Talk:OkCupid
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This article was nominated for deletion on 2/2/2007. The result of the discussion was keep. |
Changed Chris Coyne link so that it no longer goes to the article about the footballer with the same name. 13:15, 28 January 2007
I just saw that this is up for deletion...I'm one of the founders of OkCupid. Can I get some clarification?
Samyagan 23:08, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] List of social networking websites on AfD
List of social networking websites is currently an AfD candidate. You are invited to partake in this discussion. Czj 19:05, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
The list of social networking sites is no longer up for deletion. shijeru 17:33, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Things that could be improved
I think that this article reads like an advertisement. I like OkCupid as much as the next guy, but that doesn't mean articles should try to "sell" readers on the site. Also, I think that the phrase "finding compatible people becomes very straightforward" is not neutral, in that it is unnecessarily accepting of the matching process that OkCupid uses (why are there still so many single people on the website if it's so straigtforward to find compatible people?).Ehb 19:52, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Problems section deleted
I'm a user of OKCupid and I added in factual information pertaining to problems with OKCupid, reverted by LizardWizard and described by him as an "unsourced rant".
Everything that I wrote is factual and can be checked by anyone who cares to. rrcatto 08:18, 3 April 2007 (UTC)—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Richard Catto (talk • contribs) 07:50, 3 April 2007 (UTC).
- Your contributions failed to satisfy the policies of WP:No Original Research, WP:Reliable sources, and WP:Verifiability. While this is (unfortunately) common in articles on websites, we must take care to avoid it, particularly when libelling the website (and two of its administrators). You claim that all these things can be checked by anyone who cares to, but I don't see how. If you have a source for the criticisms, then we're getting somewhere.
- Furthermore, most of the criticisms are petty. They could be levelled against many websites the size of OKC. In my opinion they don't warrant a "problems" section. It may be worth briefly noting that their communication with users is sometimes lacking and that their software is unreliable, but I don't think there's more to say than that. I've edited the article to bring it more in line with what I think we should say - what do you think? LWizard @ 09:30, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] prod
I reverted my own prod nomination--I had forgotten about the AfD. DGG 05:12, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Business model
It would be interesting if the page mentioned what business model OKC uses. It claims it is free and will always be, and doesn't use online ads, nor is it kept by any major company that I know of, so the question becomes particularly interesting. Rodrigo de Salvo Braz 07:49, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
- It does use online ads. I believe that the way it works is that you don't see any in the first 30 days, and then you see relatively fewer if your activity level is high (so they are not throwing too many ads at any small pool of people). But, yes, I would love to see more on their business model if anyone can find anything citable. - 207.246.150.86 (talk) 18:33, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Privacy Policy
It may be interesting to comment on the privacy policy the site uses. The privacy policy on this site, possibly opposite to those seen on many other sites, say that OkCupid can give your information on to anyone. On the site: "We may share your information with third parties, including companies with which we have a relationship. For example and without limitation...". See section 4 of the OkCupid Privacy Policy redn 13:35, 11 Feb 2008 (UTC)
