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Almost None of the Women in the Ashley Madison Database Ever Used the Site

60 points by coldcode 11y ago

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lookout42 11y ago
why doesn't that seem to interest anyone?
- sixtypoundhound 11y ago
  Actually, I liked the detective work (former fraud hunter here); good use of statistics to spot implausible patterns.
- johnward 11y ago
  It's interesting because it's likely they were shill accounts created by the company to give the appearance of having active female users so that males would pay for a chance to hook up. It's not uncommon in the online dating world though. I'm pretty sure that's how most of those sites start out. I'm wondering if it's bordering on fraud though?
  - cmurf 11y ago
    It's not bordering on. It's definitely fraud. The whole point is to deceive in order to achieve financial gain. Not all fraud is a crime. Proving false advertising, in this case, might be both challenging and amusing.
lookout42 11y ago
shouldn't the question be were the content of the communication the male population obviously engaged in came from? edit: typo
jpeg_hero 11y ago
fantastic. question is: will this deter new male sign-ups?? will this cause male cancellations? logic says it should. i would love to see similar analysis on Zoosk, another site that i personally believe has zero female activity. i also personally believe that they are much more aggressive on the fake account creation due to their monetization scheme (seeing seeing female profiles triggers male money purchases)
- IndianAstronaut 11y ago
  One site I went to didn't manage their databases well, so I got a like from someone who said "My hobbies are NULL".
- Kalium 11y ago
  Basically every dating site has this problem. I think it's linked to the usage pattern every site devolves into - men say yes to everything and women are extremely selective.
topkai22 11y ago
Fascinating. If this holds up and is well publicized this has the potentially to change the nature of a revelation that someone had signed up for AM. The "honey, I signed up in a moment of weakness, but look, nothing happened" argument gets a lot more plausible if their really were no women on the site.
- cmurf 11y ago
  The followup to that though, is whether they were hooking up with other married dudes...
Balgair 11y ago
Stanford has a higher acceptance rate at 5.7%. Yes, you have a better shot at getting into Stanford than getting lucky on AM.
- chrisdevereux 11y ago
  50% of you...
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60 points by coldcode 11y ago

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lookout42 11y ago

why doesn't that seem to interest anyone?

sixtypoundhound 11y ago
Actually, I liked the detective work (former fraud hunter here); good use of statistics to spot implausible patterns.
johnward 11y ago
It's interesting because it's likely they were shill accounts created by the company to give the appearance of having active female users so that males would pay for a chance to hook up. It's not uncommon in the online dating world though. I'm pretty sure that's how most of those sites start out. I'm wondering if it's bordering on fraud though?
- cmurf 11y ago
  It's not bordering on. It's definitely fraud. The whole point is to deceive in order to achieve financial gain. Not all fraud is a crime. Proving false advertising, in this case, might be both challenging and amusing.

lookout42 11y ago

shouldn't the question be were the content of the communication the male population obviously engaged in came from? edit: typo

jpeg_hero 11y ago

fantastic. question is: will this deter new male sign-ups?? will this cause male cancellations? logic says it should. i would love to see similar analysis on Zoosk, another site that i personally believe has zero female activity. i also personally believe that they are much more aggressive on the fake account creation due to their monetization scheme (seeing seeing female profiles triggers male money purchases)

IndianAstronaut 11y ago
One site I went to didn't manage their databases well, so I got a like from someone who said "My hobbies are NULL".
Kalium 11y ago
Basically every dating site has this problem. I think it's linked to the usage pattern every site devolves into - men say yes to everything and women are extremely selective.

topkai22 11y ago

Fascinating. If this holds up and is well publicized this has the potentially to change the nature of a revelation that someone had signed up for AM. The "honey, I signed up in a moment of weakness, but look, nothing happened" argument gets a lot more plausible if their really were no women on the site.

cmurf 11y ago
The followup to that though, is whether they were hooking up with other married dudes...

Balgair 11y ago

Stanford has a higher acceptance rate at 5.7%. Yes, you have a better shot at getting into Stanford than getting lucky on AM.

chrisdevereux 11y ago
50% of you...

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