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...site seems to have pink and purple lettering. Is this to lure more females into the dating realm? SY: Any dating site, just like a nightclub or bar, you always want to attract the women, because wherever the women are, men will surely follow. Indeed, we have a higher portion of women on our Web site than others: we’re 1:1 while most are 2:1 male to female...
...average OkCupid.com user? Male/female? Age? SY: If you’re under 30, you probably don’t pay for any sites, from dating to music. In your 40’s or 50’s, you go to what you see advertised. So most of our users are under 30, a little more Web savvy than most, equal male to female, and on the whole a little geekier than your sort of mass-market Web site. You have to think a little, answer questions...
...Have you attended any weddings of successful OkCupid users? SY:We get invitations all the time, we even get users who ask us to pay for their weddings, which is a little surprising. But no, I have not personally gone to any weddings...
...successful is your Web site in relation to other Web sites? SY: The fact that we’ve gotten to be almost as big as Match.com, who spend $100 million a year on advertising and we spend $0, to me, shows we’re pretty successful. FM: Any new ventures in the future? SY: We’re committed to becoming the biggest dating Web site on the web. Overthrowing Match.com...
...What advice would you give to Harvard students looking for love on the Web? SY: Use the Web just like you use the Web for everything else in your life, thus use it as part of your overall strategy. Don’t only use the Web to find people, and don’t never use it. Meet some people who aren’t in the Harvard community, and it’s a great opportunity to meet people on other campuses, etc. But you should also be going to parties and meeting people the good old-fashioned...