&amp;#x27;ll be all over you.&amp;quot; I declined, however. Unfortunately, it didn&amp;#x27;t seem to pick up the fact that some of those guys were related to me (eep!), and of course, the analysis works only if people have shared their relationship statuses on Facebook. For instance, I&amp;#x27;m guessing if any guys try to test my history, it will just start flashing red lights and sirens, with a blaring announcement of &amp;quot;Cat lady, cat lady! Alert!&amp;quot; since I have never shared my relationship status on my page. Whoopsies. I&amp;#x27;ll let you guys be the judge: Do you find this app annoying or entertaining? Would you check out a guy&amp;#x27;s Facebook relationship history if you were interested in dating him? More social media: *Reader&amp;#x27;s Dilemma: Is It OK That My Boyfriend Doesn&amp;#x27;t Want to Be Facebook Friends With Me? *Welp, There&amp;amp;#8217;s a Yelp for Reviewing Men Now *Selena Gomez and the Case of the Curious Tweet (Is It Bieber-Related?) Photo Courtesy of On the Rebound"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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