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They also had an amazing blog post about how dating profiles came down to ~85% how attractive you are (both men and women). Most people look at 3-4 images and

They also had an amazing blog post about how dating profiles came down to ~85% how attractive you are (both men and women). Most people look at 3-4 images and pass, this probably was the inspiration for Tinder. One example of this was personality score, which they ended up removing. "In short, according to our users, “looks” and “personality” were the same thing". In this example it was just a profile picture with no text... Whole bunch of interesting knowledge from this: https://archive.ph/QNCbf#selection-513.0-513.79 https://archive.ph/QNCbf#selection-513.0-513.79

Bakary 4y ago
A profile picture with no text implies confidence and knowing how attractive you are (other than being a bot of course)
- ThalesX 4y ago
  This is funny, I recently created a new Tinder profile and for lack of inspiration I didn't fill anything in except some pictures. I'm getting a lot more swipes than when I nerded up my profile. Unfortunately, I'm looking for interesting conversation which 80% of pic-based 'swipes' don't really provide.
- ryeights 4y ago
  >After we got rid of the two scales, and replaced it with just one, we ran a direct experiment to confirm our hunch — that people just look at the picture. We took a small sample of users and half the time we showed them, we hid their profile text. That generated two independent sets of scores for each profile, one score for “the picture and the text together” and one for “the picture alone.” Here’s how they compare. Again, each dot is a user. Essentially, the text is less than 10% of what people think of you. Further down the page.
  - Bakary 4y ago
    That's either pretty hilarious or pretty depressing
bitwize 4y ago
The inspiration for Tinder was Grindr, an app for gay men. Gotta hand it to gay men, they're pretty honest about what they're looking for.
- dsfyu404ed 4y ago
  Honest to who, others or themselves? I think most dishonesty in dating is just lack of self awareness.
- yamazakiwi 4y ago
  I find the bad attitude of "Must be: 6 foot, 6 pack, 6 figures" very minimal on Grindr. I'm guessing because if that's what you actually want you can find it easily, and after being rejected enough you're more likely to adjust your bad attitude. Most gays I know don't use grindr anymore however.

Bakary 4y ago

A profile picture with no text implies confidence and knowing how attractive you are (other than being a bot of course)

ThalesX 4y ago
This is funny, I recently created a new Tinder profile and for lack of inspiration I didn't fill anything in except some pictures. I'm getting a lot more swipes than when I nerded up my profile. Unfortunately, I'm looking for interesting conversation which 80% of pic-based 'swipes' don't really provide.
ryeights 4y ago
>After we got rid of the two scales, and replaced it with just one, we ran a direct experiment to confirm our hunch — that people just look at the picture. We took a small sample of users and half the time we showed them, we hid their profile text. That generated two independent sets of scores for each profile, one score for “the picture and the text together” and one for “the picture alone.” Here’s how they compare. Again, each dot is a user. Essentially, the text is less than 10% of what people think of you. Further down the page.
- Bakary 4y ago
  That's either pretty hilarious or pretty depressing

bitwize 4y ago

The inspiration for Tinder was Grindr, an app for gay men. Gotta hand it to gay men, they're pretty honest about what they're looking for.

dsfyu404ed 4y ago
Honest to who, others or themselves? I think most dishonesty in dating is just lack of self awareness.
yamazakiwi 4y ago
I find the bad attitude of "Must be: 6 foot, 6 pack, 6 figures" very minimal on Grindr. I'm guessing because if that's what you actually want you can find it easily, and after being rejected enough you're more likely to adjust your bad attitude. Most gays I know don't use grindr anymore however.