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Re:How a Math Genius Hacked OkCupid to Find True Love by quenlinlom on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @05:11AM (#7101783)
Does anyone think that this is really creepy?

I mean, men using dating sites like OkCupid are mostly creepy people already, but actually writing programs to automate stuff on OkCupid?

That's basically fulfilling the prophecy that men are just in for the sex.

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Re:How a Math Genius Hacked OkCupid to Find True Love by Crake on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @07:38AM (#7102213)
>Does anyone think that this is really creepy?

No.

>I mean, men using dating sites like OkCupid are mostly creepy people already,

Wow.

>but actually writing programs to automate stuff on OkCupid?

Do you realize what site you're on?

>That's basically fulfilling the prophecy that men are just in for the sex.

Uh...how, exactly?

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Re:How a Math Genius Hacked OkCupid to Find True Love by iso-8859-1 on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @05:51AM (#7101899)
Why does have anything to do with sex? It's just confirming that people get discouraged too quickly by imperfect profiles and that men want to meet women.
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Re:How a Math Genius Hacked OkCupid to Find True Love by versk on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @06:30AM (#7101992)
> That's basically fulfilling the prophecy that men are just in for the sex.

How in god's name did you reach that conclusion?

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