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Good point. The scoring is going to be continuously tweaked as more data is collected. It may be the case that your dating behavior is irrelevant to your Craigslist behavior, or it could be a useful signal. The scoring will adjust according to the data.

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Another thing to consider is long term versus short term behavior. In my experience, some people have spurts of negative activity that are important to account for in small time spans but which may smooth out over time, that is, you may want to steer clear of someone for a month but the next month they are fine. This can coincide with financial issues, mental health as well as general stress.

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