I know that shorter
I know that shorter messages are better in terms of reply rate. The optimal length is something like 50 characters. Characters, not words. Christian Rudder
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Text is, in some ways, on the way out, unfortunately. There are dating sites now that are just pictures. Christian Rudder
You take a picture of yourself in some exceptional situation – skydiving or whatever. People always post those photos because it works – you’re saying something about yourself that begs a conversation and that’s what the users are there for. Christian Rudder
Going to a site with more users seems obviously better to me, but at the same time, having a bland, middle of the road profile with bland, middle of the road pictures seems like a bad strategy to me. Christian Rudder
Because the way love works in general, you don’t need everybody to like you somewhat – you need one person to like you a lot. Christian Rudder
Dudes have been making up stuff about themselves probably since there have been dudes. Christian Rudder
Women are much more discriminating. I think both types of people are equally interested in having an attractive partner. But women essentially give the thumbs up to only half as many guys as guys giving the thumbs up to women. Christian Rudder
Kind of paradoxically, men are very open minded or very even handed with their votes of women. Christian Rudder