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It is quite ironic how OKCupid uses dating sites own stats to show how bad they are, using only simple math.

"It turns out you are 12.4 times more likely to get married this year if you don't subscribe to Match.com."

Wow, this was a sobering wake up call about dating sites.

"That is, a man can expect a reply to 1 in every 100 messages he sends..."

I shall pass it along to a friend who recently started using one, I can easily imagine what it would feel like to get a 99% rejection rate.



"It turns out you are 12.4 times more likely to get married this year if you don't subscribe to Match.com."

Also, people in hospitals die more often than people not in hospitals.


Indeed there is some trickery with the cause and effect of this statistic, but still 12.4 is big!


Let's assume that people generally date about 6 months before deciding to get married and let's assume that the average engagement is another 6 months. Given that, there is something wrong if you are signed up for one of these websites and get married in the same year. 12.4 is small.


More likely that being a person unlikely to get married causes eharmony use, but it's true that spending time fixing one's self is probably more productive than spending time on a dating site.




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