OkCupid: We experiment on human beings

[Hamster]

Ok, the title is a bit sensational but OkCupid totally did it first. Very interesting blog post where they crunch the numbers and stats from their site:

http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/we-experiment-on-human-beings/

This probably sums up the whole article:

Basically, people are exactly as shallow as their technology allows them to be.

And for anyone interested in if the compatibility percentage is accurate, it doesn't matter. The power of suggestion is enough to get a conversation started:

OkCupid definitely works, but that’s not the whole story. And if you have to choose only one or the other, the mere myth of compatibility works just as well as the truth.

 

[RazedInBlack]

Well it pretty obvious that those compatibility percentages are plain bullschit. Some dating sites even claim their tests are scientific in nature.

Amazing thing is, people actually believe it.

 

[Hamster]

Well it pretty obvious that those compatibility percentages are plain bullschit. Some dating sites even claim their tests are scientific in nature.

Amazing thing is, people actually believe it.

I do think it is good that OkCupid admits this. And in the end it is just a tool to suggest potential matches to you.

My friend told me about an article he read. The guy figured out how they calculate these percentages and wrote a script that answered all the questions they ask in a way that is most acceptable to most women. As a result he has a lot more "matches" and eventually found his wife that way...by cheating the system

 

[Ocali]

I do think it is good that OkCupid admits this. And in the end it is just a tool to suggest potential matches to you.

My friend told me about an article he read. The guy figured out how they calculate these percentages and wrote a script that answered all the questions they ask in a way that is most acceptable to most women. As a result he has a lot more "matches" and eventually found his wife that way...by cheating the system

lucky b*******, how do we get our hands on that script

 

[RazedInBlack]

lucky b*******, how do we get our hands on that script

Have you actually tried talking to a female?


Sorry, had to ask . . .

 

[Hamster]

lucky b*******, how do we get our hands on that script

Here you go: http://www.wired.com/2014/01/how-to-hack-okcupid/all/

Seems like they are not married yet (at time of writing anyway)

 

[Ocali]

Have you actually tried talking to a female?


Sorry, had to ask . . .

Yes yess, i have tried.. im shy though.. LOL

 

[Ocali]

interesting article..

 

[STS]

I do think it is good that OkCupid admits this. And in the end it is just a tool to suggest potential matches to you.

My friend told me about an article he read. The guy figured out how they calculate these percentages and wrote a script that answered all the questions they ask in a way that is most acceptable to most women. As a result he has a lot more "matches" and eventually found his wife that way...by cheating the system

probably the same tool that decides who we match up against in league of Legends random matchup. still not sure how i end up playing against gold and silver division people when i'm not even level 30 yet

 

[Hamster]

probably the same tool that decides who we match up against in league of Legends random matchup. still not sure how i end up playing against gold and silver division people when i'm not even level 30 yet

I'll confess, I actually signed up (straight after my friend told me about the guy that hacked it) to see how it works and I've actually met one of the lasses on the site (was a pretty meh evening to be honest). A lot of women on there are single mothers in their middle to late 20's, smokers and all of them are "outgoing, adventurous loving life and live for the outdoors". All of them.

The matching seems to rely heavily on the questions they ask (and those questions seem to be user submitted because some are down right stupid). "Would you date someone with oral herpes (fever blisters)?" and "Which is more important, the life of an animal or a human being?" as examples (women seem to favour animals over human beings most of the time). It is multiple choice with your answers, answers you will "accept" and how important that answer is.

 

[STS]

I'll confess, I actually signed up (straight after my friend told me about the guy that hacked it) to see how it works and I've actually met one of the lasses on the site (was a pretty meh evening to be honest). A lot of women on there are single mothers in their middle to late 20's, smokers and all of them are "outgoing, adventurous loving life and live for the outdoors". All of them.

The matching seems to rely heavily on the questions they ask (and those questions seem to be user submitted because some are down right stupid). "Would you date someone with oral herpes (fever blisters)?" and "Which is more important, the life of an animal or a human being?" as examples (women seem to favour animals over human beings most of the time). It is multiple choice with your answers, answers you will "accept" and how important that answer is.

my partner and i were also on the website for the hell of it, she ended up getting a lot more messages(most of them being creepy), and i got a few from women who high tailed it when they discovered i had a kid. the questions are poorly thought out and i had to mark most questions as "not relevant." it seems like the only people who would benefit from the questions are people who have strong stances against certain things, ie smoking, religion, bad grammar, etc

edit: also funny story, my profile ended up getting deleted due to drama elsewhere on the internet and my partner deleted it after people kept referencing her on their profiles of people they've met. crazy world we live in