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chriscoyne OkStaff

36 / M / Straight / Married

New York, New York

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Dec 12, 2009

As some of you may know, I've been writing about dating statistics for OkCupid's blog. The new post I'm working on seeks to answer the question: What Makes A Good Profile Picture?

To figure that out, I need to *classify thousands of user pictures*. I need to know, was this picture taken outdoors? Is it sexually suggestive? Is the person smiling? And so on. I would really appreciate YOUR help.

The way it works is: we built a little utility for to classify pictures, and anyone OkCupid member can use it. I you have the time or inclination, I'd really appreciate it. It's kinda fun to do. Here's the link to the utility: http://blog.okcupid.com/blogphototool/intro.php


Thanks,

Chris / OkC

As some of you may know, I've been writing about datingstatistics for OkCupid's blog. The new post I'm working on seeks toanswer the question: What Makes A Good Profile Picture?

To figure that out, I need to *classify thousands of userpictures*. I need to know, was this picture taken outdoors? Is itsexually suggestive? Is the person smiling? And so on. I wouldreally appreciate YOUR help.

The way it works is: we built a little utility for to classifypictures, and anyone OkCupid member can use it. I you have the timeor inclination, I'd really appreciate it. It's kinda fun to do.Here's the link to the utility:http://blog.okcupid.com/blogphototool/intro.php


Thanks,

Chris / OkC

Help us with our next blog!
Good for what, dear fearless one?

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

An image of TreborStag

[snerk] several of the guys ain't guys at all.

TreborStag commented on Dec 12, 2009

myspace angles for fatties, sunglesses and masks to cover old wrinkled eyes and or dim lighting.

None of that is any good. At least one full body shot, one closeup of the face, not too much nudity, and preferably evidence that user is not in fact a basement dweller, has friends etc.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

myspace angles for fatties, sunglesses a blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odo_(Star_Trek)

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

After 103 pictures into this the only questions it is asking are "Is this picture overtly flirt or sexually suggestive?"; firefox, xp.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

An image of chriscoyne It ask you the same question until you go back to the intro page, so you can get into a groove.

chriscoyne commented on Dec 12, 2009

I got - 'Is this man showing offhis muscles'. I gave up after 100+

But seriously, Chris, pay me £50k and I'll make this site work for you.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

ok; maybe note that on the page itself since other people will make the same mistake.

I guess you are asking to have the pictures 'rated' as "good" versus "acceptable"; I think some users might confuse this with flagmod so maybe make that clear too?

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

ok; maybe note that on the page itself s blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

This is a tautology.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

A "back" button would be nice in case one makes a mistake.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

An image of MatthewGoodBand Yeah I made some mistakes and I'd like to go back and correct them. I was in too much of a "groove" because I don't find many of the images to be particularly sexually suggestive.

MatthewGoodBand commented on Dec 12, 2009

I made mistakes too.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

An image of crispy_crab There will be a whole bunch of nos or yeses. I'll be all clickity clickity clickity oh crap! Oops. Ah well. Figure you'll balance out the results and that when our clickity clack fingers go spazzy it'll balance out in the results :)

crispy_crab commented on Dec 12, 2009

An image of sinogirl Are you Papa Chris yet?

sinogirl commented on Dec 12, 2009

An image of MatthewGoodBand I'll be all clickity clickity clickity oh crap! Oops.

iawtc

MatthewGoodBand commented on Dec 12, 2009

An image of erdos1 It always asks the same question unless I use the back button. I could also start from the intro page again, but that gives me only one new question until I go back there again.

erdos1 commented on Dec 12, 2009

Oh, blub.

You are without remorse or hesitation.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

After doing this a little while, one thing that becomes obvious is that you know exactly what a male's entire body will look like viewing from the chest up alone. But women often distribute their weight unevenly, so in order to get an accurate idea of what a woman's body looks like, you have to see her whole torso/hip/thigh region too.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

Also women far disproportionately take close-ups of their faces. Probably for one or more of the following reasons: 1) women seem to care about faces more than bodies in a mate, so they naturally make their own face the focus of their own profile pictures, 2) They want to avoid negative attention/confrontation, seeming whoreish, 3) sif.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

you know exactly what a male's entire body will look like viewing from the chest up alone

I guess chicks would say they want to see the man's hip area to determine if he has unattractive, wide/feminine hips. But that is not nearly as common or as unattractive as women who store all their weight in the lower portion of their bodies.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

An image of wimsey70

Well, that was amusing. For the simple fact that i had a lot of fodder for mocking :) Some of those outfits should not ever have been exposed to the public eye.

And there was a really, really frightening penis lying on the counter in one shot. Who thinks "Ohh... to show off my penis, I should prop it up on the counter here..."

wimsey70 commented on Dec 12, 2009

are you for serious

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

I just cam in here to tell wutz his avatar fits perfectly with his comment.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

thx

but just to clarify for wimzilla - mocking other people should not make you feel better about yourself. with the pictures you have uploaded and posted in your journal, you are the last person on earth who should be supporting this strategy

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

lets be good people, people

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

She had a Flickr account filled with lingerie shots at one point. I don't know if it's still there.

I'm going to say the typical on-counter penis is probably not as horrifying as these.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

i don't really care about any of that. lets all just be friends

except not literally obviously and certainly not with me

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

What are you talking about man.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

I mercilessly belittle my friends.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

when you say 'belittle' i imagine it formatted more like 'be little' and picture you climbing on their backs and jumping from one to another hitting them on their heads with a flyswatter as you go

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

get it, cause, like, short and everything

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

i need to take less adderall there is no heart or soul to this anymore

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

to this end, i will take even more adderall, so that i run out faster.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

No I meant I put them in a headlock under my arm, making it necessary for them to practically double over.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

Then nuggies.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

WHO'S LITTLE NOW

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

them

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

Damn str8.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

i should have said 'they are', that would have flowed better

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

so many regrets in this life

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

I thought it was weird how you just said "this life".

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

"This unit experiences regret."

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

"My other lives were so much less regretful."

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

compare and contrast:

- a picture the person took themselves with their arm in the shot leading from their body to the camera

- a picture of the person from a social event. whether or not anyone else is in the picture, it is obvious that a friend is taking the picture.

now imagine two people, each have five pictures, one having all the former kind, another having almost entirely the latter kind.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

a picture of the person from a social event. whether or not anyone else is in the picture, it is obvious that a friend is taking the picture.

Where is that picture of etr in the hat with the guy when I need it.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

yes, someone put there junk on the bathroom counter

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

Also, Chris Coyne and I are an 87% match.

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

get on amazon mechanical turk or something and maybe i'll get on this at work

A former user commented on Dec 12, 2009

one is looking at a life time of no T and A and the other a life time of having to care for a retard.
nope. nothing to get cold feet about here.< blah blah


lol

Gogogun stalks women on the Internet who have rejected him.

A former user commented on Dec 14, 2009

Is it a blog for bots?

A former user commented on Jan 3, 2010