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They'll either ruin it or shut it down. Match sucks just in general design as a site compared to OKC. I do agree with those saying that this might be the best
by bugsy 16y ago
They'll either ruin it or shut it down. Match sucks just in general design as a site compared to OKC.
I do agree with those saying that this might be the best way for the OKC developers to cash out and get paid for their work. Perhaps it was inevitable.
For users of Match, the best outcome from this deal would be for Match to replace their whole engine with that of OKC. I doubt that will happen though.
For users of OKC, the worst outcome from this deal would be to be forcibly migrated to Match (as yahoo personals users were - which is what I think is most likely to happen here) and get buried in the far less interesting personal ads and less fun community of Match.
- rdouble 16y agoMatch is IAC. IAC will just leave it as is.
- drhodes 16y agoI hadn't heard of IAC, so I looked it up: "IAC is a leading internet company with more than 50 fast-growing, highly-related brands serving loyal consumer audiences... our mission is to harness the power of interactivity to make daily life easier and more productive for people all over the world."
- sethg 16y agoThey own a whole bunch of businesses (http://www.iac.com/Our-Businesses/ http://www.iac.com/Our-Businesses/), including shoebuy.com, where a friend of mine works.
- mortenjorck 16y agoHuh. Vimeo. This revelation actually gives me a lot of faith in rdouble's prediction that "IAC will just leave it as is."
- LokiSnake 16y agoThat's actually calmed me down quite a bit. I'm sure the OkCupid guys are smart enough to get some autonomy.
- softbuilder 16y agoStraight out of the Dilbert mission statement generator.