Many nerds may have reluctantly conformed their signalling to something more appropriate.
From my OKC profile (written prior to seeing this comment, and actually the starting point for the quoted conversation with Katja):
I'm working with the Singularity Institute for AI, a non-profit dedicated to promoting clear and critical thinking about the far future and humanity's place in it.
Interesting. If I may ask, what sort of results are you getting (in terms of responses, females contacting you, and dates from the website)?
When I first constructed my OkCupid profile, I deliberately minimized my intellectual interests because I want to avoid getting stereotyped as a "nerd" before someone even knows me. I've been thinking of adding them in and see if it lowers the female attention I receive. I did recently add in that I "make computers do my bidding" and that I "build websites" (avoiding the word "program...
2:45:24 PM Katja Grace: The main thing that puts me off in online dating profiles is lack of ambition to save the world
2:45:35 PM Katja Grace: Or do anything much
2:48:03 PM Michael Blume: *nods*
2:48:07 PM Michael Blume: this is indeed a problem
2:57:55 PM Katja Grace: Maybe there is a dating site for smart ambitious nerds somewhere
2:58:25 PM Katja Grace: Need to set up lw extension perhaps
2:59:02 PM Michael Blume: haha, yes ^^
3:00:40 PM Katja Grace: Plenty of discussion on why few girls, how to get girls, nobody ever says 'oy, girls on lw, want to get together some time?'
3:01:14 PM Michael Blume: somebody really should say that
3:01:34 PM Michael Blume: hell, I'm tempted to just copy that IM into a top-level post and click 'submit'
3:01:48 PM Katja Grace: Haha dare you to