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by anigbrowl 4447 days ago
LOL sexism

Has it not occurred to you that no straight male who can get a date is ever going to use this? It's virtually guaranteed to annoy a gentleman's lady friend and ruin breakfast. The only market for this is adolescent boys. Maybe you could get it featured in something like Maxim magazine, but otherwise your audience is limited.

Ironically, there's probably a larger market for this sort of thing among women who would enjoy a suave male voice with an interesting accent.

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>LOL sexism

>women who would enjoy a suave male voice with an interesting accent.

The irony is so thick I can spread it on my toast. Shame on you.

Well, I did say 'ironically.'

But I'm not saying that women are more predisposed to like this sort of thing than men; rather, that men are less likely to care about a woman's use of such an app than the reverse. Everyone likes accents, I think you can find some in-depth analysis on OKcupid's stats blog.

The women's version of this app exists already.
In all seriousness, I would compete with that or make it a template for celebrity apps that include voice overs, wallpapers, and what-not. The only use case I can imagine for this app is for getting a girl to break up with you.