> Where do you get the 2% number? Just curious. It's an imperfect number, but it comes from one of the graphs in dataclysm. It was a graph that paired attractiveness vs. amount of incoming messages. For men messaging…
I don't think limiting swipes will fix it - the issue is more on the selection side (who women choose to swipe) than on the seeking side. The reason men swipe a lot is because even with that most get few matches (~0).…
I think they're fighting an uphill battle because these incentives are sexual selection incentives. There's not much you can do to 'fix' them. I think what happens is that both sexes go through it and come out the other…
Online dating is a skewed game (for M/F), if you're in the top 2% of attractiveness for men it's great - otherwise it's not worth it. This is compounded a bit by region, if your dating market is pretty even or skewed…
Check out my comment history, I’d recommend more caution than most people here do. I’m okay now, but it was tough for a couple years and I still struggle with anxiety.
There's a lot of bullshit - and most people are drawn in by pseudoscience nonsense. I was interested in seeing what people were talking about and the perspective change (also Sam Harris, lots of historical people,…
I don't and as far as I know my family doesn't - I wouldn't have tried LSD if I did (I was already nervous enough even without the additional risk). In general I'm pretty stable. Given all the data I could find it…
I'm a fairly introspective person and I wouldn't say that it shook my world view - in the sense that I went in with a scientific world view and came out with one. I do have a better empathetic appreciation for mental…
> Where do you get the 2% number? Just curious. It's an imperfect number, but it comes from one of the graphs in dataclysm. It was a graph that paired attractiveness vs. amount of incoming messages. For men messaging…
I don't think limiting swipes will fix it - the issue is more on the selection side (who women choose to swipe) than on the seeking side. The reason men swipe a lot is because even with that most get few matches (~0).…
I think they're fighting an uphill battle because these incentives are sexual selection incentives. There's not much you can do to 'fix' them. I think what happens is that both sexes go through it and come out the other…
Online dating is a skewed game (for M/F), if you're in the top 2% of attractiveness for men it's great - otherwise it's not worth it. This is compounded a bit by region, if your dating market is pretty even or skewed…
Check out my comment history, I’d recommend more caution than most people here do. I’m okay now, but it was tough for a couple years and I still struggle with anxiety.
There's a lot of bullshit - and most people are drawn in by pseudoscience nonsense. I was interested in seeing what people were talking about and the perspective change (also Sam Harris, lots of historical people,…
I don't and as far as I know my family doesn't - I wouldn't have tried LSD if I did (I was already nervous enough even without the additional risk). In general I'm pretty stable. Given all the data I could find it…
I'm a fairly introspective person and I wouldn't say that it shook my world view - in the sense that I went in with a scientific world view and came out with one. I do have a better empathetic appreciation for mental…