The first couple to ever find love through a computer

Earlier this week, we posted a video and mused that the lady singing about finding love through a computer was way ahead of her time in 1968. But was computer matchmaking really a thing of the future in 1968? Well, not quite. In fact, the first time a couple was ever matched by a computer was on a TV show in 1956!

“Remington Rand’s Univac No. 21 turned Cupid, brought together a flesh-and-blood couple as scientifically selected “ideal marriage mates.”"

The computer, which was worth a cool Million at the time, was fed with questionnaires completed by 4000 singles looking to find love. The questionnaire was made up of 32 relationship-relevant questions on topics like sex, race, religion, politics, lifestyle and, hilariously, “preferences for double or twin beds”. The computer found a perfect couple among the entries and the two later got engaged!

Read the original TIME magazine article about this first computer matchmaking experiment here.

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Thousands of lucky be2 members enjoy 3 days of free matchmaking

Autumn has arrived, and with it the time for long walks and romantic evenings spent with a loved one. Walking trough autumn leaves, rainy days at home and cuddling to keep each other warm are much more fun together!

To give our members a better chance of spending autumn – and winter – with a partner, we had a surprise for some lucky be2 members in September: free matchmaking! We invited be2-members across the world to try out the full be2 Premium-Membership, free of charge. Certain services at be2 are usually only available to Premium Members, like reading and writing messages without limit, seeing other be2 members’ photos or finding out visitors to your own profile.

The result of our free matchmaking-„Sneak-Preview“ was overwhelming: More than 150.000 members worldwide wrote thousands of messages, added photos and updated their profile – after all, even if it’s free matchmaking, first impressions count!

Now that autumn got off to a good start with be2’s free matchmaking, we’re looking forward to lots of new love stories : of romantic walks, rainy days and cuddling to keep each other warm…