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

[greylady.livejournal.com]

While it's kind of a nice thought, isn't this part of your normal pre-sex discussion? I might be paranoid, but the whole "when was your last blood test, what were you tested for and what were the results?" thing is part of mine.

I mean, the whole concept that someone doesn't want to talk about their potential sexual issues on a dating site makes me giggle. If you can't talk about it, you're not ready to do it. (This goes for way more than sex, thus "it" is not "IT".)