We are excited to announce a major update that enables our users to get games recommendations based on what (games) they already like, besides music, movies, TV-shows, books and authors. Moreover, registered users can now “like”, “dislike”, “save” and “meh” games as well, keeping track of them on their profiles and getting personalized recommendations for games, by selecting the newly added “Games” tab on their home page. Please note that, since this is a new type of resource, the games recommendations might still be inconsistent in some cases, but, with time, our system will improve and learn from your preferences, and TasteKid will provide better and better recommendations for games, too.

While we may not be able to get back to all our users that send us feedback, we are definitely listening. Providing recommendations for games was by far the most requested feature in recent months. As we previously done with the “Meh” feature, which was also frequently requested, we followed up and implemented your demand. We hope you like it and find it useful!

TasteKid has a strong social component. However, the structure of this layer and the features we provide differentiate from other networks, and some of you might wonder why. I’m writing this post to address this question, and to briefly explain our social guidelines.

The interaction between registered users on TasteKid is designed to be taste-centered. We intentionally avoid features that would allow searching for other users by name, age, sex, school, location, or other such parameters. Instead, for each band, movie, etc., one can easily see which other users like or dislike that particular item, and check those users’ profiles – and maybe “like” them. Moreover, registered users see, on their home page, a list of “Popcorn” or “Party” buddies, which are users that share similar taste in movies or music (these lists are presented alternatively with the “Active members” list).

The main idea is that users on TasteKid should easily discover each other and connect based on their shared preferences and taste in music, movies, shows and literature, rather than other factors. That being said, we are looking forward to designing and implementing new features that would improve the taste-centered user discovery process. But the main concept remains a taste-based interaction, because all we want to do is help our users explore their taste – nothing more, nothing less.