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Hey guys, it's Alana and welcome back for another episode of Seeking Other People.

Today's episode is one that I have been wanting to do in the back of my mind for a very long time.

But it's one of those things we're like, you know, you have a crush on somebody from a distance and, you know, you're kind of like social media friends and you know, like you're totally social media friends, but you've never actually like asked them to get drinks. This was exactly that with Michael Kay from OKCupid. He and I have followed each other for years and like we've talked a ton of times in

the DMs or always keeping up to date with what the other's doing. And I literally feel like I've

known him for half my life. And we've only met once in person. It was very, very brief. And for so long,

I'm like, I need to get Michael Kay on seeing other people. Like Michael Kay would be the perfect guest.

Michael Kay would have so much to say on this topic. Michael Kay can help people with their profile,

all of these things. And for so long, I didn't do it. And I really regret that. But I'm so glad

that it finally happened. So obviously today we have Michael Kay on the podcast. He is the global

head of communications at

OkCupid and we are going to talk about dues and don'ts for profiles. You guys, I know we've

talked about profiles before, but I can't tell you like every single time one of you comes to me,

but this happens like multiple times a week for a dating

at profile revamp. I'm like, listen, you're coming and paying for this when I've given you and my guests have given you all the things you need to be doing for free on the podcast. Don't get me wrong. I love when you sign up for dating at profile revants and I can make some money, help pay rent, help fund Barclay's puppy life. But at the same time, I want you guys to be set up for success.

And I want you guys to be

set up for success and i want you to feel confident about your profiles and i want them to be

doing you favors and not holding you back so we are here we're going to talk about profiles we're

going to talk about photos prompts conversations all the do's and don'ts for those biggest mistakes people are making what you can do to be better we are going to talk about photos, prompts, conversations, all the do's and don'ts for those.

Biggest mistakes people are making what you can do to be better. We are going to talk about trends that are happening in the dating world right now. Some differences between Gen X and

millennial dating, a lot of really popular, kind of like newsworthy issues that are impacting

the way people are dating, politics, whether or not someone's pro-choice, Black Lives Matter, all of these things are really important in, you know, what we're looking for and who we're looking for and wanting to be aligned with our partners. And so we talk about a lot about that and a lot about how you can, you know, filter for some of these things and some other questions you

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