Surprise! Dating site OKCupid finds white guys get more replies
This week in slightly depressing confirmations that the online world is not so unlike the offline one: dating site OKCupid tracked the behavior of nearly 1 million users and found that race is correlated with whether people reply.
“Despite what you might’ve heard from the Obama campaign and organic cereal commercials, racism is alive and well,” wrote OKCupid’s Christian Rudder.
Some findings:
Among females, black women are the most likely to respond. But they get the fewest replies… Continue Reading
Icebreaker & OKCupid, the latest dating services
Do we really need more dating sites?
Venture capitalists and other investors think so — even though the field is already stuffed with competitors.
Icebreaker, of Bellevue, Wash., has raised an undisclosed amount of cash from Lightspeed Venture Partners and individual investors, to launch a mobile dating service — called Crush or Flush. You can meet people with similar interests in your area. More details about the service here. It is similar to HotorNot.com’s mobile version.
Meanwhile, OkCupid,… Continue Reading