Her response rate was about 40%. I cried a little.
On the other hand, two guys or two girls going out on a date is not as big a deal. The perception is that it's safer. There is of course a lot to worry about, but the playing field is usually a lot more level. This of course is offset by the fact that on most dating sites your pool of gay or lesbian candidates is smaller, but your chances of them responding will generally be higher.
I also didn't realize this site was already out there, but if it was dating/sex related by that time, I wouldn't have known it could be used for that.
FWIW, there's another site I think similary created for meeting people nearby as friends (Meetme.com) that has also turned into a sex/hookup app.
The main problems seem to be:
1) The sites only work once you have enough users to make them work, but you can't get more users until the site works.
2) People use them for sex, which is off-putting to large numbers of users.
OKC should probably set up some kind of meet-friends-in-groups thing.
I've considered going to a computer / technology / entrepreneurship club, but haven't yet. They also have local groups for dog owners, walking/fitness/specialty (ballet, dance), FPV drone flyers, sports groups, and almost anything else I could think of they had a group already started for it in my city.
Some have memberships fees (completely optional when setting up a new group, afaik) and some have more strict requirements when joining (a potential problem but I haven't heard of it being abused).
This seems like something that would be in a David Letterman "Top 10 list of things to consider for your new website".
Althought it sounds a bit sparse at the moment.
OkCupid, at least when I signed up 10+ years ago, allowed you to specify that you were interested in platonic activity partners, and would show both a match rating and friend rating.
The female he was talking to may or may not be real... But, if you wanted to get inside information on a bunch of companies, it would be a great way to do it (and i'm sure it's happening as we speak).