You might want to make sure that your account is actually gone. I was under the impression that I deleted mine over a year ago, but apparently I was both a) wrong and b) much fatter then.
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What a wholesome wonderful place this is. 
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Thanks. I just checked, and got this message
But, I have over the past few days (sparked by this thread, as it happens) been re-creating myself there, this time as KneadToKnow.
So I opened an account on OK Cupid a long time ago to see tdn’s profile when he was asking for suggestions about his profile. And I hadn’t intended on using it. But I kept getting e-mails that got me curious, so I went back on to check it out one day.
And now I’m fascinated, like Idle Thoughts, in answering the questions and seeing what others have said. And then who they say I’d match with. And then reading their profiles to see what kinds of people they are.
And I’ve noticed some things. Because of the way things are set up, if someone leaves their account on 24/7 and doesn’t log out, they have a better chance of showing up as a match for others because most of the filters use last login as part of the filter. And if you answer a ton of questions, your chance of being on someone’s matching front page is a lot higher. And I’m guessing that there’s a way to answer questions so your match percentages are higher too because the same few people keep showing up as a match for me regardless of how I configure the search settings.
So to answer tdn’s question about why someone would join a dating site if they weren’t serious about getting a date. . . maybe they joined to look at your profile and then got fascinated at the process.
And btw, I probably looked up most of your profiles back before I knew that they kept track of OK stalkers. If you know who I am, please don’t out me here. I’d like to keep these two realms separated.
Glad I could help. 
I totally forgot about this thread, but I’ve since put a new profile up on some other sites, and I’m getting pretty decent responses. I just updated my OkCupid profile, let’s see if anything happens with this one. I’m not terribly confident.
I got one in solidarity with my brother who’d just been dumped, for fun (I like surveys) and to cheer him up. I noted that I wasn’t looking for a relationship, but I still get cruising messages from guys and I don’t know what to do - whether or not I answer I feel guilty, and if I delete my account I won’t get to do the surveys and see who the computer matches me up with (which is often fun to see) anymore. So, mostly I don’t answer and feel guilty.
You could answer and say “actually, I’m not looking right now.” Make sure your “what you’re looking for” checkoffs reflect that.
There’s no need to feel guilty. As you’ve found, whether or not you say you’re not looking for anything, people are still going to pester you. It seems to be a fact of life on such sites.
You can just delete everything from your profile (especially pictures!) and then people won’t want to write you.
I just got stalked yesterday by someone who was 0% match, 0% friend and 87% enemy. I want to make friends with him. 
I’m Misnomer921, but my profile is pretty much empty these days: I met my SO there over a year ago (I’m moving in with him in May). 
My quizzes and questions are still there, though – in fact, I keep my profile there just so they (and the comments I’ve left for people) don’t go away. I like the site. The pool of single/divorced men my age is rather small, but I find the quality is better than at Match or Yahoo. I met my previous boyfriend on OKCupid, too, almost 3 years ago.
Heh. That’s a more friendly option than what I have heard others say–get together with your high enemies and do battle.
Guys are going to hit on you no matter what. My (ex)fiancee has/had an account there and clearly had her status marked as “Seeing Someone” but that didn’t stop guys (in her area) from still PMing her and asking to meet and everything.
Eventually she took one of them up on it, hence why she’s “ex” today.
I don’t have a picture up so I don’t get hit on, which is kinda nice.
I have a couple questions for those of you who know how the site works. I’m looking more for friends and e-mail buddies. Is there a filter to search for that?
How many messages can you send/receive? Is it unlimited?
How many questions have you answered?
Do you see the same people regardless of how many questions you’ve answered. When I had answered 72 questions, I had the same match percentages with the same bunch of people that I now have with 120 questions answered. If I start answering in the hundreds, is there more differentiation between matched people?
It seems that no matter how I configure the searches, the same people keep popping up. Does this happen to you also?
Idle Thoughts, there’s a question about that very thing there. . . to the effect of . . . if you found someone, would you take down your OK Cupid profile? I think I skipped that one. Maybe to answer yes and have it be mandatory would work.
I have an account. I log in to check it, but that’s it. My profile must suck cause very few people send me messages (of course, I live in a lower population area, too.) Of course, I search for women and…well…sigh, maybe I’m just too picky when it comes to looks? 
(My name is DrBouvenstein, BTW.)
Another question. Did any of you put your names in it? Under the FAQs, it says that if you pick someone as your favorite, they’re given your first and last name. When I read that, I freaked out because I had picked some people as favorites just so I could see their profile again without having to try to find them again. But I sure didn’t want anyone to see my name. So I went and deleted anyone from my favorites list in great haste.
But then I thought, I didn’t give a name when I registered. So how could they be giving them my name when I didn’t give it OK Cupid to begin with?
So did any of you register and give your full name?
Your favorites don’t get your name anymore, so unless they already knew it from being old favorites (I mean longer ago than last year), you’re safe.
This is a total aside, Idle, but I had NO IDEA that you were ChrisLN, my old LJ friend from way back. That’s hysterical.
I made an account yesterday out of boredom and curiosity(mizpumpkin).
I am satisfied to see that I am a 93% match for my own self. Phew
This is just a guess, but I’m thinking that I know how people can manipulate the system so that their match percentage is pretty high with many people and their enemy percentage is low. If they answer many questions, then pick three out of the four for what they want the other person to answer, then it’s likely that they won’t alienate too many people. Does that sound plausible? And then if they’re logged in and don’t log out, they’re also high in the rankings of people who just checked in.
Thanks!! Whew, someone did the same thing to me today (asked to be put on my favorites), so I really started to wonder there for a bit.
I saw that too. Strange, huh?
What happens if some guy matches you more than you match yourself. Would you have to ask him what you’re thinking? :dubious: