SAN DIEGO, California, (PRWEB) November 13, 2012

Wikimatch.com, a new type of free online dating service that employs participation from real people, launches this week. Wikimatch is a first-of-its-kind online dating site that collectively puts matchmaking in the hands of other real people, offering dynamic and flexible insight into the likelihood of a match between two people.

The brainchild of Jason Barton, a San Diego software engineer with a BA in psychology, Wikimatch.com attracts people who like social collaboration and feedback. The site reflects Bartons philosophical belief that people genuinely want to help each other and will benefit in a similar way to how they benefit from other socially created content, such as Wikipedia.

Online dating or matchmaking sites havent evolved much in a long time, Barton says. Wikimatch is unique because its the only matchmaking site providing the unusual opportunity for single people to see how others see them.

This may be the most intriguing aspect initially for people looking for a mate.

Barton says that some people compare Wikimatch to Hotornot.com because of the fun voting aspect. But Wikimatch takes the concept further by allowing people to give more meaningful and useful insight into peoples real and personal lives than Hotornot attempted to do.

When it came to launching Wikimatch.com Barton chose to concentrate on content, leaving the sites appearance thin on visual appeal, which is a part of its charm. According to Barton, its the quality of the socially cooperative matchmaking formula that is most valuable to people.

Everyone is eligible to participate for free, single or not, by voting and offering their personal insight on the potential of a match between two singles.

Bartons aim is to offer an evolution of the current two basic types of online dating and matchmaking sites, which are based on computer-generated matches or completely open member contact.

Matchmaking sites like eHarmony require lengthy personality questionnaires for computer software calculations, while open contact sites like Match.com simply provide the means for members to contact other members for any reason. Wikimatch adds a new alternative that abandons both computer software matching and random member contact. Instead, Wikimatch provides members with equal, evolving match results to select from, created by organic insight from real people who continuously participate.

Fixing the industrys problem of pretty females getting flooded with unqualified messages, Wikimatch provides match cutoff scores over which members have control, determining who can and who cant contact them. Also, a match can be blocked either temporarily or permanently.

Wikimatch is designed to organically adapt to the users life circumstances, desires, goals and outlook if they change during the course of their experience.

Sometimes a personal bio needs tweaking along the line before it really reflects a persons identity and goals accurately, Barton says. If it turns out that their match feedback is not what they expected, they can simply revamp their profile, and option to start over and let the statistical averages naturally rebuild.

Anybody, anywhere can drop in to the Wikimatch site from their tablet or smartphone and vote on matches, Barton says. Its free, fun, and it joins a growing number of sites and ways for people to help one another.

The belief in the power of people voluntarily helping each other is core to the Wikimatch model.

For more information, visit the Wikimatch.com website, or call 951-595-7189,