Comments on: OkCupid, Rough Sex Dating Data and Psychology Today’s Problem: Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2011/05/ok-cupid-and-dr-satoshi-kanazawa-want-you-to-know-how-to-find-the-rough-sex-you-crave.html Journalist and author Violet Blue's site for sex and tech culture, accurate sex information, erotica and more. Tue, 26 May 2015 17:18:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2011/05/ok-cupid-and-dr-satoshi-kanazawa-want-you-to-know-how-to-find-the-rough-sex-you-crave.html/comment-page-1#comment-14249 Mike Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:33:11 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=10221#comment-14249 I, a married man, used to get, incessantly, those matchmaking questionnaires. I could've just thrown them away. Instead, I used them to explore my creativity. How many partners? Stopped counting. Married? Single? Divorced? (Black) widowed Consider yourself - Straight?, Gay? Bi? Definitely "Other" Prefer Blonde? Brunette? Redhead? Rainbow Mohawk - studded, pierced, tattooed (for starters) and so on. If enough people filled out their questionnaires similarly it would reveal OkCupid for what it is, no more than an echo of questionable answers taken on faith. Perhaps they might do a study on the correlation between onlne anonymity and misrepresentation. Certain to be (yawn) shocking. I, a married man, used to get, incessantly, those matchmaking questionnaires. I could’ve just thrown them
away. Instead, I used them to explore my creativity.

How many partners? Stopped counting.

Married? Single? Divorced? (Black) widowed

Consider yourself – Straight?, Gay? Bi? Definitely “Other”

Prefer Blonde? Brunette? Redhead? Rainbow Mohawk – studded, pierced, tattooed (for starters)

and so on.

If enough people filled out their questionnaires similarly it would reveal OkCupid for what it is, no more
than an echo of questionable answers taken on faith. Perhaps they might do a study on the correlation between onlne anonymity and misrepresentation.

Certain to be (yawn) shocking.

]]> By: Jason Riedy http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2011/05/ok-cupid-and-dr-satoshi-kanazawa-want-you-to-know-how-to-find-the-rough-sex-you-crave.html/comment-page-1#comment-13632 Jason Riedy Fri, 27 May 2011 15:37:39 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=10221#comment-13632 Excellently written. And yet I still feel the urge to go "tee-hee" when I see grammar and poetry on the rough side. All you Jr. High kids who called us wusses? Go suck on some data. Excellently written. And yet I still feel the urge to go “tee-hee” when I see grammar and poetry on the rough side. All you Jr. High kids who called us wusses? Go suck on some data.

]]> By: Thomas Roche http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2011/05/ok-cupid-and-dr-satoshi-kanazawa-want-you-to-know-how-to-find-the-rough-sex-you-crave.html/comment-page-1#comment-13604 Thomas Roche Wed, 25 May 2011 03:59:57 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=10221#comment-13604 Azkyroth -- Yes, that's exactly what OkCupid is doing. Did I imply something different? If I did, I didn't mean to, but I'm not sure I understand what you mean. I'd appreciate the chance to clarify, 'cause I think that's exactly what OkCupid does... Azkyroth — Yes, that’s exactly what OkCupid is doing. Did I imply something different? If I did, I didn’t mean to, but I’m not sure I understand what you mean. I’d appreciate the chance to clarify, ’cause I think that’s exactly what OkCupid does…

]]> By: Andrea http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2011/05/ok-cupid-and-dr-satoshi-kanazawa-want-you-to-know-how-to-find-the-rough-sex-you-crave.html/comment-page-1#comment-13603 Andrea Wed, 25 May 2011 02:04:25 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=10221#comment-13603 I swear - sometimes when I read you, I just want to stand up and applaud. I swear – sometimes when I read you, I just want to stand up and applaud.

]]> By: Azkyroth http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2011/05/ok-cupid-and-dr-satoshi-kanazawa-want-you-to-know-how-to-find-the-rough-sex-you-crave.html/comment-page-1#comment-13601 Azkyroth Wed, 25 May 2011 00:26:57 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=10221#comment-13601 To be fair, I think in this case OkCupid is correlating data from people's profiles with their responses to specific match questions, in this case, I suspect the one that literally says "Do you prefer rough sex or gentle?" and has options for "Rough," "Gentle," and "I like both equally." To be fair, I think in this case OkCupid is correlating data from people’s profiles with their responses to specific match questions, in this case, I suspect the one that literally says “Do you prefer rough sex or gentle?” and has options for “Rough,” “Gentle,” and “I like both equally.”

]]> By: Viviane http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2011/05/ok-cupid-and-dr-satoshi-kanazawa-want-you-to-know-how-to-find-the-rough-sex-you-crave.html/comment-page-1#comment-13600 Viviane Tue, 24 May 2011 23:24:14 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=10221#comment-13600 Don't know if you saw this, but student groups at LSE are calling for Kanazawa's dismissal: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/19/lse-academic-triggers-race-row Don’t know if you saw this, but student groups at LSE are calling for Kanazawa’s dismissal:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/19/lse-academic-triggers-race-row

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