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OkCupid: Best questions to ask on a first date
OkCupid continues their analysis on the mysteries of the dating world, this time on the best questions to ask on a first date, or rather, the best questions to ask when you actually want to find out...
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How we describe ourselves, according to online dating profiles
The traditional way to gauge who we are as a country, state, or city is to turn to Census data for population, salaries, and family size. Many interesting stories can come from this data and it's...
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When it was time to settle down with the right man, Amy Webb joined two dating sites, created a profile, and went on some horrible dates. Her solution was to create fake male profiles and then scrape...
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What the Sexes Want, in Speed Dating
A few years ago I downloaded speed dating data from experiments conducted by Raymond Fisman, et al. (2005), which represents about 8,000 dates by 551 people. On each date, people scored each other on...
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Remember when Amy Webb created a bunch of fake male profiles to scrape data from two dating sites and analyze it to find a husband? Mathematician Chris McKinlay took a similar route to find a...
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Automated Tinder and the Eigenface
Because using Tinder takes up oh so much time swiping, swiping, and swiping, Justin Long made a bot that swipes and starts conversations for him. Step 1: Use his existing preferences to create two...
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By Emily McDowell, this recounting of dates initiated by the internet is funny. Fittingly posted on Valentine's Day, a sample: Estimated percentage of profiles containing the description "fun-loving":...
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Algorithmic search for a girlfriend
Sharif Corinaldi moved from New York to Berkeley for graduate school and was in search of a mate. However, after a bit of non-success with online dating sites, he figured a 0.0025 percent chance of...
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Mathematics of love
Mathematician Hannah Fry talks about love in terms of three "mathematically verifiable" tips: how to win at online dating, when to marry, and how to avoid divorce. Perhaps useful for the...
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8 years of dating as a chart
Robin We recollected her dating record over the past eight years, and made a simple chart to show the data. Purple represents an established relationship, green represents a causal one, and black lines...
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Peak Non-Creepy Dating Pool
Based on the "half-your-age-plus-seven" rule, the range of people you can date expands with age. Combine that with population counts and demographics, and you can find when your non-creepy dating pool...
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How People Meet Their Partners
"So how'd you two meet?" There's always a story, but the general ways people meet are usually similar. Here are the most common.Read More
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Shifts in How Couples Meet, Online Takes the Top
How do couples meet now and how has it changed over the years? Watch the rankings play out over six decades.Read More
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New dating timeline
Liana Finck for Man Repeller draws out the new timeline. I’m a couple of decades removed from this timeline, but it doesn’t look very fun. I’m always down to plant some scallions though. [via...
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Online dating, who filters out what
With online dating apps, you’re able to filter out potential matches based on characteristics like age and height. The Economist charted who’s filtering out what. The chart took me a second to figure...
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Directory of date-me docs
Instead of using dating apps, some have turned to the date-me doc, which is a single, view-only page about the individual. It’s appealing, because it’s a flexible format that lets you include what you...
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