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How a scientist on OKCupid became the top match for 30,000 women

Here's a story about a data scientist who was able to separate women on OKCupid into seven groups and, as a result, was able to figure out what were the important questions that women were looking for honest answers to. She answered all of them honestly and became the perfect match for 30,000 women on OKCupid.

How a scientist on OKCupid became the top match for 30,000 women

OkCupid is known by many names, including "The Google of online dating," "The best free dating site," and many more .

OkCupid works very simply. This free dating site finds the compatibility of two people based on their answers to specific questions. The more similar their answers to the questions, the greater the chances that they are a good match for each other.

Data scientist Chris McKinlay spent some of his free time on OKCupid as a graduate student. Then, with access to a supercomputer, he began analyzing OKCupid's question sets and answers and was able to come up with a solution to the problem.

He was able to separate the women around him into seven groups. With this separation, he was able to understand which group had the highest probability of compatibility with him and which questions were most important to the women from that group.

This way, he was able to know the basic questions. So he answered all these questions honestly and became the perfect match for 30,000 women and started receiving a huge volume of unsolicited messages. Finally, he found his true love on his 88thdate .

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