{"id":269998,"date":"2023-10-25T08:15:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T12:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/how-to-spot-a-ghoster\/"},"modified":"2023-10-25T08:15:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T12:15:30","slug":"how-to-spot-a-ghoster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/how-to-spot-a-ghoster\/","title":{"rendered":"How to spot a ghoster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>How to spot a ghoster<\/b><\/p>\n<h4>OkCupid data reveals how daters\u2019 answers to matching questions expose their likelihood to\u00a0ghost<\/h4>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/1024\/1*CFcv-ikxKhT-uN03aZc6MA.jpeg\"><\/figure>\n<p>Almost everyone has fallen victim to ghosting\u200a\u2014\u200aand probably has been a ghoster once or twice themselves. But there are some people who are more likely to do the ghosting than others. And just like with real ghosts, it can often be hard to spot them right at\u00a0first.<\/p>\n<p>Enter our OkCupid data. We crunched the numbers to find how daters\u2019 responses to various OkCupid questions reveal how likely they are to keep a conversation going versus let it fizzle. In honor of the spooky season, here are a dozen ways to pick out the non-ghosters from the ghosters.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Halloween<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Daters who don\u2019t like dressing up for Halloween are about 8% more likely to carry out a conversation than those who\u00a0don\u2019t.<\/li>\n<li>Daters who prefer fruit over sweets are 23% more\u00a0likely.<\/li>\n<li>Daters who say they would run in the case of a zombie apocalypse are 6% more\u00a0likely.<\/li>\n<li>Daters who like scary movies are about 5% more\u00a0likely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Daters who identify as conservative versus liberal are 26% more\u00a0likely.<\/li>\n<li>Daters who do not prefer their date shares their political views are 12% more\u00a0likely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Love<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Daters who could say \u201cI love you\u201d before meeting in person are 21% more\u00a0likely.<\/li>\n<li>Daters who don\u2019t believe in sparks are 25% more\u00a0likely.<\/li>\n<li>Daters looking for a relationship to last the rest of their lives versus a few months to a year are 11% more\u00a0likely.<\/li>\n<li>Daters who are like the idea of falling madly in love are 11% more\u00a0likely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Family<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Daters who want multiple children versus no children are 16% more\u00a0likely.<\/li>\n<li>Daters who value family over friends are 13% more\u00a0likely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Now that you know how to spot a ghost, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/okcupid.onelink.me\/godV\/44c7b6b0\"><em>download OkCupid<\/em><\/a><em> and find a non-ghoster today!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/_\/stat?event=post.clientViewed&amp;referrerSource=full_rss&amp;postId=f8cd88a1a5a8\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theblog.okcupid.com\/how-to-spot-a-ghoster-f8cd88a1a5a8\">How to spot a ghoster<\/a> was originally published in <a href=\"https:\/\/theblog.okcupid.com\/\">OkCupid Dating Blog<\/a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/m\/global-identity-2?redirectUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ftheblog.okcupid.com%2Fhow-to-spot-a-ghoster-f8cd88a1a5a8\" class=\"autohyperlink\">medium.com\/m\/global-identity-2?redirectUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ftheblog.okcupid.com%2Fhow-to-spot-a-ghoster-f8cd88a1a5a8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to spot a ghoster OkCupid data reveals how daters\u2019 answers to matching questions expose their likelihood to\u00a0ghost Almost everyone has fallen victim to ghosting\u200a\u2014\u200aand probably has been a ghoster once or twice themselves. But there are some people who are more likely to do the ghosting than others. And just like with real ghosts, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/how-to-spot-a-ghoster\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to spot a ghoster<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32917],"tags":[34323],"class_list":["post-269998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dating","tag-gaydating"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to spot a ghoster - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/how-to-spot-a-ghoster\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to spot a ghoster - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How to spot a ghoster OkCupid data reveals how daters\u2019 answers to matching questions expose their likelihood to\u00a0ghost Almost everyone has fallen victim to ghosting\u200a\u2014\u200aand probably has been a ghoster once or twice themselves. 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