WASHINGTON POST – Nov 14 – In some circles, being an atheist is a strike against you. But at OkCupid, including the word “atheist” in a first message to another user was more likely to garner a reply than any other religious descriptor except Christian. “Mentioning your religion helps you, but, paradoxically, it helps you most if you have no religion,” co-founder Christian Rudder wrote on the site’s blog. OkCupid was founded by Rudder, Sam Yagan, Chris Coyne and Max Krohn. In the 1990s, while still Harvard math majors, they created SparkNotes, a series of study guides that was sold to Barnes and Noble. The four launched OkCupid in 2003, and the site has since attracted ~10M users. Three of the founders describe themselves as nonbelievers in their onsite profiles.
by Kimberly Winston
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Singles on dating sites tend to be more myopic to their wishlists than they otherwise would be. Dating sites empower people to choose decisively on things like religion, weight, height, age. But that’s not how the real world works. iDating sites are priming singles to choose and be myopic, which has the end-effect of leaving huge swathes of the population out in the cold. Skinny women and 6 foot guys (with hair) get lots of attention. Overweight women and short bald guys… You get the idea.
Singles on dating sites tend to be more myopic to their wishlists than they otherwise would be. Dating sites empower people to choose decisively on things like religion, weight, height, age. But that’s not how the real world works. iDating sites are priming singles to choose and be myopic, which has the end-effect of leaving huge swathes of the population out in the cold. Skinny women and 6 foot guys (with hair) get lots of attention. Overweight women and short bald guys… You get the idea.