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> I’m now quite skeptical of quantification of romance and the idea that similarity makes for good relationships. That was part of what made OkCupid amazing: I
by Semaphor 3y ago
> I’m now quite skeptical of quantification of romance and the idea that similarity makes for good relationships.
That was part of what made OkCupid amazing: It wasn’t even always similarity. You could answer a Question with A, want your match to answer with B or C, and assign how important that answer is.
This level of "complexity" seems unthinkable in modern apps.
I, too, met my wife on OkCupid around 2014, we both had over 1000 questions answered. Luckily, you could also get matches outside your area, she was on another continent ;)
Another thing I realized is that as an average looking, slightly overweight guy, you could easily get replies from "rarely replies" women by actually reading their profile and writing more than one sentence without being an asshole.