FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

matchmine

What is matchmine?

What can matchmine do for me?

Just how much media can you recommend to me?

What can I do with a recommendation?

How do I get started?

What gets put on my computer?

What's happens when I create my MatchKey?

Who can get a MatchKey?

Can I decide who can see my MatchKey?

Can I uninstall matchmine products?

 

 

 

What is matchmine?

matchmine is a Boston-based startup dedicated to connecting you with media you'll love. We're building a media discovery platform that gets to know what you like, and then finds the video, music, news, film and other content you'd love to find yourself, if you had the time. It's like having a best friend whose full time gig is to send you great stuff.

What can matchmine do for me?

matchmine can recommend movies, music, videos, and blogs based on what you like. Unlike sites that make recommendations solely on what you've bought at that site, your MatchKey is portable and gets recommendations for you based on all your media preferences.

Just how much media can you recommend to me?

We've got over 50,000 movies in our database. To put that in perspective, if you watched a different movie every night, you'd have to live to be about 140 years old to see them all!

For music, we've got about a million albums, which is over 100 years worth of listening pleasure.

We keep tabs on almost a quarter million online videos. That's represents roughly a year's worth of continuous video viewing.

With 97,000 blog entries posted in the last three months, we could provide you with a couple of months of continuous reading.

In short, lots of media.

What can I do with a recommendation?

Well, it depends on what type of media the recommendation is for. You can go right to a blog and read it. Or directly to an online video to watch it. You can listen to a sample of music, or buy it. You can rent a movie, buy it, or watch the trailer.

And you can always rate any media.,When you do, your preference is incorporated into your MatchKey..

How do I get started?

You can start by getting a MatchKey. A few things happen during the installation process to get you going..

  1. You enter your ZIP code, age, and gender so matchmine can create an "off-the-rack" MatchKey for you.
  2. You install GateKeeper on your computer to manage your MatchKey, which means it does things like letting you decide who can look at or update your MatchKey.
  3. You choose the application to install to get media recommendations. Applications include:

What gets put on my computer?

After you follow the 3 steps above, there'll be some additional programs and files on your computer:

  • Your MatchKey - This is one pretty small file.
  • GateKeeper - This is an application that is always running.
  • The application you installed, for example MyGumballMachine.
  • Adobe AIR, which applications like MyGumballMachine need to be able to run. You can think of Adobe AIR as something that makes it possible for web applications to run outside a browser.

We're not sure why you'd want to, but you can uninstall all of these items.

What's happens when I create my MatchKey?

You'll be asked for your ZIP code, your year of birth, and your gender. We need this info so we can create a basic MatchKey for you, and start you on your way to discovering cool and interesting media. (Please try to resist the temptation of fibbing about your age; it'll throw off the goodness of your first MatchKey.) This is the only information about you that goes into the MatchKey. Other than that, there's info about how you've reacted to movies, music, videos, and blogs. To protect your privacy, there's no personal indentifying information in your MatchKey.

Who can get a MatchKey?

You've got to be at least 13 years old. You also have to be a United States citizen and accessing matchmine from within the United States. If you're under 18, you should review the terms of service with your parents.

Can I decide who can see my MatchKey?

Yes. Just because there's a MatchKey on your computer doesn't mean anyone can automatically take a peek at it, or update it. You use GateKeeper to decide who can do what with your MatchKey. It is your MatchKey, after all.

Can I uninstall matchmine products ?

Yes. You can uninstall matchmine products, including your MatchKey, GateKeeper, and applications like MyGumballMachine and MyMovieMatch.