she once dedicated a whole post to the bizarre ok cupid messages she receives. what do you want in a perfect world? what kind of response would you want to get from your online dating profile? >> in a perfect world it would be a guy who knows how to ask a woman on a date. he says, i'm interested in you because of, specific example. >> are you curious about how you could possibly improve upon this? >> oh, absolutely. >> reporter: sean patrick henry is a developer for ok cupid, expert on how people online date. >> nice to meet you. some of the simple things to start with are, go ahead and fill out your details. >> reporter: rule number one, fill in the blanks. the more details you provide, the easier it is for matches to find you. >> there's a lot of ways you can find somebody else on the site. but one of the things that people use are search filters through specific details. >> reporter: rule two, give them something to talk about. ask an open-ended question or list interests. >> put something specific in your profile for them to pick up. if you put more things i

turns out okay cupid experimented with your love life. >> reporter: okay cupid says everyone is doing it. >> it's not okay. >> reporter: we're talking about experimenting on you. okay cupid fessed up on its blog today. it showcased three experiments, but the 1 people can't stop talking about testing its matching algorithm. the site told people who were bad matches they were 90% compatible. so that guy you thought was mr. right? wrong. the results? users were more likely to chat with one another. >> i don't think it's right because it's deceitful. >> i think that's pretty messed up. >> if you're on a website looking for a potential husband, boyfriend, they should be completely honest about it. >> reporter: this comes after facebook announced it toyed with our emotions to change facebook feeds to see if users would be happier or sadder based on what they saw. >> to be honest with you, i got off facebook because of stuff like this. >> i think people do the online stuff just to boost their ego anyway. >> reporter: okay cupid is one of the fastest dating sites in the country. the company w

ok cupid is how we met. people don't know that.] >> i've been waiting for you to make an ok cupid joke the whole show. >> i almost made it. >> i have no comment. thank you all for watching. all the latest headlines all the time at bloomberg.com. ♪ . . >> do not miss these inspirational stories of cancer survival in the following program brought to you by cancer treatment centers of america. >> this is a story about fighting cancer, a story about fighting complex and advanced stage cancers, heart breaking cancers, but it is not a tragedy. it is a comeback story, because these people -- rod, melanie and

okay cupid fessed up on its blog today showcased three experiments. the one people can't stop talking about testing its matching algorism. >> sold team people bad matches that they weren't 90% compatible. so that guy you thought was mr. right, wrong. >> the results users were more likely to chat with one another. >> i don't think it is right because it is deceitful. i think that's pretty messed up. >> if you are on a website looking for a potential husband, boyfriends, they should be completely hon best it. >> this comes after facebook announced it toyed with our emotions, it changed facebook feeds to see if users would be happier or sadder based on what they saw. be honest with you i got off facebook because of stuff like. >> i think people dot on line stuff to boost their ego anyway. >> okay cupid one of the fastest dating growing sites in the country matching users on a match based system. writes before you get too upset quote if you use the internet you're the subject of hundreds of experiments at any given time on every site. that's how websites

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dating service ok cupid says it lied to users about their pat ability as part of an experiment. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carrabeo talked to dating expert about this latest add mig. >> reporter: philadelphia is a city of love. so it's not sitting well with some to learn that cupid hasn't been playing fair with some looking for a match online. >> that's in the game. that's like your emotions there. >> i wasn't actually shocked but i was kind of appal. >> reporter: ok cupid free online dating sight admitted to sperming were user. they explain this week bad pairs were given a high compatible rating that see if they would still connect. >> i'd like to so how it turns out. >> the power of suggestion is indeed powerful. >> the study showed that when the site told people they were good match they acted as if they were. they sent more first messages held longer conversations even if on paper they should have been bad for edge other. >> that would be like cautious when i get on there now. >> reporter: they're already a little bit wear row about online dating because they don't know

cupid works. bucritics say cupid's test are unethical. >> if you're investing your time in a good faith effort of finding a relationship, and the organizers of the website, the owners are using it for their own social engineering, that might not be okay with a lot of people. >> reporter: it isn't okay for some users. this person tweeted, i just deleted my account because of this story invading privacy is not good. another wrote, nice to know i can blame all those bad dates on someone else. >> they're overestimating the user's tolerance to be used as a guinea pig. >> reporter: the company that owns cupid owns tinder. it's an online effort. if you don't want to be on any of those services, always e-harmony. or meet your farmer.com. >> roxana, thank you. earlier i spokes with christian rudder, the co-founder of okay cupid, and i asked why his users should feel comfortable giving up their information, and if other sites are doing these experiments. >> reporter: i didn't ask for anybody's information.

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ok cupid admitted to mismatching dates on purpose.ompatible said they would be a great match. customers felt betrayed when they heard that. ok cupid founder said the experiment worked. >> that message turned into a conversation about twice as often when we told them that they were a good match. >> worked for him perhaps. ok cupid also told compatible customers to stay away from each other. surprisingly those customers wound up getting together anyway. a bit of reverse psychology in action. >> home prices continued their steady rise in may but the rate is slowing down. the closely watched index found prices rose 9.3% compared to last may. that growth was lower than the april numbers where prices rose 10.8%. the hottest market continues to be ma san francisco. home prices rose 15.4% here compared to last may. if you have onboard entertainment when you fly get ready for a whole new era. starting next week, delta airlines will offer free movies, free tv, and free video games in coach class. you will still pay a fee for premium content lik

so the site, okay cupid, they are not apologizing.cupid told datessers they were a 90% match when in reality they were a 30% match. as a result, they messaged each other more often. when cupid told great matches they were so-so compatible, the guys and gals still messaged each other, but not as much. and this next experiment is interesting as well. when they removed pictures, folk it is messaged each other more and exchanged contact details quicker, which makes sense because it's like we aren't seeing the other person on the other side. >> it's like your vision. >> so it makes you have to interact with the person. >> well that makes sense. >> right. so you probably didn't see this one coming. teaming up to release a jazz album. >> they are both talented. it will be interesting to see how this collaboration is. here's a quick pop from their new song, anything goes. ♪ [ music ] ♪ i did not recognize her. >> that sounds amazing and they are both so incredibly talented. bennett gia. she doesn't have much on there in the session. but there

. >> cupid hasn't been playing fair with some looking for a match on line. >> that's not a game. like you're motions there. >> i wasn't actually shocked. but i was kind of appalled. >> okay, cupid, freon line dating site, has admit today recently experiment being with some of its users, the site explained this week that bad payers were given high compatibility rate to go see if they would still connect. >> turns out the power of suggestion is indeed powerful. >> the study showed that when the site told people they were a good match, they acted as if they were. they sent more first messages, they held longer conversations, even if on paper, they should have been bad for each other. >> i'll be cautious when i get on there now. >> they're a little wary about on line dating, they don't know if they can meet the people they meet on line. so this could be a problem. >> gale of doylestown is a dating coach, also find herself back in the dating pool. she recently stopped using ok cupid and is suggesting relying on personal judgement, wentz on line instead of any compatibility meeter. >>

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dating web site cupid admits to conducting tests on its users. okay cupid post instead a blog that tests including telling users they were quote more compatible than they were, and vice versa. text and pictures were also removed from some of people's profiles. the cofounder of the dating site says web sites need these kinds of tests to improve their products. >>> plans for a new hotel are dividing a opinion in one bay area city. relates are getting a sense of how big that hotel could be. and some are not happy. with the traffic it could bring. more on that plan and the opposition tonight on ktvu news at 5:00. >>> thank you so much for making ktvu news your choice for news, and we are always here for you on ktvu.com and you can follow us on twitter and facebook. thanks for watching. ace home ! that is me, elizabeth, and today my friend rob pinkston is joining me on an epic adventure around the world. we will hike to the pena palace in portugal. elizabeth: wow, this is so pretty! and make some surprising discoveries! rob: oh what is this? elizabeth

>> ok cupid, or should i stay ok stupid -- come to found out ok cupid has been lying to us all the time. trying to match us up when there's no match at all. >> hi everybody. >> good morning. >> we love the fact that you're watching us this morning. >> thanks for being with us. >> you know the number already. >> it's a 10 today. >> yes. and if you walk outside, you will probably agree, or maybe request an 11. but it's sunny and dry and cool for july. no negatives at all about today's weather. we can think of one, anyway. so there's bus stop buddy. temperatures are in the 50s and 60s. it should be warm enough to take a little dip. no dog so no muggies at all today. 64 degrees, northwesterlies at 6 miles an hour. we will be approaching

just 30 percent compatible they had a 10 percent chance of engaging in a conversation but when ok cupiduped users who had a low combat tact telling them their score was actually 90 percent that number rose to 17 percent -- 17 percent chance of having an online conversation. the experiment worked in the other direction as well. if users were given a low compatibility score they were less likely to have a conversation. not only do these results say something about the power of suggestion but you also have to wonder do all those so-called scientific compatibility formulas used by these dating sites actually work. maybe not. >>> the site admits to experimenting on humans and the cofounders response to the brewing criticism, so what? if you use the internet you're subject to hundreds of experiments every time on every site adding that's just how web sites work. we want to know was think. is it fair to experiment with people's emotions? was this an ethical way for the web site's operators to figure out if their site works. head to our 6abc facebook page and tell us your thoughts. >> a lot of

back to you. >> computer cupids. wow. a little devious there. thank you, sir. appreciate it. >>> an update to a story we brought you last week, and that's the question surrounding a two-game suspension for baltimore ravens' star ray rice following an off-season domestic violence arrest involving his then-fiancee. after a discussion about rice friday on espn, host stephen a. smith received a firestorm of criticism from viewers and colleague michelle beadle after suggesting that victims can take steps to avoid provoking violence. >> we also have to make sure that we learn as much as we can about elements of provocation. not that there's real provocation, but the elements of provocation. you've got to make sure that you address it because what we've got to do is do what we can to try to prevent the situation from happening in any way. >> yesterday smith offered a taped apology because of the comments and how they were perceived. and here's some of what he had to say. >> my words came across that it is somehow a woman's fault. this was not my intent. it is not what

. >> okay cupid told people they weren't good matches that they were.ou wouldn't be matching with you they ended up matching with you that person. while they remain one of the fastest growing dating sites on the internet, youths remembers understandably upset. >> i don't think it is right. because it is deceitful. think that's pretty messed up. >> on a website looking for potential husband or boyfriends, they should be up front about it. >> before people get upset quote if you use the internet your the subject of any experiments on any site. that's how the internet works. unquote. >> this doesn't sounds like apology to me. >> no, no. >> sound like wagging after finger. katie, over to you. how are we looking weather wise? >> little un settled weather wise -- oh, hey, okay, let's go ahead, switch gears, talk about weather. temperatures dives renz in the last 24 hours, very noticeable. walking out the door, hint of breeze. it feels like fall. our temperatures have dropped anywhere from anything real fry five to ten to close to 15 degrees since the very sam

dating site ok cupid has been playing with users emotions and it says, yeah, yeah, it did it.ompany's president admits to carrying out social experiments on users by purposely connecting people with bad matches. i find this unbelievable but i know i shouldn't. one experiment ok cupid told users they match 90% with people when they really only matched by 30%. they are saying 90% match, no it's only 30% match. we're not telling you. the company says anyone who uses the internet is subject to experiments at any given time and that's that. >>> well, topping your money tonight, red lobster is going upscale. red lobster is getting rid of some of its promotional discou discount. see fad giants plans to stack food higher on plates. same style as fancier restaurants. the changes mark the latest attempt for them to turn around nagging sales. >> lead zeppelin plans to unleash an unheard version of stairway to heaven. it will be released in october in the bonus material of a new deluxe reissue album. >> all right. cray yoel la plans to color outside the lines. the cray yoel la company own

i don't think the people by ok cupid will be bothered.st want sex. >> no, no, people want love and meaningful relationships. of course a man would say that. >> joanne have you used dating sites? >> heck no. i don't want people to just want me for sex, come on. i understand why people are upset. no one likes feeling duped and they may have missed out on the love of their life. it told us what we wanted to know. they are told they are compatible. like jim said they maybe could have taken a poll. is this evidence that life is better if you lie? >> no. i think this is deplorable. they keep saying this leads to improvement in the site. that might be true, but you have people who sign up for this site because they tout their compatibility rankings and they make them up. it sounds like fraud to me. the co-founder said okcupid doesn't know what he is doing. sign me up. they show some of the data and if they rank people it is 90% compatible. their actual compatibility is 20%. again, oh, sign me up. why is anyone on this site? i don't know. maybe t

and -- dating website *o-k cupid* admits it experimented on its users. we'll tell you how, coming up. two armed men caught on camera robin in medical center in making off with medication and cash. >> good news for the cta. what a new report credits for a drop in crime. >> and chicago is getting ready to host hundreds of undocumented children. >> good morning. good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm erin mcelroy. let's go to tim mcgill in for demetrius, for a check of the weather. >> mild and comfortable temperatures. here are the current temperatures. we're warmer in the spots here. it's 61 at the queen of angels school. mainly clear to partly cloudy skies we will start off with sunshine but we will have a few more afternoon clouds popping up today and the chance for a hit or miss shower or a thunderstorm we will be warmer than yesterday. it felt very much like september. today we will feel more like july. still below average. same for tomorrow. edie's return thursday and friday. each day through saturday with a chance of scattered showers. >> things are lo

at their tanning and bellsorrentino and his brother co- >> mark:"the situation" told a >> darya:o-k cupidmight have fallen for other people on the site.but they also fell for an >> darya:o-k cupid recently revealed it told some subscribers their compatibility with other users was higher than it actually was. >> darya:the findings? there is power in suggestion. the bellthe site says when users were said to have a 30 percent compatibility.a message sent from either party only led to and >> darya:when the same users were told they had a 90 percent compatibility instead.conversation happened 17 >> mark:still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. >> mark:southwest airlines. slapped with a hefty fine for safety regulations. details after the break. >> mark:and a new study reveals just how many adults have debt in collections. we'll tell you the numbers coming up. we'll tell you the numbers coming up. woah, this kitchen is beautiful! give him the tour. let me show you! soft-close drawers, farm sink! where's my room? we had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. because your kitchen dreams can be

you find this okay, cupid, tender, geomobile way of relating through our phones to the real world, this is a problem you're going to keep encountering. people being told to interact with someone because that's a great person for it that person to interact with, but a minus for the guy on the other end. >> this is from laura who said perhaps our physical address will be replaced by social network address since i predict everyone will be on a social met work. dan s that true? will everyone be on a social network in the very near future? >> there are two groups of people that you can consider yourself around. there are the people that you're physically with, and then there is everybody else, the people you could be texting, the people you could be tweeting with, e-mailing, and it's become a little bit of a problem. everyone is sitting around dinner. they're chatting. there is a lull in the conversation, and then everyone runs to the phone to see what the buzz is about. there is an issue where people have trouble being present. i think the biggest thing that's going to change in the next te

well, i may be outnumbered and happily so but now it's my turn with this story dating website, okay cupidthey're under fire because they experimented on users. the users didn't know but the results are still revealing. so look. the website temporarily, they hit -- hid all the photos of users and they found out that users answered first messages from others more often and they engaged in more meaningful conversations to boot but when ok cupid brought the pictures back online, lots of the conversations immediately ceased. >> i love it. >> you love it? why? >> we're clearly making things too easy on you if you're so happy to be here. >> very happy to be here. >> second of all, i think this is -- >> sxi not just the visual. >> all those dating website things, i just -- i don't care for them. i don't think they're doing great things. i know that there's a lot of success out there so i don't want to, you know, criticize the people that use them. this, i think, is a genius idea. too often i hear people turning down an opportunity that presents itself because they don't think that the person meet

and those are your headlines. >> i think that is not okay, cupid. >> who are you calling cupid?inutes before the top of the hour. destruction in the suburbs of boston, massachusetts, after a rare and powerful twister touched down. more than 100 homes were damaged. look at this. we're talking about massachusetts. maria molina joins us live with details. maria, they haven't seen something like this there since 1950. >> incredible images coming out of that region. that is in massachusetts just outside the city of boston. that twister was confirmed as an ef-2 with winds of up to 120 miles per hour. that was early yesterday morning making it even more unusual because it's not only a little unusual for this time of the year, typically this happens during the springtime when you start to talk about tornadoes and that type of severe weather, but it's a little unusual in july and also it happened between 9:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. so very early in the morning for that type of weather. behind that storm system we do have much cooler air that's moved in. we have very chilly temperatures earl

. >> the dating site ok cupid comes clean about messing around with users love lives.s co-founder just adm admitted to manipulating profiles in a mass psychological experiment. the dating website reportedly removed texts from user's profile hid people's photos and told some users they were exceptionally good for each other when they weren't a match. why did they do it? the company says it wanted that see what would happen. >> what? >> the company's website the co-founder writes guess what, everybody if you use the internet you're the subject of hundreds of experiments at any given time on every site. that's how web sites work. >> i mean he's not even saying sorry. we did it. so what? that's what he's saying. >>> get over it he's basically saying. >> i'm not okay with that cupid. >>> i'm with you on that. we've all heard first impressions count. >> a new study shows how little time you have to make a good o one. ree searchers from the uk university says it's all based on looks all it takes is a quick glance at a face. just one-tenth of a second. one-tenth of a second an

in response to some backlash ok cupid reminded users that's privacy policy includes warnings there ito test the effectiveness of its site. head to our facebook page to tell us what you think about this one as well. >> 6:46. an nba's relatives come under attack. good morning america as details on what clippers player matt barnes did on social media to help catch a criminal. david. >> it's a cool morning across the region and twitter is alive this morning. my follower maria in maze me as landing new jersey tweets 58 degrees. a lot of you are only in the 50's right now, particularly in some outlying areas. millville 58, 54 in allentown, line in reading, 64 right now in philadelphia. day hour by hour. that's coming up from accuweather. >> and take the new 6abc.com with you wherever you go. our new smart design makes the layout fit any device including tablets and smartphones. check it out by visiting 6abc.com any time anywhere. >> ♪ >> "action news" is brought to you by the new jersey lottery. win a thousand dollars a day for life. play the new game cash for life from the new jersey lotte

stupid -- come to found out ok cupid has been lying to us all the time. trying to match us up when there's no match at all. >> hi everybody. >> good morning. >> we love the fact that you're watching us this morning. >> thanks for being with us. >> you know the number already. >> it's a 10 today. >> yes. and if you walk outside, you will probably agree, or maybe request an 11. but it's sunny and dry and cool for july. no negatives at all about today's weather. we can think of one, anyway. so there's bus stop buddy. temperatures are in the 50s and 60s. it should be warm enough to take a little dip. no dog so no muggies at all today. 64 degrees, northwesterlies at 6 miles an hour. we will be approaching 80 degrees today. it will be cooler than it has been and cooler than average for july 29th. 64 degrees with mostly clear skies. let's see how long we can keep the weather pattern going and let's see what sun glare is doing to our traffic this morning. >> we've got accidents so if people can get to work. >> this is in newark. the accident there also has a down

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not ok, cupid. or is it?menting on human beings, the founder was admirably transparent saying, guess what, everybody? if you use the internet you're the subject of hundreds of experiments at any given time on every site. that's how they work. this follows facebook so are we all just sad, lonely, looking for love guinea pigs? joining me is senior writer of c-net and a professor of linguistics and studies communications and columnist and a journalist with firsthand experience in this experiment. mall gi, thou maggie, is this the new normal? >> i don't think it's a new normal. it's the old normal. websites have been doing this since they started, right? how did facebook go from face mash to facebook? how did they evolve any of their practices or anything? i mean, it's all experimentation. >> right. the question is one of transparen transparency, how much revealing in the policies up front. but i also want to look at the findings that okcouper revealed. some are pretty interesting. they had a love is blind day wh

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. >>> on the huffington post ok cupid proudly admits it experiments on people all the time.founders says he and his engineer play around with people's accounts to figure out the best way to build the site. it includes people that might have made great matches that they were not actually good for each other in the end. how about that? some others stories. >>> new this morning a three-hour tour turned into an all night affair here for whale watching boat outside boston. the boat getting stranded when its propeller got tangled up in a lobster rope about 15 miles off shore. the roughly 163 passengers and crew members were due back monday evening after being out m water all night. boat has finally been freed and is airborne arriving back to boston harbor at this hour, we believe. >>> severe storms in arizona knocking a gaping hole until a fence on the southern u.s. border. the section is about 60 feet wide. border patrol says it has deployed resources to the area until the wall is fixed. >>> rob ford, toronto mayor, helped test out the park ewimt with his brother. the controversi

here okay cupid, they want to study their customers to see when they feed them profiles of mismatchedesppen. you can end up wasting time with a bad relationship, you can end of thinking of yourself i can't find anyone i care about. this is not okay. i am not sure this shouldn't require the same informed consent that a medical experiment requires and that is a much higher level. stuart: three subject, i agree with you and two of them. >> tell me which one you don't. stuart: won't do that, keep the audience guessing. >> torture. stuart: i hardly think so. >> it could be the social network thing. we don't always agree on that. stuart: i have got to think about this. come back soon. >> i don't think you are boating for jesse ventura if he runs for president. stuart: did you hear what i had to say? >> i did. stuart: when you agree with me? >> i think the man at tends to paranoia. stuart: that is a clinical description. very good. another form of agreement. we will see you soon. timothy, a youtube star makes a lot of money, six figures, putting that to good use pairing--paying off his parents

now, okay cupid posted in a blog that these tests included telling use thers they were more compatiblehey really were. text and photos were removed from some of the profiles. the co-founder said they need this to improve products. >>> the refreshed versions of apple's mac book pro laptops are available. the upgrade the laptops are faster and have more memberry. the prices range from $1300 to $2500. but the top tier, 15-inch model is 100 cheaper than the earlier version. >>> the renter refusing to leave a palm springs b and b condo says he has no regrets and would do it again. he was only supposed to be there for 44 days but has stopped paying and won't move out. since the rental agreement was longer than 30 days, he's now legally a month-to-month tenant. in order to get him out, it could be a long and expensive eviction pro set. according to usa today, two days ago he posted on kick starter that he has no regrets about not leaving the home. >>> a woman in texas was seriously hurt this morning after her husband drove his car into the couple's home. his wife would not let him inside. tha

. >> also, okay cupid playing with people's hearts and minds. the dating website's experiment that is upset ago lot of users. we'll be right back. >>> good morning, pretty quiet start to the morning by comparison, finally back into that cool and dry pattern out there, it is not terribly windy but it is kind of cool outside. >> low 60s at best, storm scan3 empty, how much, with high pressure built in place here today, you can expect more sun than anything. couple of clouds may builds in as the day goes on, but that would be the worse of our worries. so tends up being pretty good beach day. pleasantly warm, high flirting with 80, but not quite getting there, uv index is nice and hi, though. so make sure the sun block is ready to go. and your rip countries being thankfully also low. good excuse to take a dip if you so inclined, and by tomorrow, it is also looking like nice day, just little warmer up to 84 degrees, with sunshine, come thursday, we continue the warming trend here. there may be a shower or storm around. but generally it is looking par

they'll do the cupid shuffle coming up.ght years ago, richmond, by the way, was on the fbi's most dangerous cities list. last year richmond saw its lowest homicide rate in three decades. so a lot to celebrate there. >>> still ahead, an update on the developing story in napa county. our nbc chopper on site. this fire continues to grow. more than five square miles, nearly 4,000 acres. we're back in a moment with an update on the wind conditions and what we can expect in the next 24 hours. >>> we'll get you back to the developing story in napa county. rural napa county. our chopper still over the scene. you'll see water drops here, fire retardant, a lot happening in the air and below on the ground. nearly five square miles, this fire continues to blaze. this is the east of calistoga. this has been happening now, jeff ranieri, the said day, and you said last night probably because the winds and weather conditions that we might go a couple more days before they really get a hold of this. >> a third year in the drought. bone dry.

this is the problem you are going to find when we begin to integrate this okay cupid tinder jeo mobilef relating through our phones to the real world. this is a problem that you are going to keep encountering as people being told to go interact with someone because that's a great person for that person to interact with but it's sort of a minus for the guy on the other end. >> sounds like what some of our audience is tweeting about right now. this is from laura bustante, perhaps a physical address will be replaced by a social network address since i predict everyone will be on a social network. dan, is that to you? will every way be on a social network in the near future? >> honestly, there is two groups of people that you can consider yourself around. there is the people that you are physically with, and then there is everybody else, the people you could be texting, the people you could be tweeting with, e-mailing and it's become a little bit of a problem. everyone sitting around dipper, chatting, there is a lull in the conversation and auchltdz everyone runs to their phones to pull th

. >> ok cupid is playing with customer's hearts.at the dating site did to upset some of its user. >> good morning. 5:30 on this tuesday. david and karen have weather and traffic. >> and it's a great day to be telling you about the weather because the weather is great. take a look satellite has some cloud cover out to the west but we are seeing a lot of holes getting punched in those clouds. a lot of sunshine over the horizon later on and we'll have sun mixing with some clouds today. over all should be pretty good. my twitter follower lynn in blackwood new jersey posts 60 degrees right now. as you take a look at temperatures we're still at 61 in millville but 66 in philadelphia, 62 in wilmington, 60 in reading. allentown at 59 degrees also down on the boardwalks on the jersey shore mid 60's this morning. mainly clear and pleasant, 64 by 6 o'clock, 66 by 8:00 a.m. in philadelphia and as we head in through the day it is going to be warm this afternoon but with low humidity it's going to feel pretty good. 68 by 9:00 but 75 by noon. real

"o-k cupid".were unknowingly used as >> darya:the site just revealed it experimented on its clients. people they were * more compatible* with possible dates. than they actually were. >> darya:and when compatibility numbers went up. more people responded to possible love connections. >> darya:o-k cupid also blurred out all profile pictures one day. resulting in more meaningful conversations between users. >> darya:but when the pictures were re-introduced the next day.those conversations stopped cold. >> mark: the college of alameda and baseball film was vandalized over the weekend. >> darya: watching the weather. >>: still tracking hot spots as we've had slowed traffic on 11. the 280 in a chain and problems on this highway 17 that. it's a bad ride southbound b to an earlier recuring ax that on how the. and i that i stand on the marin on francis drake boulevard. the scattered tobacco is 14 to 16 minutes. for the san mateo bridge i think we've seen the end of the stop beach here much lighter traffic on the golden gate bridge. there are no longer any delays on 580 westbound to richmond.

the dating site okay cupid is coming clean about its members using them as part of an experiment. >>s reminds you of facebook. they admitted to a psychological experiment. they removed text from users' profiles, hid people's photos and even told some users they were exceptionally good for one another when they weren't a match. the company claims they did it just to see what would happen. as we said facebook recently came under fire for similar experiments with its news feed. >> that's playing with fire right there. >>> 5:50. thousands of folk dancers in bolivia attempting to break a world record. >> the largest group of dancers performing a dance inspired by african slaves brought to work in the country's silver mines. >> 5:50 right now, just coming up on 5:51. a beautiful, beautiful morning. this is sky top lodge in the pocono mountains and today is shaping up to be nice as well. it's going to be a lot cooler than it was yesterday even in the early morning hours. >> it's true. in some cases 10 degrees cooler than it was yesterday. it's hard to complain about that. we love warm weath

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