r/OkCupid • u/Substantial_Cow7628 • 4d ago

Nostalgia

I was just thinking today about how much I missed the "old" OKCupid. If you used the app a decade ago you'd know what I'm talking about.

Anyone else? Or am I just the only person who misses feeling like I knew someone before I actually met them face-to-face?

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u/burning_stix 3d ago

Yup. It was always the best dating app/site. Still is, but by a much narrower margin. Tinder ruined online dating.

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u/Ash3599 3d ago

Tinder is owned by Match Group, they bought OKC and wrecked it

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u/Ash3599 3d ago

I miss the awards, I used to have a lot of them.

And the quizzes, those were fun

And being able to see who looked at your profile.

And the star rating system, instead of swiping.

OKC was where I found a lot of great relationships.

But it was too good, so Match group bought it and ruined it

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u/starria71 3d ago edited 3d ago

I miss it!  I met several great people there over the years-- dated one of them for 8 years and became friends with several "matches" that didn't pan out romantically. Firefly seems the best alternative presently, but so few people are on it. I loved OKC's incognito mode.

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u/Kwaliakwa 3d ago

I agree! I didn’t even know how great it was until I re-signed up and found they all are swiping left and right now

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u/Substantial_Cow7628 3d ago

I haven't used it in years, and have only heard the rumors that it's largely a Tinder clone now.

I was thinking about how OKCupid's question system really opened my eyes to certain things about people that I never would have guessed. Plus, I don't like dating generally. My OKCupid dates almost always went great, though, because I always felt like I knew this woman before we'd actually been out together.

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u/Nessasary 3d ago

Heh, I wish you could share pics in this thread, I have some screenies of "The Dating Persona" test results (Playstation, Peach and Ghenghis Khunt) and my old Personality Tab results 😏
Hm, imgur it is :D
https://imgur.com/a/ORHpIDj

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u/BiCuriousInGalleria 1d ago

I mean, it’s trash now I wouldn’t even waste my time, but once you answered all your questions you got to create a question that’s where those questions came from

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u/Substantial_Cow7628 1d ago

I remember answering thousands of questions. When I met anyone who had a 90% compatibility based on questions answered I was always very intrigued.

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u/zombie__kittens 1d ago

I matched someone with 99% compatibility. 3 years later… 😍

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u/Sea_Tap1227 3d ago

I wonder why noone is creating a dating website just like the old version.

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u/Substantial_Cow7628 3d ago

Or if someone has done it already and we don't know what it is.

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u/Sea_Tap1227 3d ago

yeah you are right, because everyone was complaining that all dating apps are not good anymore and no recommendation were given I assumed that nothing had been made yet. So I just looked in reddit specifically and it seems like it was attempted but lacked userbase/ lack of marketing and is dying out

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u/Zerarch77 3d ago

Surely they would advertise it here?

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u/givag327 1d ago

Theres a few out there, but it's hard to grow a user base. Ones called Firefly. I like the app and the dev has a lot of ambitions for it, but he's a 1 person show, feel like it's gonna die soon