Tag: dating
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Online Dating Statistics: Ideal First Messages
After looking at race and religion, the online dating site OkCupid turns its statistical eye toward the actual content of the messages sent between participants. It’s worth noting that the average response/reply rate is 32%. First up,Ā what to say in a first message: Be literate.Ā Netspeak, bad grammar, and bad spelling are huge turn-offs. The worst…
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Online Dating Statistics: Religion and Race
The online dating website OkCupid has a rather fascinating blog,Ā OkTrends, written by two of the four mathematics majors who founded the site. Still in it’s infancy the blog has a few fascinating posts studying data gleamed from their expansive user base. Starting out with a brief look at their matching algorithm and the control group…
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Online Dating and OkCupid
OkCupid, one of the biggest online dating websites around, has had a bit of an up and down history. Originally called SparkMatch, itself a by-product of the once popular TheSpark, the site was one of the first completely free dating websites that now abound online. Inc. Magazine looks at the history of OkCupidāit’s struggles and…