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Re: OkCupid's “Removed” Visitor API

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Post by Aaargh20318 »

alexandre_m wrote: post #60
brosner wrote: post #44

About seven years ago I met my wife on OkCupid. The only reason why I messaged her back (after had messaging with her several months earlier) was because of the frontend visitor feature. She had visited my profile randomly again. Turns out she said she accidentally clicked on to my profile intended to see someone else. I haven't used OkC since then, but I thought I'd share that in the context of this blog post ;-)

One day when you have kids, you can tell them "you are the result of a mistaken web click"

If, not when. Children are optional.

Pet peeve of mine, but too many people don't even think about it and just procreate because it's part of the Standard Life Script™.

Re: OkCupid's “Removed” Visitor API

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Post by alexandre_m »

Aaargh20318 wrote: post #81
alexandre_m wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One day when you have kids, you can tell them "you are the result of a mistaken web click"

If, not when. Children are optional. Pet peeve of mine, but too many people don't even think about it and just procreate because it's part of the Standard Life Script™.

"When" can be conditional too :)

Re: OkCupid's “Removed” Visitor API

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Post by kelnos »

astura wrote: post #55
kelnos wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think the fact that OkC now has paid features invalidates their (sadly deleted) blog post. With OkC, you can still match up with someone and accomplish what you intend to (finding dates/partners) without pulling out your credit card. Some of the paid features might (and might not) make it easier or more efficient to find a partner, but you don't need to pay them to get value out of the site. The argument in t…

The reason they deleted that blog post was because they were bought by Match.com

Not debating that; that's obviously the case, but really has nothing to do with the point I'm making.

Re: OkCupid's “Removed” Visitor API

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Post by taejo »

atomical wrote: post #34
Implicated wrote: post #21

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Likely depends on the type of partner you're seeking/find. Those who are seeking committed long term relationships, yes, likely cancel. Those who are seeking short-term/multiple relationships and would like a revolving door of them... subscriptions continue to renew. Probably has a lot to do with the price points between 'casual' dating sites/apps like Tinder and OKCupid compared to something 'more serious' like http…

How many lunches is $2,800?

Hopefully just one :)

Re: OkCupid's “Removed” Visitor API

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Post by odammit »

esrauch wrote: post #78
odammit wrote: post #72

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It wasn’t a parameter but a trick. This is a little fucked up: You go through their rating game where you can rate people 1 to 5 stars. (Optional): You rate everyone you find attractive five stars no matter how attractive because you’re going to need a way to differentiate later... Go through and rate a bunch of ugly people four stars. A shit load. When you get rated four stars or higher you get a notification. Those…

This sounds like it shouldn't work: - If it starts showing you to unusually attractive people wont those people rate you unusually low until you reach some equilibrium? - I would expect any feature determining the top most attractive should use a weighting of the raters (like PageRank) - I would expect OKC to try to be optimizing for total matches: that means they should have some system for "you rate a certain clust…

Well, it does - or maybe I’m smoking hot baby boi.

I assume it probably wouldnt work for Sloth Fratelli.

Re: OkCupid's “Removed” Visitor API

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Post by brosner »

alexandre_m wrote: post #60
brosner wrote: post #44

About seven years ago I met my wife on OkCupid. The only reason why I messaged her back (after had messaging with her several months earlier) was because of the frontend visitor feature. She had visited my profile randomly again. Turns out she said she accidentally clicked on to my profile intended to see someone else. I haven't used OkC since then, but I thought I'd share that in the context of this blog post ;-)

One day when you have kids, you can tell them "you are the result of a mistaken web click"

For the record, we have a one and half year old son :D

Re: OkCupid's “Removed” Visitor API

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Post by ksk »

Aaargh20318 wrote: post #81
alexandre_m wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One day when you have kids, you can tell them "you are the result of a mistaken web click"

If, not when. Children are optional. Pet peeve of mine, but too many people don't even think about it and just procreate because it's part of the Standard Life Script™.

> but too many people don't even think about it and just procreate because it's part of the Standard Life Script

As is their right, and not to mention biological imperative. Ironically, people not wanting kids, will be marginalized in the gene pool (assuming the trait is genetic). But yeah, overpopulation, unsustainable food needs, etc, etc. To paraphrase Dr. House, M.D. - "There are only two things people get stupid for - Money and Sex" :P

Re: OkCupid's “Removed” Visitor API

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Post by jimmaswell »

corobo wrote: post #16
toomuchtodo wrote: post #11

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You specify it as part of your profile. If you pay for A-List (paid plan), you can filter potential matches by body type. Disclosure: Paying OKCupid customer. I don't mind paying to support the service, it's provided ongoing value to us.

I have to wonder how effective paying for a dating site really is. Presumably if you find a partner through the site you stop paying? Aside from a token few they can blog about, what's their incentive to be successful?

It almost seems predatory. Nobody will be drawn to the paid version of OKC unless they weren't having success with the free version, and if someone wasn't having success with the free version then it's extremely unlikely that whatever is in the paid version is going to improve their chances.

Re: OkCupid's “Removed” Visitor API

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Post by kahnpro »

Aaargh20318 wrote: post #81
alexandre_m wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One day when you have kids, you can tell them "you are the result of a mistaken web click"

If, not when. Children are optional. Pet peeve of mine, but too many people don't even think about it and just procreate because it's part of the Standard Life Script™.

Well, the entire application is built with the purpose of guiding users into this choice. It's at the point where the longer you've run the application without procreating, the stronger the manipulation becomes.

Even people running the application in Gay Mode or loading other modules using the Gender Extension APIs run into this problem.

Re: OkCupid's “Removed” Visitor API

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Post by Madmallard »

Okcupid has been going downhill for years. Four years ago you could get matches on there even if you were average looking that werent way below your league and actually interact with a ton of people. in 2018 it is mostly bots and you wont get meaningful interaction really anymore. The tinder looks bias is also literally enforced at this point (only see messages from profiles you look at, only messaging matches). They have totally lost their way.
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