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13 Jul 2010, 7:52 pm

While I was on the dating site OKCupid, I decided to go through a trial in which my profile pictures are paired and compared to profile pictures of other people. Once the trial was over, I discovered that 12 out of 25 people chose me over the other, and 13 out of 25 did not. To be fair, though, I only had two pictures, and one of my pictures was much more well-received than the other. Do you think my poor-ish scores may have something to do with the fact that I only had two pictures of myself?



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13 Jul 2010, 7:55 pm

Uhh... you almost had a 50/50 split. You're average, which is just fine :wink:


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13 Jul 2010, 8:00 pm

peko is right.
hits are hits.



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13 Jul 2010, 8:01 pm

Peko wrote:
Uhh... you almost had a 50/50 split. You're average, which is just fine :wink:


+1

Post a few more pictures and see what happens.

Besides, only 25 people viewed your photos. That's hardly a representative sample.


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13 Jul 2010, 8:47 pm

conundrum wrote:
Peko wrote:
Uhh... you almost had a 50/50 split. You're average, which is just fine :wink:


+1

Post a few more pictures and see what happens.

Besides, only 25 people viewed your photos. That's hardly a representative sample.


Thanks for the advice....but I can't help but worry that most of the people who did choose me only chose me because I was simply the less unattractive one. :?



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13 Jul 2010, 9:01 pm

Sometimes, it's best to be the less unattractive one.
At least it's better than being the uglier one.

It's easier.



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13 Jul 2010, 9:32 pm

post pics here?


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13 Jul 2010, 9:45 pm

Sedaka wrote:
post pics here?


I didn't really find it necessary at first, but I guess it couldn't hurt.

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[img][800:768]http://i761.photobucket.com/albums/xx256/Mathew_2010/100_1292.jpg[/img]

^ this is the pic of me that did better than the other



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13 Jul 2010, 9:49 pm

To be honest, even Johnny Depp couldn't post there and get 25/25. I don't see why your self esteem is affected because people pretty much voted you as a normal person.

Even if none chose you you might have been compared to the same 3 muscle men all of those 25 times.

You can't pass judgement until you know who you're being compared to.

If I posted there and got 12 or 13 out of 25 I would be stoked. You never know who you're being compared against.



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13 Jul 2010, 9:56 pm

hale_bopp wrote:
To be honest, even Johnny Depp couldn't post there and get 25/25. I don't see why your self esteem is affected because people pretty much voted you as a normal person.

Even if none chose you you might have been compared to the same 3 muscle men all of those 25 times.

You can't pass judgement until you know who you're being compared to.

If I posted there and got 12 or 13 out of 25 I would be stoked. You never know who you're being compared against.


Actually, I did get to see who I was being compared against.



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13 Jul 2010, 10:05 pm

they look fine to me. both are similar and the small one kind of squishes your face.


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13 Jul 2010, 10:09 pm

Descartes wrote:
hale_bopp wrote:
To be honest, even Johnny Depp couldn't post there and get 25/25. I don't see why your self esteem is affected because people pretty much voted you as a normal person.

Even if none chose you you might have been compared to the same 3 muscle men all of those 25 times.

You can't pass judgement until you know who you're being compared to.

If I posted there and got 12 or 13 out of 25 I would be stoked. You never know who you're being compared against.


Actually, I did get to see who I was being compared against.


What did they look like?



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13 Jul 2010, 10:09 pm

Sedaka wrote:
they look fine to me. both are similar and the small one kind of squishes your face.


Thanks. I was also thinking that I looked extremely pale in the smaller picture. :?



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13 Jul 2010, 10:13 pm

12 out of 25 isn't that bad. Your profile on here also says you're a guy so you shouldn't even worry about your looks. A girl will date an ugly guy way before a guy will date an ugly girl.



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13 Jul 2010, 10:21 pm

try pics of you doing something you like to do.


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13 Jul 2010, 10:24 pm

hale_bopp wrote:
What did they look like?


Most of the guys I won against ranged from being average themselves to not being very attractive at all. I did manage to beat out one guy whom I even considered to be pretty attractive, and given the choice between myself and him, I would have chosen him.

Science_Guy wrote:
12 out of 25 isn't that bad. Your profile on here also says you're a guy so you shouldn't even worry about your looks. A girl will date an ugly guy way before a guy will date an ugly girl.


Actually, I was being judged by other guys.