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Alex C:
What LTK said. One of the issues with OKCupid's standard methodology is that it actually does a pretty good job of dismissing people outright on the grounds of dumb bullshit that neither of you may actually care about very much in the big scheme of things. I see no reason to be disgusted over someone bypassing what amounts to an arbitrary filter that is haphazardly applied to the arbitrary process that is dating.

Metope:
At the same time, I can't put my finger on exactly what I find creepy about it, but it might be the fact that it almost seems like he didn't consider that the profiles belonged to actual human beings to begin with. If I found out the person I was dating chose me because he'd lumped me in with a bunch of women who had answered stupid questions similarly to myself, I'd be more than a little wary.

Also, that he answered all the questions honestly and ended up with such a different set of high matches (no one over 90% to begin with and then all of the sudden a massive amount of them) doesn't seem right to me. He even admitted to adjusting his answers accordingly with the 'this answer is mandatory with this group and slightly less important than that with the other group', how is that total honesty? No wonder he went on like a million dates before he found someone he clicked with.

Method of Madness:
In some ways I see it as trusting his system to set him up on lots and lots of blind dates. In that way it's LESS advanced than standard online dating.

GarandMarine:
He got the interview. Sure you go to 80 interviews and get told to fuck off for 79 of them, but you do what you have to do to get the interview in the first place. Eventually you'll get the RIGHT interview.

Aimless:
While I think this was cool simply by virtue of being unique and impressive, I have reservations about his method in principle because I don't think that it is, in the end, more than a cool way to facilitate getting a large number of blind dates very quickly by exploiting his targets' faith in OkCupid's selection/matching process. Loli hit the nail on the head:


--- Quote ---While there is a science to compatibility and to fishing out the people you want to spend time with out of a bunch of people, I think he took it too far. While his endeavor was ultimately successful, he also cut a lot of women out of his pool that he could have had a chance with but didn't include because they didn't fit his "list."

That's the problem with a lot of people who are interested in dating! They have a list of everything that their significant other must be and then overlook equally good people with qualities that they hadn't even thought of. If you're too busy making a checklist of what you want, you miss out on a lot of good opportunities.
--- End quote ---

There's nothing to say that his selection gave him what he really wants or needs--in fact, most of the dates were not even remotely promising--and nothing to say that the one he's ended up with is somehow the "best of the best" for him. Of course, that just puts him in the same position as everyone else and I guess any woman who can say yes to such a doofus must love him enough for their relationship to have a decent shot ;)

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