BUSINESS WIRE — Mar 12 — OkCupid announced the 200 millionth compatibility question answered by OkCupid members. OkCupid.com gives its members control by letting them suggest the questions to ask, and answer only the questions that matter to them. To date, OkCupid.com members have suggested more than 10,000 compatibility questions that cover topics from religion to politics and smoking to pop culture.
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OkCupid.com Takes Scientific Match-Making to New Levels
BUSINESS WIRE — Mar 12 — OkCupid announced the 200 millionth compatibility question answered by OkCupid members. OkCupid.com gives its members control by letting them suggest the questions to ask, and answer only the questions that matter to them. To date, OkCupid.com members have suggested more than 10,000 compatibility questions that cover topics from religion to politics and smoking to pop culture.
5 thoughts on “OkCupid.com Takes Scientific Match-Making to New Levels”
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OkCupid has a cute approach that is very engaging and helps build an active community, but their approach to matchmaking is hardly “scientific” much less taking the compatibility concept to a new level.
Thanks,
James Houran, Ph.D.
Online Dating Magazine -
James –
I guess it’s a definitional question. We certainly have the mathematically purest approach to matching… -
Q&A as a matching tool is semi-interesting. It at least serves as an excuse to chat with someone, which may be enough of a reason to have the feature.
There may be more interesting ways to create that excuse however. -
Hi Sam,
Thanks for the ongoing commentary and for being a refreshing community in the industry. Having said that, I don’t know what you mean by having the mathematically “purest” matching (do you mean you have the easiest/simplest/most transparent formula?). More to the point, “purest” is not synymous with best/ most effective/ or scientifically rigorous.
Thanks,
James Houran, Ph.D.
Online Dating Magazine -
BrandConfusion.
Okcupid is a testing site used mostly by myspace and social networking users and they recently tried to rebrand themselves as a dating site. According to the latest press release and discussions one would think the site is a growing d…
OkCupid has a cute approach that is very engaging and helps build an active community, but their approach to matchmaking is hardly “scientific” much less taking the compatibility concept to a new level.
Thanks,
James Houran, Ph.D.
Online Dating Magazine
James –
I guess it’s a definitional question. We certainly have the mathematically purest approach to matching…
Q&A as a matching tool is semi-interesting. It at least serves as an excuse to chat with someone, which may be enough of a reason to have the feature.
There may be more interesting ways to create that excuse however.
Hi Sam,
Thanks for the ongoing commentary and for being a refreshing community in the industry. Having said that, I don’t know what you mean by having the mathematically “purest” matching (do you mean you have the easiest/simplest/most transparent formula?). More to the point, “purest” is not synymous with best/ most effective/ or scientifically rigorous.
Thanks,
James Houran, Ph.D.
Online Dating Magazine
BrandConfusion.
Okcupid is a testing site used mostly by myspace and social networking users and they recently tried to rebrand themselves as a dating site. According to the latest press release and discussions one would think the site is a growing d…