In a study done by some Harvard alums with the online dating startup OKCupid, the following was "learned" about males and females via who performed better (got more responses) based on different factors:
1) Guys like eye contact and flirty faces
2) Girls like guys to show off muscles (if they have them)
3) Guys like cleavage and they continue to like it with age
4) More substantive conversations come from pictures with more interesting stuff
4) Older women are shy about showing their bodies
OK duh. Continue reading to see the actual surprising conclusions...
But seriously, there are some stumpers like:
1) Men do worse if they smile at the camera (see graph below)
2) Women lose interest in abs as they (and men) age
3) Crappily taken self-pics do better than professional ones
4) Showing only a close-up face shot doesn't affect your chance of success
No fucking smiling!If you've been using dating services with little or no luck, you're a nerd like me and love data, or you just love boobs and/or abs, then check out their findings here.
Other factors such as "Does it help if you run a blog?" and "What if you're unemployed?" were not analyzed.
