Be2
{{Short description|Matchmaking service}}
{{About|the matchmaking service|other uses|BE2 (disambiguation){{!}}BE2}}
{{More citations needed|date=March 2010}}
{{Orphan|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox company
|name = be2
|logo = Be2-logo-300px.png
|logo_size = 150px
|type = LLC
|foundation = 2004
|owner = be2 LLC
|founders = Robert Wuttke, Andreas Etten
|num_employees = 180 (2010)
|homepage = [http://www.be2.com/ be2.com]
}}
Be2 is a matchmaking service in 37 countries.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nma.co.uk/news/be2-uses-online-push-for-uk-launch/37766.article |title=Be2 uses online push for UK launch | News | New Media Age |access-date=2010-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929165914/http://www.nma.co.uk/news/be2-uses-online-push-for-uk-launch/37766.article |archive-date=2011-09-29 |url-status=usurped }}
History
be2 was founded as a German matchmaking service in 2004 by online entrepreneur Robert Wuttke and Andreas Etten.{{cn|date=December 2019}} It went live on April 1, 2004.http://www.ftd.de/karriere-management/management/:enable-warum-in-die-ferne-schweifen/294783.html {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120525011445/http://www.ftd.de/karriere-management/management/:enable-warum-in-die-ferne-schweifen/294783.html |date=2012-05-25}} IT-development for be2, Financial Times Deutschland The same year, the Spanish and Italian services were added.
Controversies
The journalist Troels Jørgensen from TV station DR has rated be2's matching system as flawed. Wildly different profiles were matched to exactly the same potential partners in a test performed for consumer rights programme Kontant. {{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}Also, membership is extended without consent which is illegal according to The Danish Consumer Council.{{Cite web |url=http://fpn.dk/rettigheder/markedsforing/article2317580.ece |title=Dating-siden scorer - dine penge |access-date=2011-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128025139/http://fpn.dk/rettigheder/markedsforing/article2317580.ece |archive-date=2011-01-28 |url-status=dead }} This is also illegal in Sweden according to the Swedish Consumer Council. All the questions raised by the Danish journalist in the programme have since been addressed by the company. be2 made several changes to its service in Denmark in response to the programme.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100224032232/http://corporate.be2.com/ Corporate Page]
Category:Online dating services of Germany