INTERNET DATING SCIENCE – Feb 12 - Internet Dating Science, a new service by Courtland Brooks, summarizes the best academic papers so you can improve your idating site, and help users make better connections.
This study was conducted to try to establish if online daters chose to date people who they perceive to have similar levels of socially desirable traits ‘in their league’ or if this is not an important element of the dating process. The results were different for men and women but ultimately it confirmed that a good looking profile picture will attract anyone regardless if they are ‘in your league’ or not.
Dr Brenner: Based on this information, you should:
- Educate your members that an attractive and welcoming profile will increase the likelihood of receiving communication.
- Tutor your members that it will also increase the likelihood of communication from relatively popular members and people with higher self-worth.
- Appreciate that men and women tend to initiate communication based on different criteria.
- Be mindful that people’s statements about intended dating behaviours are often at odds with their actual behaviours.
- Recognize that surveys of member’s desires, intentions, and opinions are insufficient to understand how they fully interact with your site and its other members.
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