Just days after OKCupid called out Mozilla’s CEO Brendan Eich over his support of a ban on gay marra

Just days after OKCupid called out Mozilla’s CEO Brendan Eich over his support of a ban on gay marraige, Mozilla announced today that Eich "has chosen to step down." [Mozilla via Re/code]

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Why OKCupid Took a Stand Against Mozilla's Anti-Gay Rights CEO

Why OKCupid Took a Stand Against Mozilla's Anti-Gay Rights CEO

Today, most tech companies are polluting the internet with stupid pranks. But there’s one brave statement being made on the internet that isn’t a dumb joke at all. OKCupid is blocking Mozilla Firefox users from its service with a message encouraging them to use other web browsers. Why? Mozilla’s CEO supports anti-gay causes, and as OKCupid founder Christian Rudder told me today, his company won’t stand for it.

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Tacos, Moviefone, and Vibrators: My Most Interesting OkCupid Date Ever

Tacos, Moviefone, and Vibrators: My Most Interesting OkCupid Date Ever

I was excited about this one. It had been a while since I’d dusted off the old OkCupid profile. I’d been working a lot and thinking about my ex too much, and this girl looked cute. So, when she actually agreed to a date, I was thrilled. This one felt important!

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How A Mathematician Hacked OkCupid to Find His Girl

How A Mathematician Hacked OkCupid to Find His Girl

Mathematicians aren’t renowned for their social skills. But in a quest to find love, Chris McKinlay from UCLA realised he could use his analytical skills to his advantage—by hacking OkCupid.

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Here’s How OkCupid Uses Math to Find Your Match

Everyone you know has an online dating profile and if they say they don’t they are lying to you. We can poke fun at it all we want, but there’s actually a mathematical formula behind the digital match-making. More »

Ask an OkCupid Founder for Any Last-Minute Valentine’s Day Advice

OkCupid: you use it to find both love or random hookups, and since tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, you’re probably looking for at least one of those. Accordingly, we have Sam Yagan, one of the dating site’s founders, here to answer all your burning (let’s hope not) questions. More »

Horse_Ebooks Tweets Are the Best Way to Deal With OkCupid Creeps

If you’re a female with a pulse and a profile on OKCupid, you’ve gotten a molesty message or two. Maybe you ignore. Maybe you say you’re not interested. Here’s a better tactic: just respond with non-sequitur spam-sounding tweets from @Horse_ebooks. More »

Who Does Facebook Search Screw the Most?

Graph Search, which we’re going to call Facebook search from here on out because nobody wants to read or write “Graph Search,” is a dramatic new way to browse Facebook. But its implications spill over its rivals—which companies lose the most? More »

OkCupid App Bug Exposed Email Addresses and Birth Dates

OKCupid’s new blind date app came out today, to some fanfare and probably a little more mockery. But it’s hit a snag: Apparently, it was coughing up users’ emails and birth dates for anyone who bothered to dig for them. More »

Genius Uses OkCupid To Get a "Date" With the Scumbag That Stole His Phone

What do you do when your iPhone is stolen? Cry? Get a new one? Scream at the sky? How about tracking down the thief by luring him to a sexy date over OkCupid and then threatening him with a hammer so he gives it back? That last one worked out pretty well for Nadav Nirenberg. More »