How does a mathematical model translate into the social aspects of relationships and personality matching?
We created the mathematical model after researching the matching methods of competing sites and discovered they didn’t truly match the real world dating scene. In the real world, when you would find out about a potential person from a friend, you would start immediately asking questions. Because you are going to be trying to figure out if there is a lifestyle match. The questions in the OK Cupid model are designed to gather your personal opinions, but they allow you to determine whether or not you want your match to share your same view or not. A good example is the question “Do you believe in God?” Now let’s say you do not believe in God, but you really want your kids to be raised with at least one parent who is more spiritual. So, the way you would answer the question is, “No, I do not believe in God. But, Yes, I want a match who does believe in God.” So our model does not simply match people’s answers, but how well does the outlook for one another match up.
