Interview with Brian Phillips, CEO of Thread, an online dating site on top of Facebook Almost three years ago, I wrote a piece called "Online dating vs. social networks." The premise was that social networks were a better place to find dates. In December 2008, Brian Phillips and his friends from PayPal and YouTube came together and basically thought the same thing. He and his co-founders started Thread, an online dating site that leverages the voluminous data on Facebook.  Want to see all the single females who like music and live in the Bay Area? Go on Thread, and you’re likely to find all the ones you want to meet, according to Brian. And, you can find them on Facebook. "Not everyone is on dating sites," said Brian, in this recent interview with me. "But ...   [ Read more ]