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Just saw this one and had to give it a test drive. Though somewhat cryptic right now, it looks like Signal Patterns is trying to help people find content based on dating site-like personality profiles. From their site:

We enable self-discovery through research surveys on topics as varied as tastes in music and the psychology of personality. Based on these questionnaires, we give engaging feedback that is remarkably accurate and highly interactive. And we empower self-expression by allowing people to “badge” themselves with their patterns. People then use their patterns to compare themselves to their friends and find other people, other content and other media that they are inclined to enjoy.

For example, asking someone what kind of music they enjoy may give you some general idea of their personality, their likes and dislikes, and so on, but it doesn’t offer any specific insights about their values and preferences. We’re developing an engaging music survey that helps people pinpoint the exact musical attributes they like and dislike.

With this information, we’re able to suggest other genres and artists that they might enjoy, we can connect them with likeminded people who enjoy similar musical attributes, and we may be able to suggest books, films, or even jobs that might be suited for them. Our research can help unlock a wealth of information about a wide array of traits and characteristics.

Music Patterns

After signing up for the service, I took the music survey, which is trying to get a better picture of my musical tastes in order to find music and people who like the same kind of thing I do:

I hear 25 clips and have to rate them. Here are my results:

In addition to being able to see what I like, I can also see others that like the same kind of music:

In addition to the music profile, you can take a personality survey:

After taking the personality quiz, I found out that I’m warm, understanding, and steady:

And, like the music profile, I can search for people like me.

Summary

I think signal patterns has a great UI, and some very slick execution. I’m just not sure what to do now that I’ve gone through the music and personality quizzes. Since the service is in beta, I’m sure they’ll be rolling out features that will connect to other music sources and maybe things like dating sites. I’m not 100% sure, but I’ll definitely keep an eye out to see what they’re up to.

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