"Love is a verb. It takes a lot of action and develops over time." - Samantha Burns
It is not so easy to meet your other half, your partner, online. How to attract a person into your life through social networks? What is important to get noticed? According to statistics, it's a mix of things you can't control, most notably how you talk about yourself and what you show online. Obviously, looks and your words and where you take your profile photo are important.
Let's see what science has to say about this.
1. Using certain words
After examining 12,000 profiles on eHarmony in 2014, dating experts found out, that there are certain words that will definitely attract the opposite sex. The researchers found that women who used words like “ambitious”, “sweet and "thoughtful", received messages from interested men more often. Whereas women used to write to men who used words to describe themselves like "passionate", "physically fit", "ambitious".
In a study by Match.com from 2017 the words shifted to "love", "fun", "friends", "laughter" and "music". Women are attracted to profiles with words "care and "family", and men an expression "simple".
2. Take a photo outdoors (if you are a man)
Zoosk study from 2013 showed that men who took a photo of themselves outdoors and used it as their profile picture increased their number of messages by 19 percent. Apparently, women want to see men doing stereotypically rugged and masculine things.
3. White teeth
Take care of your teeth! When Market Tools Inc. surveyed 5,481 single people aged 21 and over in 2013, and found that 58 percent of men believed that women should have white teeth, and 71 percent of women believed that men MUST have white teeth.
4. Description of your body
What matters is who you are, not what you look like. But unfortunately, in these times, it's impossible to ignore the fact that appearance matters - especially online. According to a 2014 infographic men are not interested in selfies of women who show only their face, but put more emphasis on the woman's stomach. It was rated as the most important part of a woman's body, followed by the buttocks and legs.
Research an internal study at Plenty of Fish from 2014 showed that women aged 25 to 35 who identified themselves as "dry", received the most messages. This was followed by women who opted for "athletic" and women who named themselves "average". If they didn't want to describe themselves, they didn't get many messages.
Regarding men, the results showed that the most desirable are those who described themselves as "athletic", but it didn't have nearly the same effect on date requests as body type did for women.
5. Sports activities
What activities make you more attractive? Out of 1,000 possible sports activities, women would choose surfing, and the most attractive activity for women is yoga.
6. Emoji in messages
Don't be afraid to use emoticons when you're messaging someone, says a study by dating site Zoosk. And when you do that, don't forget the “nose” :-), because that way you get 13 percent more positive responses, while a smile without a “nose” is 66 percent more likely to be ignored. A study A 2019 study by the Kinsey Institute at IU found that people who use emojis in communication have more success finding and maintaining romantic relationships. They found that using emoticons is a way to make meaningful connections online.
