Matchmaking
Why a human introduction still beats an algorithm
March 4, 2026 · 5 min read · By Lianne Tregobov
An app can tell you that two people both like hiking, live within twenty kilometres of each other and want children. It can not tell you that one of them softens when they talk about their mother, or that the other needs quiet in the evening after a loud day at work.
Those are the details that decide whether a first meeting turns into a second one. They surface in conversation, not in a profile field, and they are the reason a personal introduction still outperforms any amount of swiping.
When a match is made by a person who has interviewed both of you, the introduction carries context. You arrive knowing something true about each other, and you arrive expected.
That is the entire difference. Not more options. Better ones.