Another OkCupid blog post, this time about how your picture effects your success on the site.

"We analyzed over 500,000 first contacts on our dating site, OkCupid. Our program looked at keywords and phrases, how they affected reply rates, and what trends were statistically significant. The result: a set of rules for what you should and shouldn’t say when introducing yourself online."

You can probably guess my answer.

Yeah, it's pretty much an OMG i'm 27 and going to die alone post.

Wow: the Internet actually works.

I\'m impressed there are 5000 people on this dating site. Do people spam their profiles all over the place?

A 19 year old dating a 16 year old? I\'d say that\'s too young. A 23 year old dating a 20 year old? That\'s A-Ok. Not that I have <a href=\"http://funkaoshi.com/blog/valentines-day-2003\">any bias whatsoever</a> on the matter.

A few sites that let girls bad mouth the boys that have wronged them -- or that they just don\'t like very much.

An interesting discussion on dating.

This guy dated two lesbians before they decided they were in fact lesbians

Highschool kids on Metafilter? I think so.

The oversimplification makes it funny. I\'m enjoying the site as a whole.

This will probably be a long thread.

Ladies, Steph drop some knowledge to help you avoid dating gangstarrs.