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A Quantitative Analysis of Online Dating

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mountain-of-a-man-seeks-woman-who-smells-like-pizza dept.

imjustatomato writes "Never before has something so human and primitive as dating been reducible to such discrete values. A study analyzes the data of an online dating service. When do you like someone like yourself? Among online dating members, "marital status" and "wants children" are the two most influential characteristics to match. Other interesting findings are: men initiate 73.3% of messages, but their initiations are 17.9% less likely to be reciprocated; 78.2% of messages are never responded to."

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  1. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post!

    1. Re:first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Wow! Excellent work!!

    2. Re:first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I, too, was admiring the nice work on the first post, although they could have made it a little quicker. Still, a nice, clean first post. A firm 9/10. Keep it up!

    3. Re:first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I have to disagree with that assessment.

      I think by failing write the first letter as a capital F the poster lost at least 2 marks.

      7/10

  2. Surprise Surprise by mrbcs · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Geeks in their parents basements don't get replies from women using online dating services. Did Ric Romero write this?

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    I'm not anti-social, I'm anti-idiot.
  3. MS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Carnage Blender

    This game is for geeks only!