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It's so pervasive now that you could make the statement true by replacing nerd with any other group of people. The only exception would be people in relationships or marriages. Unfortunately, even that is becoming questionable: look at Ashley Madison and its nearly 2 million uniques per month.
I wish there were a dating site mainly for nerds, really. I don't know how you could maintain that.
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It was after their acquisition by IAC in 2011. Match.com is owned by IAC, so technically it was taken over by IAC. The CEO said multiple times they'd never charge, but plans tend to change after you get acquired.
Paying (for A-List) is entirely optional and gets you extra, nonessential features (like no ads and extra search parameters). It's been around since 2009, long before IAC bought us. Using OkCupid is still, and will stay, free.
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Funny things happen when companies get acquired. They stop acting like a startup and they start acting like large, slow companies, which is unfortunate. That blog was single-handedly what drove their traffic more than anything. Everyone I talk to said they found out about OkCupid through that blog. OkCupid knows this. The founders said they almost quit and that blog was their saving grace. Is it any coincidence that…
> Is it any coincidence that the blog stopped around the same time they were acquired? It served its purpose and ran its course. They're done innovating in the space. We'll have to let startups lead the next wave of innovation in online dating. First, I used to work on the OkTrends team, but I'm speaking for myself, not on behalf of OkCupid. OkTrends didn't shut down after the acquisition - in fact, they made two pos…
We had Christian Rudder writing the blog. Yes, he studied math at Harvard, but the math on OkTrends was high school level. And with a lot of statistical hand-waving and over-simplification. His posts were great because he's such an amazing writer, not because he's awesome at math. (He's certainly the best writer I know.)
Many startups stop innovating after they're acquired - OkCupid is definitely not one of them.
Can you elaborate on this? What innovation have they done since they were acquired by IAC, discounting Crazy Blind Date? I've used better mobile apps for dating than CBD, that app didn't work for me.
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This is something that needs to exist, and I'm very excited about it. We may build this at CupidWithFriends. I've thought about tags for a while now, the problem is you don't have an identity layer to actually verify whether the tags are true or not. Think LinkedIn endorsements, but for dating. Lying is a huge problem, 81% of all online dating users will lie about some aspect of themselves. I wrote this comment befor…
Who is going to post on a dating site that their friend is really fatter than they're claiming? I imagine most people would consider that unthinkably mean.
My theory is the problem of people lying on their profiles will go away when their friends are using the site with them.
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I'll point out that anyone selling in multiple currencies has to deal with hedging fx risk Yes, and anyone whose business involves juggling chainsaws has to pay an awful lot for workplace insurance, but Bingo Card Creator doesn't involve chainsaws. Bitcoin proponents love to say "No transaction fees! Can your credit card processor do that?" while perhaps forgetting to mention that the actual mechanism for achieving t…
Transaction fees are part of the spec for bitcoin. Who says there are no transaction fees?
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I thought this was funny, but downvoted because it was also rude and unproductive. I wish we could talk about Bitcoin without saying either 1. that its expected value is negative infinity dollars and pyramid tulip 2. that its expected value is infinity dollars and oppression fiat. I think both sides are well aware of the counter arguments. But even though that will never happen, I think we can stop short of allowing…
Is "uses an online dating service" still an ad hominem? It seems to be a pretty widely used way to meet people these days.