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OkCupid has fake profiles but it's not THAT bad (maybe Tinder has spam problems, or so I've heard, but they're spammed because they are at scale). Nothing a rev
by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
OkCupid has fake profiles but it's not THAT bad (maybe Tinder has spam problems, or so I've heard, but they're spammed because they are at scale). Nothing a reverse-image search on Google can't usually solve.
- mdupont 12y agoI used to work there. Fraud/fake profiles are one of the hardest & most important problems to solve, and one of OKC's main competitive advantages is doing so in a scalable way. It's not a problem from the user perspective, but that's a testament to a lot of intelligent effort, not a reason why fake profiles aren't an issue.
- shostack 12y agoI've always been fascinated by that aspect of dating sites. Could you share some of the technical specifics as to what the hardest challenges are that still remain to be solved and how the cat-and-mouse game has evolved?