For example, we know that people systematically choose unattractive images for their dating profiles. Sites like PhotoFeeler cheaply (in some cases, freely) resolve this problem.
Nice. I didn’t know about this. I am going to test some high-risk pictures that I was hesitant to put on my profile for a while.
First, the data. The most important post on OkTrends explains that women get a lot more messages if guys differ wildly in assessing their appearance, i.e. if some guys think they’re super hot and some guys think they’re unseemly, with no in-between. I looked at speed dating data from Columbia University and confirmed the effect for both men and women. When controlling for average rating of attractiveness, the variance in ratings correlated strongly with more people wanting to date you.
So not optimizing for average likableness might actually be in your interest when dating.
Nice. I didn’t know about this. I am going to test some high-risk pictures that I was hesitant to put on my profile for a while.
I also had to think of this Post about dating from Putanumonit:
So not optimizing for average likableness might actually be in your interest when dating.