Systems and Methods for Mobile Matchmaking Requiring Users to Chat before Successively Revealing Identities

A mobile matchmaking system comprising:

• a chat server;
• and
• a user device of a user in communication with the chat server, including
• a network interface,
• a user interface,
• a controller in communication with the user interface and the network interface, and
• a non-transitory memory including instructions, that when executed by the controller, cause the controller to:
• request, from the chat server, a match between the user and a matched user;
• initiate a first round of a chat mode, wherein a round of the chat mode includes the steps of:
• initiating a chat conversation between the user and the matched user, wherein, during the chat conversation, the chat server relays messages from the user device to a user device of the matched user and relays messages from the user device of the matched user to the user device;
• receiving, from the chat server, access to a set of pictures, wherein the set of pictures includes a picture of the matched user and one or more decoy pictures, wherein each decoy picture corresponds to one of a set of one or more decoy individuals;
• displaying, via the user interface, the set of pictures;
• and
• upon reaching an endpoint of the round, removing at least one of the one or more decoy pictures from the set of pictures;
• initiate further rounds of the chat mode until only pictures of the matched user remains in the set of pictures;
• and
• displaying a notification identifying the matched user.