Think Your Friends Might Have Extra Benefits? Check Moonit

At Techcrunch50 one of my favorite new startups demoing was Moonit. Moonit grabs your friends from twitter and Facebook information and lets you know your compatibility rating. It shows compatibility for friendship, business, and romantic compatibility. Moonit calls itself "A Relationship resource for Gen Y users". I guess you could say that. I asked Moonit's CEO, Dana Kanze at the TechCrunch50 show to give us a demo of the product. In the video she does a live demo and shows her and my compatibility in all areas. She also answers some of my jackass questions like "If an affiliate wanted to know if they could score with their affiliate manager would this tell them?". Check out the video here: In the video Dana reveals some of the interesting ways that Moonit can be used-

Ever wonder if that friend of yours could turn into a friend with benefits?

Affiliates - Ever wondered if you had a chance to score with your cute affiliate manager?

I also talked to Dana about how they figure out the compatibility. She said they have a pretty complex algorithm but essentially it uses astrological data, twitter data, and TONS of Facebook profile data to come up with its scoring. She said they also very actively monitor the success rate and feedback of users to tweak the algorithm for maximum accuracy. I was curious who out of all of my facebook friends I should start a new business with. Interestingly enough it said Andy (ACE) Liu: From the site:

You can stop searching for the next Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, or “ShamWow” guy to team up with because you’ve already found your ideal business partner! (you just don’t know it yet). Trust your gut on this one: he's desperate for you to impart some of your infinite wisdom and experience and, at the same time, you're ready to leverage his entrepreneurial spirit and ability to network up a storm. he's known that you were a solid person from the start; not only do you have a great amount of respect for each other, but you even have some common values and philosophies (there’s also a good chance that you share a passion for a thought-provoking pastime. Super Yahtzee, anyone?). You're particularly skilled at gathering and sharing information, so hopefully that's something you two are tasked with doing. Since the two of you focus on problem-solving and work on serious issues when you're together, you don't waste too much time on pleasantries, so there's no gratuitous "how about this weather we're having?" type of nonsense to deal with. You’re both pretty shrewd and generally ease your way into a partnership, taking the time to get to know each other before signing on the dotted line. Once the formalities are over, remember us when you make your first billion.

Classic!! And my most compatible friend turned out to be none other then Lazy Jay Yukes!

When you two first met, you gravitated to each other like a moth to a flame, a fish to bait, or Britney to a photo op. And while those pairings were nothing but bad news, great things happened when you two joined forces. You guys have an uncanny way of injecting some much-needed fun into an otherwise boring afternoon, and you have that special knack for bringing out the best in each other. Since you love hanging out together so much and you both approach the world in the same way, let’s just go ahead and call this friend your sibling from another mother. If you two share some mutual interests, it might be a good idea to spark up a short-term project or venture because all signs point towards success with this much simpatico kicking around. And don’t take a little competitive teasing too seriously—it’s just his way of giving you a friendly nudge and helping you work harder.

Funny stuff. So is it accurate? Well honestly out of my 2000+ Facebook friends to have it pick Andy Liu as my most compatible business person and Jay Yukes as my most compatible friend is pretty damn accurate. Check out Moonit and tell me what you think!