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I see two primary problems with this idea. #1. Most ugly people don't want to date someone else ugly. This is especially true for men, who typically care far m

I see two primary problems with this idea. #1. Most ugly people don't want to date someone else ugly. This is especially true for men, who typically care far more about their mate's appearance than their own. #2. Most ugly people aren't conscious of their ugliness, or if they are, they at least aren't comfortable enough admitting it to sign up for this service.

rokhayakebe 16y ago
1- True, but if you are ugly and have little else to offer than you will settle for ugly. 2- I think we will see lots of decent looking people signing up because they think "in a pool of ugliness I will beauty queen", and that will help. For example in the latest members section, the girl on the top right is not ugly.
- quizbiz 16y ago
  But who wants to meet a future spouse on a dating site for ugly people? Rather, an ugly person would prefer a dating site for smart people or mac enthusiasts or music enthusiasts, etc.
  - discolemonade 16y ago
    There's still an element of stigma around online dating. When you combine that with the fact that nobody wants to admit to others and especially to themselves that they settled, this site is a trainwreck in the making... assuming it isn't some sort of a prank or something. Nobody intentionally goes out looking for ugly people to date.
pedanticfreak 16y ago
#1 People of similar attractiveness do tend to gravitate toward each other. #2 People of all levels of attractiveness are able to measure other people's attractiveness on the same scale with relative accuracy. Dan Ariely has a very good talk on this over at bigthink.com: http://bigthink.com/ideas/20752 http://bigthink.com/ideas/20752 Given this, I think stratifying dating sites on attractiveness would actually improve successful match rates. Whether you can do this all in one site or need to create stronger logical boundaries is really a matter of implementation.
- rogerclark 16y ago
  OkCupid already has a form of this stratification in place. I'm just not sure how obvious it is (or whether people should even know about it). If people consistently rate your photos higher, after the ratings clear a certain threshold, the system considers you "attractive." The system sends you an email congratulating you and about how "you'll be shown more attractive matches from now on."

rokhayakebe 16y ago

1- True, but if you are ugly and have little else to offer than you will settle for ugly. 2- I think we will see lots of decent looking people signing up because they think "in a pool of ugliness I will beauty queen", and that will help. For example in the latest members section, the girl on the top right is not ugly.

quizbiz 16y ago
But who wants to meet a future spouse on a dating site for ugly people? Rather, an ugly person would prefer a dating site for smart people or mac enthusiasts or music enthusiasts, etc.
- discolemonade 16y ago
  There's still an element of stigma around online dating. When you combine that with the fact that nobody wants to admit to others and especially to themselves that they settled, this site is a trainwreck in the making... assuming it isn't some sort of a prank or something. Nobody intentionally goes out looking for ugly people to date.

pedanticfreak 16y ago

#1 People of similar attractiveness do tend to gravitate toward each other. #2 People of all levels of attractiveness are able to measure other people's attractiveness on the same scale with relative accuracy. Dan Ariely has a very good talk on this over at bigthink.com: http://bigthink.com/ideas/20752 http://bigthink.com/ideas/20752 Given this, I think stratifying dating sites on attractiveness would actually improve successful match rates. Whether you can do this all in one site or need to create stronger logical boundaries is really a matter of implementation.

rogerclark 16y ago
OkCupid already has a form of this stratification in place. I'm just not sure how obvious it is (or whether people should even know about it). If people consistently rate your photos higher, after the ratings clear a certain threshold, the system considers you "attractive." The system sends you an email congratulating you and about how "you'll be shown more attractive matches from now on."