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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1267" data-attributes="member: 1"><a href="https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/7/3/20680087/tinder-okcupid-dating-apps-online" target="_blank">The dating algorithm that gives you just one match - Vox</a>The Marriage Pact is designed to help college students find their perfect “backup plan.” Siena Streiber, an English major at Stanford University, wasn’t looking for a husband. But waiting at the cafe, she felt nervous nonetheless. “I remember thinking, at least we’re meeting for coffee and not some fancy dinner,” she said. What had started as a joke — a campus-wide quiz that promised to tell her which Stanford classmate she should marry — had quickly turned into something more. Now there was a person sitting down across from her, and she felt both excited and anxious.The quiz that had brought them together was part of a multi-year study called the Marriage Pact, created by two Stanford students. Using economic theory and cutting-edge computer science, the Marriage Pact is designed to match people up in stable partnerships.As Streiber and her date chatted, “It became immediately clear to me why we were a 100 percent match,” she said. They found out they’d both grown up in Los Angeles, had attended nearby high schools, and eventually wanted to work in entertainment. They even had a similar sense of humor.</blockquote>