Right name may find online date
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FACES, bodies, status and humor are all important in Internet dating, but the biggest success factor of all could be your name.
So say scientists who found that people whose online name began with a letter in the top half of the alphabet — A to M — get the most “looks” from others.
“Several factors make a difference when looking for love in a digital setting,” said Khalid Khan, a professor at Queen Mary University of London.
“Starting with a screen name with a letter in the top half of the alphabet is surprisingly important — because several measures of success, such as educational attainment and income, are linked to names higher up the alphabet.
“Add to this the fact that search engines sort names alphabetically.”
Khan and Sameer Chaudhry at Barts and the London School of Medicine sought objective data on how people conveyed their attractiveness on dating sites, and whether others responded to it.
They trawled through 3,938 studies on online dating, published in psychology, sociology and behavioural science journals.
Eighty-six of these met their criteria. The numbers were crunched, resulting in what could be termed a Statisticians’ Guide to Online Courtship.
It appears, coincidentally in the runup to Valentine’s Day, in a specialised journal, Evidence Based Medicine.
Here are other things the pair discovered:
— Men prefer profile names that indicate physical attractiveness, such as “Blondie” or “Cutie,” while women prefer monickers for men that point to intelligence, such as “Cultured.”
— Names with negative associations such as “Bugg” or “Little” should be avoided in favor something playful, such as “Fun2bwith.”
— For an attractive profile photo, go for a genuine smile (one that crinkles up the eyes), and tilt your head, a sign of interest.
— Don’t limit your photos to selfies. A strong bet is a picture of you in the middle of a group having a good time. You should touch someone else ... but only on the upper arm. This will show you have friends and are good company but are not grabby or lecherous.
— Women find a man more attractive when they see other women smiling at him.
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