TechCrunch refers to this surge as the Tinder effect. It’s literally changing humanity. You don’t need an analyst from the Pew Research Center for these numbers to make sense.
The preliminary aspects of dating—be it online or in the ‘real’ world—are heavily biased towards looks, which can put the less aesthetically.
By Ellie Zolfagharifard. From the arty filter to the pouting selfie, online daters know just how to hide their faults on camera. But according to a recent study, people would be better off uploading a candid shot of themselves and exposing their flaws if they want to snag a hot date. According to statistics from dating site OkCupid, universally beautiful people get lower scores in terms of attractiveness than people with unusual features.
OkCupid found that when some men think a woman is ugly, other men are more likely to message them. This is partly because they have unusual features that may divide opinion, but also because men think there is less competition. The founders of OkCupid, who have maths backgrounds, have been collecting data for almost a decade on how online daters interact with each other.
While Holly Willoughby left is often described as beautiful, Sarah Jessica Parker right tends to get a varied response. In the online dating world this would mean that Sarah Jessica Parker would receive more messages. A year-old mathematician hacked OkCupid and found his future-fiancee in just 90 days all with the help of computer algorithms. The dating site founded by Harvard students in matches singles looking for love based on a compatibility percentage rendered from a questionnaire.