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OgTrends #0: The Big Idea
Spite, nostalgia, and the plan to make a dating website that actually wants you to meet people.
Hoss the Cranker · Nov 5, 2026
Read article →Welcome to OgTrends. Old OkCupid didn't just collect interesting people; it asked interesting questions about them. We're reviving that tradition. No made-up results, no pretending a hypothesis is a fact, and no confusing a million swipes with a single good date.
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The Perfect Dating Profile: Why Everything We Know Might Be Wrong
Can your profile get fewer messages and more dates? What 421 million potential matches, 31,000 profile texts, and the original OkTrends can and can't tell us.
Hoss the Cranker · Nov 5, 2026
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Your Ex Has Entered the Chat: Can Dating References Make Profiles More Honest?
A proposal for visible, accountable friend and ex references, plus the research on whether a little outside corroboration makes people more believable.
Hoss the Cranker · Nov 5, 2026
Read article →THE RULE HERE: If a study measured clicks, we call them clicks. If it measured dates, we call them dates. If it's our own wild-ass hypothesis, we label it a hypothesis.
All data reported in these stories belong to the cited researchers, not to OG Cupid. OgTrends has not conducted its own dating-outcome experiment yet.