I submitted a question to okcupid for the first time. It was rejected.

[darxus]

Do you have an incurable STD (Genital warts (HPV), genital herpes (HSV), or HIV/AIDS)?


[Poll #1050519]

The options were: 1. Yes 2. No


Here is some of the user feedback we received:

Response Comment

Offensive / worthless

Uninteresting or too obscure for most people
Near 100 % of sexually active adults have one or more HPV types, so you could just as well ask "Are you a virgin?" - which is a question that does not exist per se, but is part of the answer of a few others

Offensive / worthless

Too similar to other questions

Uninteresting or too obscure for most people
You thinkg soomeone with those conditions really wants to be reminded of this on a dating site?

Offensive / worthless

Too similar to other questions

Too similar to other questions(Emphases added.)

UPDATE: Resolution here.

Comments

[feng-huang.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. I got guff from a physician once for wanting to get a routine checkup. "Why are you here?" "I want to get a routine STD test." "There's no such thing. Why are you here? What makes you think you have an STD?" "What are you talking about? I want a routine screening."

[devoken.livejournal.com]

I signed up with my current doctor when I lived a 20 minute walk away from her clinic. I've moved since, and it's now an hour and a half minimum to get to her, but I am absolutely never leaving her practice precisely because I've never had to deal with that type of thing from her. Routine is something she understands, and she doesn't let my insurance agency get pissy over me getting screened every 6 months. Having had experiences like the one you described, I consider myself very lucky to have found her.