OkCupid CEO Presents Hard Facts On Online Dating

Sam Yagan, CEO of one of the biggest online dating sites OkCupid, has some dating tips for you. Watch his interview with Big Think where he presents some of the data mined from the behavior of over 3.5 million active users of OkCupid and look out for the golden tips he gives (not always directly though). Like this one:

Men who look away from the camera and don’t smile have a much higher chance of getting a response than those who look directly into the camera.

Interestingly, a recent research supports his statement.

You know what to do next, don’t ya Stud ;)

Big Think brings more of his observations from his site:

• Unlike men, women do better when they look directly into the camera.
• Women in their early 20s who show cleavage in their profiles do around 24% better, but that number rises to 79% by the time they hit age 32. Similarly, men who show their abs do    better—but men only show their abs when they have really nice abs.
• The most common profile phrase for white men is “Tom Clancy.” For white women, it’s “Boston Red Sox.” Hispanic men reference humor and mixed martial arts, while black women    reference God, Jesus, and religion.
• People in their 20s and 30s are almost race-blind when it comes to deciding who to message for a date. People in their 50s and 60s message people of their own race around twice as   frequently.
• Unless they’re over 6 feet tall, men lie almost uniformly about their height, estimating up by approximately 2 inches.

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Big Think: “6 Data-Driven Dating Facts From OkCupid CEO Sam Yagan”

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