REAL PROFILES
Essays worth reading and interests worth talking about. An actual introduction.
THE OG CUPID MANIFESTO
ONLINE DATING IS DEAD BECAUSE IT SUCKS.IT DOESN'T HAVE TO.
AND WE'RE GONNA PROVE IT. ♥
Dear internet, we miss you.
REMEMBER HAVING A PERSONALITY?
The blueprint is already there. It was the OG OK. We're bringing it back. All the features you loved, no ridiculous paywall for every feature, no corpo overlords. An approach to dating driven by data, science, and FUN. It's time for the humiliation-ritual swiping apps to get their comeuppance.
Detailed profiles, meaningful questions, a little glorious chaos, and a place where people are more than pictures.
The classic profile, reborn
A PROFILE WITH SOME GODDAMN SUBSTANCE.
Essays, questions, personality, and the kind of details you can actually get a conversation out of.
GOOD FEATURES. GOOD PEOPLE. NO SWIPE CASINO.
All the good stuff. None of the nostalgia goggles.
WHAT WE'RE BRINGING BACK.
COMPATIBILITY QUESTIONS
Your answer, answers you'll accept, and how much it matters. Details beat guesswork.
USER-MADE QUIZZES
Make your own, take somebody else's, and see what delightfully specific rabbit holes exist.
JOURNALS & COMMUNITY
A place for longer thoughts, spirited discussions, and friendships that aren't just matches.
SEARCH THAT WORKS
Find people by what matters to you and see when they were actually last online.
HONEST MESSAGING
Conversations without gamified streaks, fake urgency, or purchased attention.
The baggage can stay in the past
WHAT WE'RE DOING DIFFERENT.
We loved the old site. We didn't love every part of online dating. These are the problems we're designing against.
NO-EFFORT PROFILES
A picture and “just ask” aren't a profile. A little real writing and some answered questions will be the price of admission.
“HEY” PESTS
Copy-pasted one-word openers shouldn't drown out actual conversation. We'll encourage thoughtful introductions and discourage message spam.
UNSOLICITED DICK PICS
Nobody should open a message and get ambushed. Consent-first image sharing, easy reporting, and meaningful consequences for harassment.
BOTS & SCAMMERS
We'd rather have a smaller community of real people than an ocean of fake matches. Account-integrity checks and abuse reporting are part of the plan.
The return of a legend · Playable right now
THE DATING
PERSONA TEST.
32 PERSONAS
28 QUESTIONS
PLENTY OF PERSONALITY
28 QUESTIONS
PLENTY OF PERSONALITY
So... what's your dating persona?
Answer 28 questions, find your type, and meet one of 32 gloriously opinionated dating personalities. They have thoughts about your love life.
Four personality scales. Thirty-two results. More romantic self-awareness than anybody asked for.
Choose your Dating Persona results:
Your results are in!
THE ORIGINAL RESULT, STRAIGHT FROM 2008.
This is the actual archived page from the Internet Archive, shown here inside the quiz. Scroll inside to read. The result is loaded from Wayback, not rewritten or hosted by OG Cupid.
If Wayback blocks embedded viewing, open the complete original in a new tab.
How were my scores calculated?
Seven original statements measure each of four dimensions. Answers are weighted -2, -1, +1 or +2, with reverse-worded statements counted in the opposite direction. Positive scores map to the first letter of each pair; negative scores map to the second. On a zero score, the majority direction breaks the tie. The result is one of 16 codes, each with two selectable classic character names. This is an entertainment quiz and its scoring has not been validated scientifically.
ALL 32 DATING PERSONAS
Got a favorite? Pick a persona below to read their result.
Green: original description and guidance complete. Yellow: original description incomplete. Red: original description not transcribed. All 32 have a Wayback source.
A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO GET IT
HEY, INTERESTED? GIVE THIS A CLICK.
If you're really interested in what we're trying to do, give it a bunch. We'll see it.
Consider this our extremely scientific, very old-school enthusiasm detector. No signup necessary.
♥ OG CUPIDTHE INTEREST-O-METER
THE RUNNING TALLY
Every push adds to the tally. Make some noise.
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