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I get where the domain name comes from, but are you sure the co-founder you're looking for is only "ok"?

• nedwin 13y ago
  Do you feel the same way about OKCupid? "Are you sure the boy/girlfriend you're looking for is only 'ok'?"
  • rdl 13y ago
    With OKCupid, I thought it was implying the selection process is "just OK" -- as in it's a sort of effective but not perfect matching system. Not that the people found are only OK (I personally only ever found crazy people, but I know a few people who got married from OKC...)
    • anthonycole 13y ago
      I actually don't have an OKCupid account. I deleted it a few weeks ago. I've heard of other people getting married and a few of my best friends met through a dating website, but yeah. I think that it's not necessarily because of it. danah boyd's talk here is a good reference: http://talks.webstock.org.nz/speakers/danah-boyd/culture-fear-attention-economy/ http://talks.webstock.org.nz/speakers/danah-boyd/culture-fea... The TL;DR I got from that talk is that "Internet bullying isn't bad as normal bullying, it is just portrayed differently". In line with that argument, I would say that dating websites in general just bring out those "crazy people" you meet in a different way. Because at the end of the day, the "crazy people" would still exist.
    • goodside 13y ago
      The story of the name "OkCupid" is here: http://www.quora.com/OkCupid/Whats-the-story-behind-OKCupids-name-How-did-they-choose-OK-as-the-prefix http://www.quora.com/OkCupid/Whats-the-story-behind-OKCupids...