Hard to find *anyone* like me, heh.

[jay]

(meme from mactavish ;)
Currently on okcupid, after answering over 400 of their questions... my top-ten matches are mostly all people I've met... no lovers, but some friends: basmati, karenbynight, vvvexation, xaosia (unknown LJ), questioner, lysana, cortneyofeden, mactavish, eeyore_grrl, and rosefox. I've met seven, and six are already on my LJ list...

The computed match percentages range from 85-81%... so I doubt that I'd show up anywhere near the top of these folks' own lists (most people seem to have more, higher-percentage matches... hey, I'm just weird, OK? ;^). And my "worldwide" list is even lower, starting at 80% downward...

Comments

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

That was a meme? ;)

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

We'll see... it takes three to make a meme ;).

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

My top matches are all in the 81-86% ... nothing over 86%. Reading the process they use to get those numbers, I suspect over 80% is probably a pretty fair score. The only LJ'er of those is joemama, who I know other people know, but have never been introduced to.

There's a few in my top 100. All in the 70-80 range. wcb makovette and someone I know from irc #callahans (frankly I find it disturbing that Brendan and I would be a 77% match... the man gives me the creeps.... just goes to show you, even a well compiled algorythim can be wrong when it comes to predicting human behavoir.

I admit... haven't seen you on my radar though.... hurmmm

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

erg wcg my bad!

[dancing-star.livejournal.com]

At least you get people who you've meet, my highest match is 82% and it is down to 70% before I get someone I know at this point.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

On that database, I'm "brian1790" as my usual handle was already taken ;-).

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Hmm... you showed up at 72% on my list, around 62nd.

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

Heh... 73% ain't shabby :)

[dancing-star.livejournal.com]

I didn't see you... Guess I'll need to go check again.

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

I guess it's a mem, then, I just finished it :>

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

And I adore the picture where you're looking sideways... :)

[nolly.livejournal.com]

OK, the results lists are a bit odd -- I had one at 89/90% that's still in the system but never shows on my list anymore, but mostly, my high world is 85/86% and my high local is 83%.

The highest ex I've found is 78/79%.

(The %s seem to vary as we answer different questions, but usually only by about a percent, at least on the high matches.)

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

I've noticed that if you tweak it by changing the local settings back and forth from "let okcupid pick" to "same state only", the trivial recomputation sometimes reclaims previously-missing matches.

I have one local person that shows up at 88%, actually, but is same-gender... after awhile, the high matches seem to converge, remaining nearly constant.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

I suspect it'd be higher than 75% if it weren't for the smoking questions ;-)

[vokzal.livejournal.com]

fwiw, I "woo"'d you. What can I say, I was lazy.

You clock in at 79%. For whatever reason, damn near NOBODY I know shows up on my screen.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

(grin) and I returned the favor... the database needs time to stabilize after answering a batch of questions. I find that people appear and disappear for no apparent reason.

And 79% still falls in my top-20. ;) Also, I noticed the "less trusting" result, and wondered about your past influences that might have led to wariness...

[vokzal.livejournal.com]

Well, why should I trust anybody? Maybe I'm just a touch paranoid. Maybe it is just my cynical nature. You decide. Probably truth, though.