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Online dating is not just Tinder, but also questionary-heavy sites like OkCupid. "Substance, not just selfies" is their current slogan.
by listic 9y ago
Online dating is not just Tinder, but also questionary-heavy sites like OkCupid. "Substance, not just selfies" is their current slogan.
- jstewartmobile 9y agoThe questions are just lagniappe. Try OkCupid with the "nice boy" pic for a while, then switch to one with visible abs, then let us know if you still believe their slogan. edit: p.s. if you're online dating and don't have abs, get some.
- infruset 9y agoI wonder how culture specific this is. I once read a fascinating article about the differences in taste between Quebec and French women, where the former preferred muscular men while the latter preferred thinner ones. The theory was that in France, not being muscular is perceived as a sign of belonging to a higher social class whereas having strong arms betrays that you do a physical, low-paid job; whereas in North America, going to the gym seems to be a practice which transcends social class. EDIT: where as --> whereas
- owebmaster 9y agoBoth muscular and thin have abs so OP still has a point.
- megy 9y agoYes, you end up attracting different sorts of people. What does that prove?
- bduerst 9y agoI think this is key - what are you optimizing for here? It seems like people arguing here have different metrics for success in online dating.
- jstewartmobile 9y agoI look at it more as bait in a numbers game. Whether they admit it or not, sex sells for everyone. More dates means more opportunities to find someone you jive with. I think my assumption that people are people is just as good as your assumption that abs bring a different clientele.
- majormajor 9y agoI think the woman I met five years ago would be unhappy if I reactivated my account to try a non-"nice boy" pic. I'm best described as "average" in appearance, which of course isn't the worst place to be, but interestingly I had much better luck than my friend with better abs. Almost as if a lot of people aren't just looking for the most attractive hookup.
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- nunez 9y agoThe questions are core to their matching algorithm. Yes, you'll get superficially better results by being white, tall and having a chiseled face or being a blond, thin and short woman, but that doesn't change the fact that you'll meet lots of girls/guys that you might or might not match with.
- avenoir 9y agoThe questionnaires and pairing algorithms used by OkCupid or Match just narrow down the pool of people to something manageable. But at the end of the day you're still filtering people in your pool based on looks more often than not. At least this has been my experience with both several years ago.