Inside OKCupid: The math of online dating – Christian Rudder
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When two people join a dating website, they are matched according to shared interests and how they answer a number of personal questions. But how do sites calculate the likelihood of a successful relationship? Christian Rudder, one of the founders of popular dating site OKCupid, details the algorithm behind ‘hitting it off.’
Lesson by Christian Rudder, animation by TED-Ed.



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