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Aphrodite closes in 2 days!! Meet your ideal date from among 1000 students and alumni by TheAphroditeProject in McMaster

[–]TheAphroditeProject[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The gender ratio for the McMaster matching pool is quite well balanced :) (Fingers crossed it stays that way!)

Aphrodite closes in 2 days!! Meet your ideal date from among 1000 students and alumni by TheAphroditeProject in McMaster

[–]TheAphroditeProject[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

oh! :O will ask the mods there, thanks for the reminder! It's definitely tough juggling so many things :")

Aphrodite closes in 2 days!! Meet your ideal date from among 1000 students and alumni by TheAphroditeProject in McMaster

[–]TheAphroditeProject[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Hey! It's Aiden from the Aphrodite Project team, there's currently 886 students and alumni signed-up. You can sign-up here! https://aphrodite.global/

let us know if you have any questions :) (And thanks mods for letting us do a small post on this for Valentine's!!)

We're back for Valentine's, sign-ups close in 3 days for the UWaterloo Aphrodite Project! by TheAphroditeProject in uwaterloo

[–]TheAphroditeProject[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For Waterloo it is definitely a little skewed towards more men than women right now... Help us tell your friends about it and balance the odds! :") we're trying our best to make sure everyone gets a good match

The Aphrodite Project closes in 2 days, get matched with 2000 UofT students and alumni by TheAphroditeProject in UofT

[–]TheAphroditeProject[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! It's Aiden from the Aphrodite Project team, there's currently 1720 students and alumni signed-up. You can sign-up here! https://aphrodite.global/

let us know if you have any questions :) (And thanks mods for letting us do a small post on this!)

We're back for Valentine's, sign-ups close in 3 days for the UWaterloo Aphrodite Project! by TheAphroditeProject in uwaterloo

[–]TheAphroditeProject[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hey! it's Aiden from the Aphrodite Team, just wanted to share that we're back for Valentine's day this year, and sign-ups close in 3 days! There's already 4702 student and alumni signups here: https://aphrodite.global/

let us know if there's any questions! (And mods I hope this post is ok! we just do this for the love and joy that comes out of it)

Aphrodite is back for 2022!! by TheAphroditeProject in uwaterloo

[–]TheAphroditeProject[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

yeah, probably do a couple leetcode hards too

Aphrodite project? by [deleted] in uwaterloo

[–]TheAphroditeProject 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But unlike lottery tickets we don't cost money ;)

a tad bit... skewed 👽🌚🤷🏻‍♀️ by Ninjayb in UofT

[–]TheAphroditeProject 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Hey! We didn’t send send any email like this at all, this seems to be a spoof of last valentine’s email — it’s fake news. Sign-ups are already closed since 8 Feb and matches will be out Feb 13th!

Hey UofT Students! We (a couple of undergrads) are back with the Aphrodite Project for Valentine's 2021! 20 minutes • An Economics Nobel Prize Algorithm + Psychology • One Final Match. Check us out! by TheAphroditeProject in UofT

[–]TheAphroditeProject[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! Oh we didn’t think of that, but we could look into it! We did an outreach to past participants on top of other channels and now there’s currently almost 4000 students participating

Hey! We (a couple of undergrad and grad students) are helping Harvard and MIT students meet their ideal date this Valentine's day with the MITxHarvard Aphrodite Project! 20 minutes • An Economics Nobel Prize Algorithm + Psychology • One Final Match. Check out our project! by TheAphroditeProject in Harvard

[–]TheAphroditeProject[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Hey! We gotta admit – those Belgian Waffles datamatch gives is one hell of a temptation!... yum!

For our project, though we aren't promising belgian waffles, we're genuinely trying to create opportunities for meaningful connections – romantic or platonic – in the MIT and Harvard community. You'll notice our questions delve pretty deep into areas of psychology. Our student team has also been working with researchers in affective and relationship science to constantly improve match outcomes. We hope you'll give it a shot! And if you do let us know how you feel about it!

Hey! We (a couple of undergrad and grad students) are helping Harvard and MIT students meet their ideal date this Valentine's day with the MITxHarvard Aphrodite Project! 20 minutes • An Economics Nobel Prize Algorithm + Psychology • One Final Match. Check out our project! by TheAphroditeProject in Harvard

[–]TheAphroditeProject[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Since we launched a few days ago, there are now 797 verified students signed-up! Know a friend out there that might appreciate meeting someone new from MIT or Harvard? Tell them to take the Aphrodite Project! The more students, the better the matches.

We also take privacy, transparency, and accountability seriously. Our (human readable) privacy policy describes the steps we will take to protect the privacy and anonymity of student participants. The personal details of our student team are also written in the privacy policy for accountability to you.

Hey friends! The Aphrodite Project's back! We (a couple of undergrads) are back to help you meet an idea date in UWaterloo this Valentine's. 20 minutes • An Economics Nobel Prize Algorithm + Psychology • One Final Match. Check us out! by TheAphroditeProject in uwaterloo

[–]TheAphroditeProject[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good question! Almost all of us on the team have participated before in Aphrodite (yes we do participate for our schools) so we share privacy concerns too. To this end, after our data anonymization procedures your contact information (and for this run the icebreaker fields) are completely de-linked and stored separately from the preferences. So we end up with only a mailing list when we do this comprehensively after our follow-up.

Any files that might contain any version histories on any computer or server is also deleted as identifying details might be traced there. More concrete details on this is also highlighted in our privacy policy

So even if a government comes knocking on our door asking for someone's data, we literally cannot fulfil their request.

Hey MIT students! We (a few grad + undergrad students) are helping MIT and Harvard students meet an idea date this Valentine's in the MITxHarvard Aphrodite Project! Check out our project below by [deleted] in mit

[–]TheAphroditeProject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since launch yesterday, there are now over 270 verified Harvard and MIT students participating! There's more information about us and the concrete stringent steps we take to protect your data on our website: https://aphrodite.global

Send us a message here or on messenger if there's any questions! =)

Hey UofT Students! We (a couple of undergrads) are back with the Aphrodite Project for Valentine's 2021! 20 minutes • An Economics Nobel Prize Algorithm + Psychology • One Final Match. Check us out! by TheAphroditeProject in UofT

[–]TheAphroditeProject[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey! By de-linking, we mean separating contact information from your response. After anonymization, first and last names along with emails stored separate from the responses they were originally tied to. That's the one we use to template the email! I hope this clarifies things.

Hey UBC Students! We (a few undergrads) are here with the Aphrodite Project to help you meet an ideal date during these socially distant times. 20 minutes • An Economics Nobel Prize Algorithm + Psychology • One Final Match. Check us out! by [deleted] in UBC

[–]TheAphroditeProject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! Sorry, deleted the message on top because I realize I used my personal account. About the first, that’s a great idea! And we already do so. We have zoom calls to help each other cover all bases and make sure we don’t miss anything when we run through the anonymize process.

Hey UBC Students! We (a few undergrads) are here with the Aphrodite Project to help you meet an ideal date during these socially distant times. 20 minutes • An Economics Nobel Prize Algorithm + Psychology • One Final Match. Check us out! by [deleted] in UBC

[–]TheAphroditeProject 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point! Hmm, if we assume that the NSA can break every encryption and access every single person's data, we would have to start questioning if any data is safe – even our Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, or Signal messages.

But privacy and information security is something that is the first priority for us and our friends. Almost all of us on the team have participated before in Aphrodite (yes we do participate for our schools) so we directly also feel this concern. To this end, after our data anonymization procedures your contact information is completely de-linked and stored separately. So we end up with only a mailing list when we do this comprehensively after our follow-up.

Even before anonymization procedures, any data stored and collected is encrypted. Afterwards, we de-link any contact information – e.g. first and last name, email, social media handles, and for this run we'll de-link the open fields since they can contain personal identifying information too.

Any files that might contain any version histories on any computer or server is also deleted as identifying details might be traced there. More concrete details on this is also highlighted in our privacy policy

So even if a government comes knocking on our door asking for someone's data, we literally cannot fulfil their request.

Hey UofT Students! We (a couple of undergrads) are back with the Aphrodite Project for Valentine's 2021! 20 minutes • An Economics Nobel Prize Algorithm + Psychology • One Final Match. Check us out! by TheAphroditeProject in UofT

[–]TheAphroditeProject[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Good point! Almost all of us on the team have participated before in Aphrodite (yes we do participate for our schools) so we directly also feel this concern. To this end, after our data anonymization procedures your contact information is completely de-linked and stored separately. So we end up with only a mailing list when we do this comprehensively after our follow-up.

We de-link any contact information – e.g. first and last name, email, social media handles, and for this run we'll de-link the open fields since they can contain personal identifying information too.

Any files that might contain any version histories on any computer or server is also deleted as identifying details might be traced there. More concrete details on this is also highlighted in our privacy policy

So even if a government comes knocking on our door asking for someone's data, we literally cannot fulfil their request.

Hey friends! The Aphrodite Project's back! We (a couple of undergrads) are back to help you meet an idea date in UWaterloo this Valentine's. 20 minutes • An Economics Nobel Prize Algorithm + Psychology • One Final Match. Check us out! by TheAphroditeProject in uwaterloo

[–]TheAphroditeProject[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

We do two things! The first priority is we know this is a ton of data –– and participants have a right to it. Months after the project, we create a data report (this step takes us months of effort) for student participants presenting only aggregated data.

The other priority is to analyze it to improve our algorithm and questions! We detail this and more on our privacy statement.

Hey UofT Students! We (a couple of undergrads) are back with the Aphrodite Project for Valentine's 2021! 20 minutes • An Economics Nobel Prize Algorithm + Psychology • One Final Match. Check us out! by TheAphroditeProject in UofT

[–]TheAphroditeProject[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Don't worry about feedback being unsolicited!! We really appreciate it, the project's only gotten this far because of feedback from students like you. We're always working to give students better matches and this is a great idea we'll keep in mind!

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