THE INQUIRER – May 13 – OkCupid is suffering after a security researcher released profile data on 70K of its users without permission. The researcher, Aarhus University student Emil Kirkegaard, scraped the data, which was otherwise available to OkCupid users, for study. He then released the results of the study along with personal details of those users. Aarhus University has distanced itself from the student's work in the face of a lot of criticism. OkCupid is firing up some lawyers and thinking of aiming them at someone. "This is a clear violation of our terms of service, and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and we're exploring legal options," the company said in a statement.
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OkCupid Profiles Public By Default
YAKAMO – May 9 – OkCupid accounts have privacy setting, and are set to public by default (viewable by those without an account on OkCupid). So it's very easy to gather tons of data about its users. Yakamo.org has analyzed over 3M OKCupid public profiles.
The full article was originally published at Yakamo, but is no longer available.
OkCupid Is Blasted For Asking Users Inappropriate Question
Quick Review Of Top Dating Sites
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OkCupid Study: Women Who Make First Move Are Rewarded
NYTIMES – Mar 9 – The boring conversations on dating apps tend to be started by men. OkCupid said women who take the initiative to reach out to men are rewarded with higher response rates and more desirable men. The company studied 70K users. Women who sent the first message were 2.5 times more likely to receive a response than men who did the same. And the men the women contacted were more "attractive". ~12% of first messages men send turn into a date, while 30% of women's first messages end up in a date.
Tinder Is The Darling Of The Press
OPW – Feb 23 – The press just loves Tinder. In our "Best And Worst Press Coverage" overview, Tinder was the absolute winner in 2015. The mobile dating app appeared in the news on a daily basis with mainly positive press hits (except when CEO Sean Rad was interviewed;).
Here is the list of dating sites/app with best press coverage:
- Tinder
- Match.com
- eHarmony
- Grindr
- POF
- OKCupid
- Happn
- Bumble
- The Grade
- Hinge
The worst press coverage:
On the other site, for AshleyMadison 2015 was an exceptionally horrendous year. The site was hacked, members data was leaked online, and lawsuits followed; without a doubt AshleyMadison was the company with the worst press coverage of all.
OKCupid: Daters Are Getting More Sexually Conservative
VOCATIV – Feb 10 – A new report ("A Digital Decade: Sex") finds that OKCupid's users are less likely now than a decade ago to consider sex on the first date. This doesn't necessarily mean that daters as a whole are more sexually reserved. In fact, it raises the question of whether OKCupid's user demographics have simply changed.
by Tracy Clark-Flory
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Tinder And OKCupid Get The Heavy Action After 6PM
TECH TIMES – Jan 28 – According to Nielsen users of OkCupid start getting active on the site at 6PM till 9PM. People who use Tinder start their activity at 5PM. OkCupid seemed more popular than Tinder in the morning.
by Menchie Mendoza
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OkCupid Adds A Feature For The Polyamorous
THE ATLANTIC – Jan 10 – OkCupid will now allow users who are listed as "seeing someone," "married," or "in an open relationship" to link their profiles and search for other people to join their relationship. According to OKCupid's data, 24% of its users are "seriously interested" in group sex. 42% would consider dating someone already involved in an open or polyamorous relationship.
This Is The Busiest Time Of Year For Online Dating
MARKETWATCH – Jan 5 – Dating app Zoosk expects a 20% jump in users in the first two weeks of the year and eHarmony had a 21% increase in mobile registrations since the holidays. Grindr usually experiences a 30% to 50% increase in users. Match.com expects a 60% surge in new members between Christmas Day and Valentine's Day. Sign-ups on OkCupid, were up 30% this past Sunday. Many singles sit around the family dinner table during the holidays and think, "Maybe it would be better to have a partner," says Mark Brooks, a dating-industry analyst and the editor of Online Personals Watch. "That's when they start hitting dating sites in droves and go on dates before the indigestion sets in." It may also be more polite to arrange dates in the New Year rather than during the holidays, especially with family around. "They're going to be around for you long after your relationships," he says. "The trick with holiday dating is to make sure no one feels neglected."
by Quentin Fottrell
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