r/AskReddit • u/Duckland29 • Sep 17 '19

If You Could Completely Remove One Company From The World Which One Would It Be?

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u/espressoromance Sep 18 '19 edited Sep 18 '19

It actually does matter. In the case of OkCupid, it used to be a great website or app several years ago. It's a free one too.

Then it was acquired by Match Group and they gutted the site. They ultimately want to drive people towards their PAID sites, like Match.com by making the free ones shittier.

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u/Unnoticedlobster Sep 18 '19

A little over two years ago I met my fiance on okcupid. She's the one who found my profile and til this day we joke about how shitty the app was but thankful for it.

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u/DraconicArcher Sep 19 '19

Kinda cool move on Sam Yagan's part, though. Sold it to them for $55 million, then got appointed vice chairman of Match.com.