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Online Dating: What to Say in First Message


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"Ok, here’s the experiment. We analyzed over 500,000 first contacts on our dating site, OkCupid. Our program looked at keywords and phrases, how they affected reply rates, and what trends were statistically significant. The result: a set of rules for what you should and shouldn’t say when introducing yourself. Online dating advice at its best. Let’s go:"

 

While this was published almost two years ago at OKCupid, it just appeared on Slashdot today:

 

http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/online-dating-advice-exactly-what-to-say-in-a-first-message/

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/25/0513227/Why-Nobody-Wants-You-On-OKCupid

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