Inside the new offices of OkCupid Labs, you won’t find beakers. The experiment happens here on the couch, where engineers brainstorm ways they can use data to be the ultimate matchmaker.
I jumped into the internet ball pit of online dating as a free, simple way of getting over my last girlfriend. It was great! It was convenient, quick and distracting. And then I read a bad review about myself online.
OK Cupid’s been a source of both companionship and weird sex statistics for millions of perfectly normal lonelyhearts through the years. But, as one ambitious Tumblrer has been sharing, for a lot of major creeps! Creeps who (warning!) use a lot of NSFW sexytime words.
Nate Silver, stats wiz and predictor-extraordinaire, has set his mathematical mind on something a little sexier than the electoral college: sex. His findings? If you want to do that (sex), go out on a Wednesday. Why? Data explains!
OkCupid is through tainting its pool of attractive members with all you degenerates out there. So this week, the dating site sent an exclusive email to the “top half” of its most attractive users. With hot person privileges galore!
