Dating Profile For Experiment

[Frank88]

I have set up a profile on a dating app just for an experiment. I don't have any intentions of meeting any women for dates but I just want to see how many profile views and likes I receive from women.

 

I figure there's nothing unethical about doing an experiment since odds are I'm not the only guy on that site that these women are paying attention to anyway. Whether I ever message them back or not doesn't really matter. I'm not leading any women on. Setting up a profile does not mean I'm promising to marry a woman and then not follow through. Therefore my reasons for being on the dating site are a moot point.

 

Anyone else try to set up profile just for an experiment?

[nospam99]

Care to share with us which site your experiment is running on? I ask because I've tried several and noticed distinct differences among them to the extent that I wouldn't generalized experimental observations beyond the site where the experiment is run.

[Frank88]

Match.com is the site.

[kendahke]

I see no reason to be intentionally deceptive, so no, I wouldn't waste time and energy better spent doing something that isn't rooted is deceit.

[coolheadal]

Match.com is the site.

 

Many to see what happens. The results are always the same. I don't do this again to me it better to meet someone in person. People tend to pretend online.

[Frank88]

I see no reason to be intentionally deceptive, so no, I wouldn't waste time and energy better spent doing something that isn't rooted is deceit.

 

How is it deceptive when odds are I wouldn't be the only guy she's talking to on the site if I'm even on her radar at all? If I never message anyone then it really won't matter because they are shopping for other options anyway.

[kendahke]

How is it deceptive when odds are I wouldn't be the only guy she's talking to on the site if I'm even on her radar at all? If I never message anyone then it really won't matter because they are shopping for other options anyway.

 

 

You asked "Anyone else try to set up profile just for an experiment?"

 

 

My answer is "no because I don't traffic in deceit". I have no reason to spend precious time crafting a fake profile just to then spend more hours monitoring it to see if my theory is correct.

 

 

 

I never, EVER think that any man I'm talking to isn't also talking to at least 4 other women because God only knows when they joined that site before me and how many other women's profiles have piqued their imaginations before I got there. That's just how OLD works--a lot of it is a timing thing.

 

 

 

What you propose is setting a trap to buttress a self fulfilling prophecy in order to say "I'm right". As they say "you can be right and be alone".

[BaileyB]

This is an exercise in futility.

 

But, if this is how you chose to spend your time, carry on...

[Veronica73]

I haven’t. I have been on match twice, each time for a week at a time, (so 2 weeks total), and found the whole thing depressing and not fun. And I was actually trying to meet someone. I can think of a whole host of more enjoyable things I’d rather spend my time and energy doing! Like flossing.

[Frank88]

This is an exercise in futility.

 

But, if this is how you chose to spend your time, carry on...

 

 

It's not a waste of time because it is not like I am on there all day. I only check it for 10 minutes twice a week.

[Veronica73]

You should share your profile (unless it is against forum rules) and let us know the results of your experiment.

[BaileyB]

What is your purpose in conducting this little experiment?

[JuneL]

I've read about all sorts of experiments. You can easily find them on the internet with results.

[ExpatInItaly]

It's not a waste of time because it is not like I am on there all day. I only check it for 10 minutes twice a week.

 

What's the point, really?

[Frank88]

What's the point, really?

 

I never know how the results might benefit me down the road. If I take a class I might be assigned to write an essay on something related to online dating.

[Gretchen12]

If you're using your own photos or no photos, the results are not suitable for research. If you're using someone else's photo, that is unethical.

As soon as you post a photo, it is no longer anonymous.

[BaileyB]

I never know how the results might benefit me down the road. If I take a class I might be assigned to write an essay on something related to online dating.

 

Perhaps. I may also be approached by NASA to work on the space mission to Mars... It doesn't mean that I'm signing up for any physics classes...

 

I shouldn't tease though. To each their own, I suppose you are not causing any harm... So, carry on...

[mrs rubble]

I did once, I set up a fake profile looking for sex. I was inundated with messages, some from people I knew in real life. Quite an eye opener. Took it down after about a week.

[Larry56]

That's a cool experiment. You will find that Women only really message back the hottest guys online. The best physical specimens. Again, the women of this forum don't understand what you're trying to do because well...they don't think like a man.

 

But if you really want to skip actually doing this (although it's a cool idea - as I think you'll see the real truth about how women feel about guys looks) be aware some people have already done this experiment to death. Look up faceandlms on youtube/search for dating profile experiments online.

 

Again, the fast majority of girls (and the hottest girls) go for the best guys with the best faces and/or in in shape/nice bodies.

[Gretchen12]

That's a cool experiment. You will find that Women only really message back the hottest guys online. The best physical specimens. Again, the women of this forum don't understand what you're trying to do because well...they don't think like a man.

 

But if you really want to skip actually doing this (although it's a cool idea - as I think you'll see the real truth about how women feel about guys looks) be aware some people have already done this experiment to death. Look up faceandlms on youtube/search for dating profile experiments online.

 

Again, the fast majority of girls (and the hottest girls) go for the best guys with the best faces and/or in in shape/nice bodies.

 

But Larry, what IS the point of the experiment?

 

I thought everyone already agreed that everyone goes for the best faces/bodies. No one tried to deny that.

 

The only trouble is we are not always good at picking photos. When I was online dating, I got about 100 likes a day with an ordinary snapshot. Then I switched to a photo that I thought was a lot more attractive and got very few responses. I asked my girlfriend to choose and she also liked the picture that the men liked.