OKCupid: We Didn’t Censor Our Match.com-Bashing Blog Post
New York's own online dating startup OKCupidannounced that former rival Match.com bought the company for $50 million today, and there was much rejoicing. But back in April, when OKCupid wrote a post...
View ArticleTwitter Users Date Less, Jerk Off More
The peerless Christian Rudder dropped ten charts today over at OkCupid's blog. First off, it's 2 to 1 that frequent Twitter users are perpetuating a little #selflove each day. A tendency towards short,...
View ArticleComputers Have Helped New Yorkers Find Dates Since 1965
To kick off a fascinating and lengthy piece about online dating in The New Yorker this week, Nick Paumgarten looks at TACT, the Technical Automated Compatability Testing service pioneered by an I.B. M...
View ArticleOKCupid’s Brilliant ‘OKTrends’ Blog Continues To Inspire Lesser Imitators
(OKtrends) Has any startup company blog ever been as ripped off as OKTrends? OKCupid started compiling statistics about its users, thanks to Harvard data nerd and cofounder Christian Rudder, and...
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