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Re:Tired of dating apps, Vancouver man launches social exper... by jack_pp on Saturday September 18, 2021 @06:58PM (#28580104)
That's funny at first glance but it might be more accurate than we would like to admit. Maybe there were a lot of below average men (compared to the general population) on OKC when that study was conducted
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Re:Tired of dating apps, Vancouver man launches social exper... by bsder on Saturday September 18, 2021 @08:00PM (#28580482)
Actually, the OkCupid founders used their own pictures and got nailed as significantly below average. <chuckle>

They really weren't. If anything, they were probably a bit above average.

Although, there is one thing that might have contributed back in the day. Female users of online dating might have been concentrated in tech areas. Being a rare female in a male dominated ratio area causes a highly skewed estimate of how attractive you really are.

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Re:Tired of dating apps, Vancouver man launches social exper... by leephillips on Saturday September 18, 2021 @07:11PM (#28580192)
It could also reflect the nature of the general population. The distribution is unlikely to be symmetric.
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