I think from their perspective, publishing it was a mistake. A lot of companies publish anonymized user stats but usually they don't say or mean a whole lot. I'm pretty sure OkCupid didn't intend to get in the middle of a hot political topic and prove that the incel movement might have a point.

I imagine a lot of tech companies are holding on to some extremely volatile truths about society that they do not want becoming public.

I think it was in times when OkCupid had a soul bacause original founder was still with them (or at least his spirit). And his goal was for people to better understand each other and themselves not just suck up cash from the hornies.

I completely agree with you that's completely insane decision from the point of view of soulless corp that just wants to suck people dry.