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Mar. 15th, 2005 11:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackofallgeeksHoly Wow!
So, I was looking at OKCupid, just because. Y'know, it's a thing to do. And I opened my "match page", where they show you a list of people who they think you'd get along with. And it's the same list of people, with percentages like 86, 88, 84. And it occurred to me that Emily's never been on my list (sorry, Emily, it's the truth) and I've never noticed our rating, but she said we had a lot in common. So I went over to her profile to check our rating...
Ninety percent! Several points higher than anyone I've ever seen on my match page! Why in the WORLD would she not show up on my list?
Josh pointed out that, unless it's a government website, Google never finds the most relevant information, either.
I might think that it's because it's not looking far enough away, but Baltimore's within 100miles of DC, isn't it?
So, I was looking at OKCupid, just because. Y'know, it's a thing to do. And I opened my "match page", where they show you a list of people who they think you'd get along with. And it's the same list of people, with percentages like 86, 88, 84. And it occurred to me that Emily's never been on my list (sorry, Emily, it's the truth) and I've never noticed our rating, but she said we had a lot in common. So I went over to her profile to check our rating...
Ninety percent! Several points higher than anyone I've ever seen on my match page! Why in the WORLD would she not show up on my list?
Josh pointed out that, unless it's a government website, Google never finds the most relevant information, either.
I might think that it's because it's not looking far enough away, but Baltimore's within 100miles of DC, isn't it?
