According to OkCupid...

[Don_Draper]

On a whim, I matched myself up with my own profile. According to the site’s superscientific matching algorythmic calculations, I would only have an 84% success rate dating myself. OkCupid also states that compared to myself:

You’re:
less aggressive
less compassionate
less geeky
greedier
more independent
less moral
more pessimistic
less scientific
less spontaneous

Go figger.

[Antinor01]

@Art Vandelay

On a whim, I matched myself up with my own profile. According to the site’s superscientific matching algorythmic calculations, I would only have an 84% success rate dating myself. OkCupid also states that compared to myself:

Go figger.

So…you could do better than yourself?

[Don_Draper]

@Antinor01

So…you could do better than yourself?

Apparently so. (But I’ve always suspected as much!)

[MissMossie]

I remember reading an FAQ on the site about that, let me see if I can find it before somebody else posts it.

Here it is:

Why do I only match myself X%?
There are 2 main reasons for this. The first is what we call “reflexive incompatibilities” – there are certain things about yourself you wouldn’t want in a match. For examples, “Would your ideal match hold the door for you?” and “Have you ever pierced your ear?” are the kinds of questions you might answer differently from your ideal match.
Second, we don’t publish your expected match percentage; rather, we publish your minimum match percentage, based on a margin of error. If you match someone 98% and we only have 5% confidence in that, we’ll publish 93%. This is the formula, whether you’re matching yourself or someone else. Back to Top