OkCupid,2.8M profiles out of 3.2M tested, open to all by default(yakamo.org)
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OkCupid,2.8M profiles out of 3.2M tested, open to all by default
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thats fantastic, i will have to have a look, i imagine its a bit more organised than my quick scrape
To the author: scientific notation (with only 2-3 digits of precision) would make most of this much more readable. Also avg and std deviation are usually more informative than avg + max. Or better yet just make a histogram (probably with log axes). Cool article!
Are you saying 42% of profiles are empty? That would seem to indicate that OkCupid is really puffing up their MAU numbers.
yeah i noticed it a lot while checking profiles that there was just nothing written up at all. never really thought about it being a fake profile.
Not Okcupid, but another dating site I went to had one profile message me. In her hobbies list it said "I really enjoy: NULL"
I've seen a few women* list a programing language in addition to other languages on online dating profiles.
* I'm sure there are some men that do it too, but I don't browse those profiles.
* I'm sure there are some men that do it too, but I don't browse those profiles.
could be fun to search the search the data for tech references :)
haha
> My personal opinion is that profiles should be set as private by default as people don't often investigate the options they have, even i didnt realise my profile could be viewed publicly by the rest of the world.
It's a dating site.
It's a dating site.
It always seems to be on any site where you have to create a profile, by default it'll be exposed to google.
I really wish there was a checkbox at the end of a registration form that said something like "Show Publicly". I'd wager most people would leave it unchecked.
I really wish there was a checkbox at the end of a registration form that said something like "Show Publicly". I'd wager most people would leave it unchecked.
yeah it appears people including my self don't notice
yes it is, but it should be private when your logged out, its public to those who dont have an account on okcupid
To clarify, the default state is that the profile is available to logged-out users.
Is that worse than it being available to logged-in users?
Sure, you can't control what randoms on the Internet might look at your public profile, but you can't control who signs up for OKC accounts and looks at your private one, either.
Sure, you can't control what randoms on the Internet might look at your public profile, but you can't control who signs up for OKC accounts and looks at your private one, either.
Correct
I looked through it and it's very robust. I should have a few data visualizations up using it soon.