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> the kind of look that makes women swipe left. I'm too old for dating apps, so I've never used one, but don't nearly all women swipe left (that is, reject) so
by commandlinefan 7y ago
> the kind of look that makes women swipe left.
I'm too old for dating apps, so I've never used one, but don't nearly all women swipe left (that is, reject) something like 80-85% of men on these apps?
- saddestcatever 7y agoI don't have the numbers on hand, but it's likely even more drastic. The original blog post has long since been deleting (https://theblog.okcupid.com/your-looks-and-your-inbox-8715c0f1561e https://theblog.okcupid.com/your-looks-and-your-inbox-8715c0...), but according to one of the OKCupid founders: > [Women] rate a whopping 80% of men on the site as ‘below average’. You can imagine that people aren't swiping for "average", so the selected percentage would be even less. Link: https://techcrunch.com/2009/11/18/okcupid-inbox-attractive/ https://techcrunch.com/2009/11/18/okcupid-inbox-attractive/
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 7y agoIt's hard not to. The average actor you see on TV is >8. If you show someone a subset of a population to represent the majority them you'll cause them to expect that. Which is my hypothesis behind why 80% of women are vying for 20% of men. I think, in general, men are more willingto compromise on appearance than women.