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Some friends I know wrote an algorithm where all it took as inputs were date/time/place of birth. Pretty cool, all the matched it made were matches amenable to
by uptownfunk 10y ago
Some friends I know wrote an algorithm where all it took as inputs were date/time/place of birth. Pretty cool, all the matched it made were matches amenable to both parties. Makes you wonder how much information really is needed and if there is a simpler way around this problem.
- baccheion 10y agoAfter analyzing many OkCupid profiles, it became clear that 16-20% of all available matches are usually good matches (above 75%). That is, if you were paired randomly with people (on the internet) of the gender and age range you were interested in (and that are interested in people your age and gender), then 1 in 5 of them, on average, would be acceptable matches. This varies wildly per person, but the overall average was surprising. That is, it seems low, but when you think about it, it's actually quite profound. You could randomly pick 5 straight or bisexual women between the ages of 19 and 37 (from among all the women in the world), for example, and it's likely 1 of them would be a good match.