OkCupid admits to experimenting on users, too

The dating site has stepped up to say it has done some of the similar testing to the one that got Facebook in so much trouble recently.

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Wow: Dating site @okcupid brags about experimenting on its users (in part by deceiving them). http://t.co/d5lEhU5swQ

— Dan Gillmor (@dangillmor) July 28, 2014

OkCupid’s Human Experiments Are Way Creepier Than Facebook’s: And one experiment basically di… http://t.co/THRDTR3pl6 via @fastcompany

— GREGOR SIDERIS (@GregorSIDERIS) July 28, 2014

Not everyone was put off by the experiments, however:

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