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#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 attrac
by 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 agoOkCupid 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."