Scientists have found out which profiles on dating sites work best
Miscellaneous / / April 05, 2023
You need to be original, but not go too far with oddities.
Researchers from Tilburg University in the Netherlands conducted a study to find out how texts in profiles on dating sites affect the perception of their authors. results published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.
The study was conducted on 1,234 volunteers, most of whom used 50PlusMatch, a dating site for active people aged 50 and over. The ratio of men and women was almost 50/50, the vast majority - the Dutch.
They were shown 308 real profiles from dating sites adapted for the study: they were removed from them photographs, shortened to the first 500 characters and changed names and nicknames to maintain privacy authors. Participants were asked to rate these profiles on several dimensions, including the originality and strangeness of the texts, as well as the perceived personality traits of their holders.
An analysis of the ratings showed that the owners of the profiles that the respondents called original also scored higher scores when assessing intelligence, sense of humor, attractiveness, and the likelihood that participants would like to be with them meet. In general, the participants were mostly unanimous about which texts they considered original and which they considered strange. At the same time, strange profiles were usually not perceived as original and attractive.
At the second stage of the study, the authors analyzed the same profiles, taking into account the feedback of the participants, in order to highlight the features of the texts that are perceived as original. They noticed two patterns in more successful questionnaires: they use expressive means (such as metaphors) and contain more specific personal information.
The authors came to the conclusion that when creating texts for dating sites, it is necessary to strive for originality, not forgetting the boundaries of the appropriate. Interesting details about your life can also add attractiveness points - but it is better to keep very specific details to yourself so that your profile does not become just strange from an attractive one.
In the future, scientists are going to continue their work and conduct research on younger volunteers, as well as to study the effectiveness of different types of online resumes.
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