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title: The math of online dating — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/the-math-of-online-dating/
date: 2015-04-02
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# The math of online dating

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.’

via TED Ed