Gone downhill

TL:DR - removing "whos viewed you" (and, even more needlessly, "who youve viewed," which was handy to go back to for people not liked or bookmarked) - was a bad call.

OkC used to be the one dating site/app I recommended to friends as actually worth using. I met so many amazing people thanks to its combination of features -- the questions and matching algorithm, casual vibe, profile visit tracking, etc. What happened? Are people truly so terrified of showing up as having viewed a profile that the solution is to never tell anyone theyre being checked out? (Or was the supposed problem that users were getting creeped out -- on a dating site -- just by knowing that others were viewing them?) Being notified that theyre being looked at is useful data that can lead people to discover new profiles and in some cases make the first move. "Reveal my visit" for A-list users was a fine intermediate option between total anonymity and messaging.

The biggest caveat Ive had to give friends (mostly, women) in recommending OkC has been "the signal-to-noise ratio will be low and youll have to endure lots of scummy messages, but use the block feature and hang in there because the site/app really does work." I feel like its changed too much to recommend anymore.

Side note: the answers to some of my questions seem to have changed (into false statements) since the last time I had an active account, years ago. Thats pretty disconcerting.

tirrus about OkCupid Dating: Date Singles, v9.2.0