Tag: OkCupid

12 JUN

Starting a company won’t make you a good CEO, says the serial entrepreneur cofounder of OKCupid

Hollis Johnson/Business Insider Sam Yagan started his first company, SparkNotes, his senior year at Harvard University without money or a foundation to build professional success. Yagan went on to be the CEO of Match.com after co-founding OKCupid and is now the CEO of ShopRunner. He credits his success to being present, surrounding himself with people […]

22 DEC

OkCupid begins enforcing real-name rules, insists it’s a good idea

Enlarge / OKCupid would rather you use real names for its dating service than use anonymous handles. But its open letter announcing the change didn’t address possible privacy ramifications. (credit: OkCupid) Over the past year, online dating service OkCupid has shaken up a few of its core features, and the changes have all pushed the […]

18 AUG

OkCupid bans white supremacist “for life,” asks daters to report others

Enlarge (credit: OkCupid) Dating site OkCupid made the unusual move of announcing that it had given a single member a “lifetime” ban on Thursday—and naming him—in order to make a point. “We were alerted that white supremacist Chris Cantwell was on OkCupid,” the company wrote at its official Twitter account on Thursday. “Within 10 minutes, […]

29 JUL

Dating site OkCupid removes decade-old workaround for its paid version

Enlarge / OkCupid put blinders on a longtime site feature on Friday. (credit: OkCupid) On Friday, online dating service OkCupid introduced its biggest change since its 2009 paid “A-List” add-on package. Starting today, the site’s users no longer see a major data point that has been standard for nearly a decade: the “visitors” tab. “What’s the […]

23 JUL

The exec who oversees Match, OKCupid, and Plenty of Fish says there’s an easy — but overlooked — way to be more successful at online dating (MTCH)

OkCupid “Go big or go home”: It’s probably a good life mantra, but it’s an especially good online-dating mantra. That’s what I took away from my conversation with Match Group CEO Mandy Ginsberg, the exec who oversees Match, OKCupid, and Plenty of Fish. I asked Ginsberg about her best recommendation for someone new to online […]

14 FEB

Trump or nah? OkCupid now matches partners’ politics

OkCupid has refreshed is mobile app with a new look and revised questions and categories to help you find a potential life partner rather than a one-night stand. The app already probed your interests and leanings, but has added 50 new questions including “Is climate change real?”, “Do you feel there should be a ban […]