"Our goal is that [the acquisition] will have no effect whatsoever," Yagan told us, saying that no positions will change within the company, and that it will continue full-steam ahead as usual -- sans censorship or fees.
In fact, Yagan says it will be releasing a location-aware app in the coming months, as well as a new OkTrends piece.
As for why the company chose to go through with the acquisition, Yagan says he feels that the move will secure OkCupid's future. "Match.com is committed to online dating," he says. "They have sites for every niche. And there's no question that they'll be running dating sites for a long time."
"We wouldn't make a deal that would be bad for the users," he added. "We wouldn't sell to someone who we thought would run [OKCupid] into the ground... I have a boss now, that's the only change."
Internet denizens have also pointed out that a popular OKCupid article from last year titled “Why You Should Never Pay For Online Dating” has been taken down from the company's blog.
"I chose to take that down. Match didn't ask," Yagan says, denying that the other site was attempting to censor OkCupid. Apparently, the story was pieced together from public information, and Yagan has learned that some of the assumptions made in it were untrue.