{"id":691,"date":"2013-07-16T07:32:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T12:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aguidetoselfsabotage.com\/?p=691"},"modified":"2013-07-16T07:33:54","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T12:33:54","slug":"a-reverse-engineering-of-match-percentage-calculations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aguidetoselfsabotage.com\/2013\/07\/16\/a-reverse-engineering-of-match-percentage-calculations\/","title":{"rendered":"A reverse engineering of match percentage calculations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone is scored according to some mystery math &#8211; Credit scores, Search Algorithms and Mating Match percentage. Everyone is calculated inside a hidden box. The Math Junkies at OK Stupid have reversed engineered one of the more popular online dating algorithms. You&#8217;ll never trust math again.<\/p>\n<p>The Variables:<br \/>\nd, distance from potential mate<br \/>\na, age range<br \/>\nq, percentage of questions with similar results<br \/>\nr, relevance of question asked<br \/>\ng, grammar score of question asked<\/p>\n<p>Since the questions in this particular algorithm are user generated (ex. would you rather be weird or normal? I&#8217;d rather be alive.) the weighting of them, from the best of our calculations is based on the average pollen count in the subjects area for a random Tuesday in 1993. We call it the X factor filter. Follow the math and you&#8217;ll see.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_692\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-692\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-692\" alt=\"Calculations for online dating match percentage.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aguidetoselfsabotage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/math-percentage.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aguidetoselfsabotage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/math-percentage.png 600w, https:\/\/www.aguidetoselfsabotage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/math-percentage-300x280.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calculations for online dating match percentage.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Maybe I should only message those that are my enemies. That math can&#8217;t be any less mathy. Probably.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Dating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone is scored according to some mystery math &#8211; Credit scores, Search Algorithms and Mating Match percentage. Everyone is calculated inside a hidden box. The Math Junkies at OK Stupid have reversed engineered one of the more popular online dating algorithms. You&#8217;ll never trust math again. The Variables: d, distance from potential mate a, age [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A reverse engineering of match percentage calculations - OKStupid<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aguidetoselfsabotage.com\/2013\/07\/16\/a-reverse-engineering-of-match-percentage-calculations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A reverse engineering of match percentage calculations - OKStupid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Everyone is scored according to some mystery math &#8211; Credit scores, Search Algorithms and Mating Match percentage. 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