Poll: OkCupid stories

#1

Post by abraham » Thu, Oct 28, 2010, 3:20 PM UTC

What has your experience been with OkCupid and online dating?

Bases off of the discussion from http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1842557

Re: Poll: OkCupid stories

#2

Post by eof » Thu, Oct 28, 2010, 3:28 PM UTC

This poll kind of sucks? I am a member of okcupid and a pay dating site and not in a relationship.

It doesn't capture the fact that I have met and dated off of okcupid and pof, and not off of pay sites.

Re: Poll: OkCupid stories

#3

Post by justinchen » Thu, Oct 28, 2010, 3:28 PM UTC

My brother is dating someone he found on okcupid.

Re: Poll: OkCupid stories

#4

Post by abraham » Thu, Oct 28, 2010, 3:38 PM UTC

eof wrote: post #2

This poll kind of sucks? I am a member of okcupid and a pay dating site and not in a relationship. It doesn't capture the fact that I have met and dated off of okcupid and pof, and not off of pay sites.

Welcome to the world of multiple choice. Choose the one you most identify with.

Re: Poll: OkCupid stories

#5

Post by noodle » Thu, Oct 28, 2010, 4:05 PM UTC

eof wrote: post #2

This poll kind of sucks? I am a member of okcupid and a pay dating site and not in a relationship. It doesn't capture the fact that I have met and dated off of okcupid and pof, and not off of pay sites.

can't you select multiple answers?

Re: Poll: OkCupid stories

#6

Post by ojilles » Thu, Oct 28, 2010, 4:17 PM UTC

Other: not a member of any dating site, but love the statistics articles coming out of OkCupid. They are insightful and funny at the same time.

Re: Poll: OkCupid stories

#7

Post by bradlane » Thu, Oct 28, 2010, 4:18 PM UTC

Other: Married to someone I met online, but not through a dating site.

Re: Poll: OkCupid stories

#8

Post by vaksel » Thu, Oct 28, 2010, 4:21 PM UTC

personally I find all these dating sites to be completely useless for guys...too much competition.

when you hit on a girl in the real world...at worst, you are competing with the 10-15 other guys who've had the guts to talk to her in the past week.

with online, you are competing with pretty much every guy within 100-150 miles...and since most play the numbers game...you are just one of the hundreds who've messaged her.

Re: Poll: OkCupid stories

#9

Post by mike_esspe » Thu, Oct 28, 2010, 4:21 PM UTC

I can't tell for OkCupid (they are not covering my country well), but i was inspired by it and built a similar app for Russian social network and it worked very well for me.

Re: Poll: OkCupid stories

#10

Post by bgutierrez » Thu, Oct 28, 2010, 4:23 PM UTC

For a long time I expected to marry someone that I met online, since I was meeting lots of friends that way. I finally found love at the bookstore I worked at.