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in general, okcupid is known more for casual hookups and flings than finding a serious marriage partner, so i think the results are pretty insightful for their

• steveklabnik 17y ago
  Do you think that's true? I mean, I know they have a pretty big bias toward the poly community... hm. I wonder if there's any data on that.
• nostrademons 17y ago
  I don't think that's really true - most of my friends who have used it were looking for potentially long-term relationships. Most of them have also complained about how hard it is to find long-term partners on OKCupid. So I think it's more likely that OKCupid is used to find long-term relationships, but it's successful at casual flings. (Which makes perfect sense, since long term relationships take a long time and a lot of effort, so naturally you'll see fewer of them.)
  • gridspy 17y ago
    That is a lot like most systems where once there is a successful matchup, the partners are removed from the system. So, most likely there are fewer suitable long term partners left in the dating pool on any successful site.