About OkTrends
At OkCupid we have a lot of information hanging around, and the other night, after some beer-drinking and script-writing, we decided to start this blog. Herein you’ll find the results of some of our experiments with our data. We update about every other week; you should follow us on twitter to find out when we’ve got something new.
All four of OkCupid’s founders were math majors, but for some reason the two with the worst grades are the ones writing this thing. The information we offer is accurate, but don’t take anything too personally, please.
If you’re unfamiliar with OkCupid, you really should check it out.
- It’s free!
- It’s powered by a matching system you control.
- The people are good-looking.
- It’s
We have 3.5 million unique users, we’re growing like crazy, and we’d love it if you joined us.
As an OkCupid member, I’d be interested to see data and analysis on use of the rating system, how many users send an email as a result of receiving a mutually positive rating, how many users actually USE the start-rating systems (across varied demographics), etc. I suspect that men use this far more than women. Then, users who are rated more highly, how likely are they participate in quickmatch, etc.
Also, maybe this is intentional, but I looked around a bit for the best place for me to send this message. If you are interested in receiving notes from the members as to “what we’d like to see” or suggestions for the blog — perhaps you could create a form for us. I realize that this would likely be overwhelming, but it’s an idea.
Overall, I think the blog is really impressive and I’ve enjoyed reading it.