These are the slides that accompanied my 90 second lightning talk on my analysis of the information system OK Cupid an online dating site. My project consisted of contributing to the system as a community member, analyzing the algorithms used, and considering the information ethics and privacy involved in being a member of the community.

1. OKCupid
Jackie Wolf
Class Concepts:
● “Algorithms are Important / Algorithms
aren’t neutral”
● Information ethics, censorship and
privacy “We can do it / Should we do
it?”
Other Sources:
● Interviews with peer users
● 56 Thoughts Every Woman Has While
Browsing OkCupid (buzzfeed)
● OKCupid Publicly Rips Mozilla: 'We Wish
Them Nothing But Failure' (Huffington
Post)
● theyreallysaidthis.tumblr.com/
● Amy Webb: How I hacked online dating
(TED Talk)

2. Information
Ethics,
Censorship &
Privacy

3. Algorithms
I wondered why I was being treated
like a moron and why was I only
being messaged by low % matches?
65% was the highest.
They don’t account for user error (or
complications between your
smartphone and website app

4. Cultural Norms vs. Jackie Norms
- Only above 80%
- Demonstrate that they
read my profile
- Grammar Matters*