OKComrade
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OKComrade is a friendship, dating and social networking website currently based in Facebook and Twitter parodying the popular dating website OkCupid except specializing in left-wing politics with posts catering to anarchists, communists, and socialists.
Background
OKComrade was created in May 4, 2014 on the social networking website Facebook as a leftist alternative to OkCupid. In May 5, 2014, the OKComrade Twitter was launched.
In May 22, 2014, OKComrade expanded to Instagram.
In an email interview with The Huffington Post, one of the site's creators Jacob said "We want this to be a safe space for leftists to meet people who share our values. [...] Your politics reflect those values as well as your entire worldview and it makes sense to seek out the companionship of those who share similar world-views."
There are plans for a standalone website as well as a mobile app. In reply to Doug Henwood's comments, an OKComrade admin stated there will be an app similar to Grindr and Tinder.
Reception
In May 2014, OKComrade achieved 4,000 Facebook likes.
Critical Theory, while critiquing OKComrade with "Of course, like most radical politics (and the rest of the world, I suppose), the page is woefully dominated by dudes," concluded that OKComrade "will prove to be an invaluable resource for meeting people."
The Guardian commended OKComrade with "Perhaps OKComrade offers us more than a date â it invites us to find ways of applying our principles to our relationships. By consciously, and compassionately, dating fellow leftists, we're taking a step towards creating a shared culture. This is a powerful blow against alienation, and an optimistic sign that another world is possible."
The Huffington Post reviewed the OKComrade submission system via Facebook as "an imperfect system. But hey, love is never perfect."