Reviews of OkCupid

Complete waste of time.

The women on this site are only in it for the "chick crack" - the quizzes and tests. Since it's free, it's a great way for them to kill time. If they have an even remotely decent picture, they will get showered in attention. If you're a guy on there with a really good photo, maybe they'll respond. Otherwise, they don't take the dating aspect of the site seriously at all. It might as well be Hotornot.

Even when you do get responses, good luck getting them to meet with you. I spent over three weeks talking to a girl through the site's messaging and IM features. After we talked for a while, she provided her phone number without hesitation. Our conversations were civil, fun, and positive. One call, a voicemail, and a text a few days later went unanswered. Several others girls agreed to meet up but canceled at the last minute. These weren't dates, I just asked them for 15 minutes at a Starbucks to see if we were compatible or not. That's not asking much.

There was no deception, and I wasn't on there just for a hook up. I guess I'm the sucker for trying to use it to meet women. You get what you pay for.

Let me ask you these questions before you make an Okcupid account: Are you a Indie/Emo-Scene kid? Are your tastes in movies, tv, books, and food on a level only a few can relate to? Do you make references to horrible Emo music or some book/indie movie? Do you think Questionable Content is a great webcomic? Do you need so much attention not even your partner can provide it for you? If you answered “no” to any of these questions, this is not the site for you. Depending on where you live, chances are you’re not going to click/date anyone. I used it when I lived a few minutes away from Philadelphia, and my matches consisted of Hipsters, or people who couldn't hold a decent conversation without being a jerk or a moron. People also love to brag about being geeks on their profiles for some reason (80 out of 100 profiles will mentioned something about being a nerd/geek). I wouldn’t use it for serious dating if you’re over 21-23, and even as a networking site you can do much better with Facebook.

I like okcupid. It has its problems, such as the inability to search for a person based on what they're looking for "friends, long term dating, etc." and the inability to search by body type. This makes the number of photos that someone has up all the more important. But the people on it, by and large, are fun. I've met three girls. One was terrible. Another I became friends with, and a third I dated for a few months. So I'm not about to badmouth it. One thing to watch out for is the fake profilers. It's not that okcupid pays people to flirt with you, because I don't think they do. It's that people will put up a fake profile to mess with other members. It's annoying and I wish that they would crack down on them. But beyond that I recommend okcupid.

I think OkCupid is a scientology scam. I don't necessarily think everyone on it is a scientologist. They have a quiz to 'match' you with members. There's something really off with this quiz. I took it several times, answering different ways and got the same analysis - mostly that I was lonely. Some of the questions were extremely personal and/or strange: would you have an abortion if the father didn't know, do you think Scientology is a dangerous cult, where do you think human beings came from ('from alien beings from the stars' is an answer). The first question is always 'would you date an atheist' (I would), which seems a little odd. Also, all the men are far too good looking. I mean ALL. I got a wink from a guy in LA who looks like a model, and I didn't even put up a photo. I call shenanigans.

It's a fun little site. You know if you are bored and want to fill out online tests and stuff. Umm its more of a hook up site though, I can't see any real relationships being formed off the site. I mean just look at the forums for proof.