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Words that work

2009-09-28 17:18:40.805068+00 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

Dating site OKCupid has analyzed half a million first messages to see what works. Sociological Images republishes the graphs and has different commentary.

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#Comment Re: made: 2009-09-28 17:34:19.675291+00 by: hananc

A friend of mine told me that after some back and forth he would write "mama, what are you doing here?". The answer signaled him should he politely quit the conversation or if there is a good potential to it.

#Comment Re: made: 2009-10-08 16:16:59.042355+00 by: Dan Lyke

Fascinating: OKcupid uses similar stats to look at race