General OkCupid Proudly Admits It Experiments On People All The Time

[FireCat]

Remember last month when everyone hated on Facebook for manipulating people's moods in the name of science? On Monday, the dating website OkCupid came to Facebook's defense by admitting that it, too, runs experiments on people.

Let's just say the reaction wasn't much better.

Christian Rudder, one of OkCupid's founders, wrote a company blog post Monday explaining that he and his engineers sometimes play around with people's accounts to figure out the best way to build the site. In the past, Rudder wrote, that tweaking has included hiding profile text and telling pairs of people who might have made great matches that they weren't actually good for each other.

Despite the breezy tone of Rudder's post, lots of people weren't very happy.

OkCupid Proudly Admits It Experiments On People All The Time

OkCupid Proudly Admits It Experiments On People All The Time

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[Accname]

Yeah right! Fuck those people!
Who needs dignity anyhow?

 

[Hatebreeder]

All Networks do that, it's no big secret.
I guess one could also say that because okcupid is experimenting with their users, they have achieved a form of expertise that no one else can hold up against ( unless all those other dating sites also admit experimenting with their users. But when that happens they all need to systematically reveal information on the statistics and what not. Transparency is never good for a company that relies on inside information ).

 

[seph ir oth]

I think what makes it a big issue for some is how they chirpily talk about it, seemingly laughing at what they're doing. That's pretty mean

 

[FireCat]

I think what makes it a big issue for some is how they chirpily talk about it, seemingly laughing at what they're doing. That's pretty mean

Yeah! They seem so proud about that.