Re:How OkCupid predicts who you will like
by alexandercrohde on Monday October 02, 2017 @11:40AM
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Cool, in a mathy way. But it just feels emblematic of the problem of modern engineering attitudes (in that it fetishizes itself over user experience).
What I mean is that taking the convenient statistic and saying "seems to be 80% good" instead of looking at the end-user-experience is a huge part of the problem. Psychology studies show over and over that often more choice can lead to less satisfaction, for example.
[To point, maybe giving a user 5 bad matches and 1 good match is more likely to result in a date than would giving them 6 good matches. If you don't look at the big picture experience-wise all of your complicated math thoughts may be of 0 or negative value, ironically]
Now I get it's much easier to model online dating as though it's a marketplace of assets rather actual (emotional, universally irrational) humans. But I think the real value proposition is in the latter.
Re:How OkCupid predicts who you will like
by noir_lord on Monday October 02, 2017 @12:34PM
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Met my partner on OKC a few years ago, their % match was eerily accurate.
Only used it for a couple of months but the user experience was superior to the other one I tried (PoF which felt like it was abandoned).
She's pretty much a female version of me minus the programming (though her fascination with shipping and logistics is pretty much as bad as mine with computers).
Re:How OkCupid predicts who you will like
by bitwize on Monday October 02, 2017 @10:52PM
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OKStupid seems to consistently pair me with super-feminists in the Millie Tant mold.
I mean, sure, fight the good fight and all that, but if you're questioning whether you're even a woman I'm afraid dating me is not going to work out. It makes me wonder what sort of signal I sent that their algorithm locked onto.
Re:How OkCupid predicts who you will like
by Madmallard on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @04:20AM
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The fact that 80% of the women on OKCupid go for the top 20% of men on there means this b.s. doesn't matter and they're just trying to stay relevant lol.
Re:How OkCupid predicts who you will like
by yuvalr1 on Monday October 02, 2017 @01:55PM
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May be really interesting seeing whether OKC Match Percentage correlates with the double take right swipes percentage. I mean: given a calculated match between two persons, what is the probability to get a double right swipe in the double take feature.
Re:How OkCupid predicts who you will like
by Y7ZCQtNo39 on Monday October 02, 2017 @06:26PM
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Who you like versus who you are actually compatible with are two different problems. I'd imagine online dating services will never figure out the latter.
What I mean is that taking the convenient statistic and saying "seems to be 80% good" instead of looking at the end-user-experience is a huge part of the problem. Psychology studies show over and over that often more choice can lead to less satisfaction, for example.
[To point, maybe giving a user 5 bad matches and 1 good match is more likely to result in a date than would giving them 6 good matches. If you don't look at the big picture experience-wise all of your complicated math thoughts may be of 0 or negative value, ironically]
Now I get it's much easier to model online dating as though it's a marketplace of assets rather actual (emotional, universally irrational) humans. But I think the real value proposition is in the latter.
Only used it for a couple of months but the user experience was superior to the other one I tried (PoF which felt like it was abandoned).
She's pretty much a female version of me minus the programming (though her fascination with shipping and logistics is pretty much as bad as mine with computers).
I mean, sure, fight the good fight and all that, but if you're questioning whether you're even a woman I'm afraid dating me is not going to work out. It makes me wonder what sort of signal I sent that their algorithm locked onto.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html