Do You Match Me?

[joreth]

Do you Match Me?

Take My MatchMe Test

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Comments

[madmanatw.livejournal.com]

By that test I'm 80%, by the normal match criteria I'm 85%. I wonder what's different where. :)

[joreth]

Interesting ... I matched you 87% in Matchme but only 85% generally.

[leora.livejournal.com]

Wow, I match horribly with matchmes. I only matched myself about 87% when I took my own while logged out. And I match much worse with matchmes than in general for other people. Part of it is that I really want to skip some of the questions. Part of it is that a lot of the questions are on there as important for people because they wanted to rule out the one insane option, but I think the matchme cares about if you give the same answer and if you give any of the ones accepted.

[redheadlass.livejournal.com]

I took your test twice, and depending on which questions I got, I scored 45% on the first one and 69% on the second one.

:)

[joreth]

Interesting, I didn't see your results.

[redheadlass.livejournal.com]

I wasn't logged in. :) I was just one of the nameless faceless entities taking your test.

[james-the-evil1.livejournal.com]

I did 65%
I have an idea where we might've differed on a few things ;-)

[joreth]

I matched you 59% but generally match 83%. I'd love to know how the two styles of matching compare to each other and how we can get such radically different percentages with the same person.

[james-the-evil1.livejournal.com]

There's a test for me?
Hmmm.
Well, from what fatesgirl said, I would assume it randomly draws questions from ones you rank as important. When I got yours, I had an almost identical questions about dating an atheist 3 times.
The different questionss would give different ranks.

[joreth]

Well, yes, it draws questions from the ones you rank as important, but the general percentage matching also comes from the questions you answer, which is why I wonder how it's possible to have such a large discrepancy. I have a few ideas ... I just want to know the specific mechanics of how it works, cuz I'm like that :-D

The test for everyone is made automatically. You can go to it by visiting anyone's profile (to see who has been taking your matchme test, visit your own profile) and click on the Tests link at the top of the profile. At the top of the Tests page is the Matchme banner where you can take their Matchme test, or if it's your own profile, you can see who has taken your Matchme test and how they did. It only shows the last 10 people, though.

[leora.livejournal.com]

Also, large sample versus small sample. Differences in interpretation of the question get magnified, also actual differences.

[james-the-evil1.livejournal.com]

heh
I'll be shocked if anyone (other than you) has been trying w/me

[hillybiker.livejournal.com]

Interesting ... I linked into you from Tacit and decided to take your test after I saw that you were also a rock climber ;-)

I matched you 75% (I'm also hillybiker on OKcupid) but I only took your test once!

In general, OKcupid says that we are 74% Match, 78% Friend, 15% Enemy based upon our answered questions.