OKC does have this functionality, it's called quickmatch. I don't know how they use the ratings you give there, but I doubt they just let it go to waste.
* If you're going to do it properly and give them meaningful data, a 'quick' skim is the exact opposite of what you want to do. Yet it's what the function is set up for; you can't even see a person's questions and answers, which have frequently (to me) proved far more revealing than the profile.
* Again, if you're doing it properly, rating someone highly sends them a mail saying 'someone's interested in you'. Which always looks to me like saying 'Someone's interested in you but doesn't have the guts / energy / enthusiasm to write you a proper message so has gone for the easy way'. Not a great intro.
With a bit of tweaking I agree it could give some useful seed data, but not much more; fundamentally I think the question-based approach is very good, but I think their scoring algorithm could benefit from refinement.
* If you're going to do it properly and give them meaningful data, a 'quick' skim is the exact opposite of what you want to do. Yet it's what the function is set up for; you can't even see a person's questions and answers, which have frequently (to me) proved far more revealing than the profile.
* Again, if you're doing it properly, rating someone highly sends them a mail saying 'someone's interested in you'. Which always looks to me like saying 'Someone's interested in you but doesn't have the guts / energy / enthusiasm to write you a proper message so has gone for the easy way'. Not a great intro.
With a bit of tweaking I agree it could give some useful seed data, but not much more; fundamentally I think the question-based approach is very good, but I think their scoring algorithm could benefit from refinement.