mario_C Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 From a site you should be visiting more: Amy Webb: How I hacked online dating | Video on TED.com
salparadise Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 I like it. I wonder how arctic seal hunter guy (with male pattern baldness) is going to feel about her preponderance for algorithms, score keeping and well crafted spreadsheets tracking his performance as time goes by? I'm thinking the guy who slipped out of the restaurant may have been the smarter of the two. 2
Author mario_C Posted October 3, 2013 Author Posted October 3, 2013 Ah, the perils of dating a scientist (or economist). He's a doctor, so hopefully he's got OCD traits and rigorous study habits that match hers.
Sanman Posted October 4, 2013 Posted October 4, 2013 Ha, quite an entertaining TED talk. Being a researcher and numbers person myself, I was quite amused. I think she approached online dating in a similar manner to myself, though she went way farther than I ever considered. At the end of the day, she accomplished her goal. It does, however, take some of the magic out of it. 1
Author mario_C Posted October 5, 2013 Author Posted October 5, 2013 That's what research and math does, kill the magic. But it's for an important reason - to remind people magic is BS.
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