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The OKCupid data science team released some interesting data on this stuff a long time ago (but still interesting and relevant) that backs up your experience th

The OKCupid data science team released some interesting data on this stuff a long time ago (but still interesting and relevant) that backs up your experience that Asian males have it tough. You have to head to the archives to find the articles - "How your race affects the messages you get": https://web.archive.org/web/20140728212935/http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-race-affects-whether-people-write-you-back/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140728212935/http://blog.okcup...

ciarannolan 6y ago
The data was so interesting that they removed most posts related to race from their blog. I genuinely still wonder why.
- ku-man 6y ago
  Since nowadays anything can be interpreted as racist or misogynistic... It's a pity in any case. Young men and women (men mostly, since dating is a game where only women know the rules) need to be aware of the conscious and subconscious bias all of us have.
- alisonkisk 6y ago
  Match.com bought OKC and cleaned up the PR to remove unhappy thoughts.
  - kevin_thibedeau 6y ago
    It's bad for business if anyone knows the truth.
- chordalkeyboard 6y ago
  Because humans today, especially the cyber-anglosphere, have a lot of issues about race and its often easier to avoid talking about it than to risk offending one group or another.