Spark - Stop swiping. Start talking.

Spark is a dating platform where photos stay hidden until you’ve actually talked for a randomly allocated time. You get matched based on your profile, chat anonymously, and photos only reveal once that time is up. No swiping, no judging looks first. It forces real conversation before attraction becomes about appearance. Built for people tired of the superficial swipe culture on every other app.

I watched Black Mirror’s Hang the DJ and it stuck with me. The idea of a system that pairs you with someone and gives you a set amount of time before you know if it’s real. Dating apps today do the opposite, you judge someone in seconds based on photos and never give the conversation a chance. Spark flips that. You get matched based on your profile, photos stay hidden for a randomly allocated time, and you just talk. No swiping, no instant judgments. When the reveal happens you’ve already built something real. Took a while to figure out the right balance but the core idea never changed: personality before appearance.

Spark - Stop swiping. Start talking.

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