Do you know the secret to getting a date online?

This test is based on research

Then take the test to find out.

They analysed dozens of scientific studies from recent decades on attraction and online dating

I think the idea is to give people helpful tips to improve their chances of obtaining a date, for example, people are more likely to contact you if you have a photo in your profile. All based on studies of what type of photos and profiles attracts people to contact people, just helpful information in my opinion.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist or a decades old study to know having a profile pic gives you a better chance....just common sense.

So I took the test and filled it out the way I use to build my profile before I gave up and with one exception it told me I had a prefect profile.

Strange, I had such a strong profile in the past but have still never met anyone from any of the almost 20 dating sites I've been a member of. This means one of two things, they don't know what they are talking about or everyone they collected data from was lying, ether way this just tells me that I made the right choice in giving up on finding anyone to be more then friends.

Yeah.

There is no secret.


Which means they studied a bunch of people and came up with an average.

Problem with these studies is everyone dates as an individual, and one on one, not an average dating a bunch of average people.

Same reason forums are horrible for finding advice.

You can only really address generalities that don't apply very well to an individual without a lot of mental gymnastics sanding down the edges to get the square peg into the round hole.


I got smokin' hot all around.
It was obvious the thought process they used for the questions, making it easy to pick the "right" answers.

Which isn't a good thing.

As people could, gasp, use general answers to get dates and then when they actually date...not live up to the answers they give.
IOW present themselves as something they aren't for the sake of short term gratification (like getting "a" date online).

Which doesn't help anyone and simply creates a reciprocal cycle as it causes people to adapt; tell lies, learn the lies, lies don't work, so tell new lies, learn the new lies, so new lies don't work, tell the old lies, relearn the old lies, tell new lies, and so on.
e.g. read any PUA blog or book.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist or a decades old study to know having a profile pic gives you a better chance....just common sense.

This just in, people having an online profile get more online dates than people who don't have an online profile. ....

So I took the test and filled it out the way I use to build my profile before I gave up and with one exception it told me I had a prefect profile.

Strange, I had such a strong profile in the past but have still never met anyone from any of the almost 20 dating sites I've been a member of. This means one of two things, they don't know what they are talking about or everyone they collected data from was lying, ether way this just tells me that I made the right choice in giving up on finding anyone to be more then friends.

To win dates, I think a lot depends on where you live if you are looking for local dates, as most people probably are. London UK population was 8.6 million people in 2015, so someone living and looking their is more likely to win a local date, than someone living and looking for local dates in a much smaller city or town, with a much smaller population. Obviously, there are other reasons as well why people win dates.

They say that today in the UK. 25% of all new relationships began by the people meeting online, so there is hope for us all here in the UK, but the number of dates people have is quite large since most dates come to nothing, because until you meet in person you cannot really discover if there is any "chemistry", that spark of attraction between two people.

This just in, people having an online profile get more online dates than people who don't have an online profile. ....

Hmmmmmm.....Thinking of migrating to UK

To win dates, I think a lot depends on where you live if you are looking for local dates, as most people probably are. London UK population was 8.6 million people in 2015, so someone living and looking their is more likely to win a local date, than someone living and looking for local dates in a much smaller city or town, with a much smaller population. Obviously, there are other reasons as well why people win dates.

They say that today in the UK. 25% of all new relationships began by the people meeting online, so there is hope for us all here in the UK, but the number of dates people have is quite large since most dates come to nothing, because until you meet in person you cannot really discover if there is any "chemistry", that spark of attraction between two people.