Article about OKCupid in Gelf Magazine – The Love Theorem.
OKCupid has launched a Firefox toolbar which keeps you logged into Instant Messaging and alerts you when people you are talking with appear online. I like this a lot. Userplane did this for years but now that it’s in Firefox, I’m all over this.
Moving to t he bottom of the browser, we have the OkCupid IM controls, which appear at the bottom of the browser when you’re on the website. Slick implementation, only improvement I can think of is to have the IM session start automatically with the person who’s profile you’re browsing. As for the toolbar, the only thing I don’t like is that there is no way to go to the person’s profile.
Plentyoffish recently removed IM and Markus says Uk and AU traffic experienced a double-digit increase. Can this be directly attributed to the removal of IM or are their other reasons why traffic jumped?
I empathize with women using IM on dating sites. There *must* be privacy controls to filter who is able to IM you. Without them, it’s a giant perv-fest and woman will either turn off the feature or leave the site for good.
