More than half of Gen Z and millennials have used a dating app before (Pew Research Center, 2023). The majority of Gen Z and millennials on dating apps use Tinder (Pew Research Center, 2023), and 80% of Tinder users are Gen Z or late millennials (Maze of Love, 2023). There is a limit on the number of right swipes you can do every 12 or 24 hours on the free version of Tinder: Men on the free version of Tinder have a limit of approx. 50 right swipes, and women on the free version of Tinder have a limit of approx. 100 right swipes. Most Tinder users are on the free version of Tinder (Roast Dating, 2023). However there is no limit on the number of left swipes you can do on the free version of Tinder
A Summary of Tinder Swipe Activity for Female Users
According to Maze of Love (2023), the average Tinder session time for men is 7.2 minutes and 8.5 minutes for women. It means women on average spend nearly 20% longer on Tinder per session than men. Also the average daily time on Tinder is 90 minutes a day per user, or 11 sessions a day. If we calculate the total Tinder usage time per day for women, it would equal 8.5 minutes x 11 sessions, which is a total of 93.5 minutes a day. On Tinder, women swipe right on 5% to 15% of discovered profiles (Maze of Love, 2023; Gitnux, 2023)
Let us extrapolate: If women on Tinder are allowed a maximum of 100 right swipes per 12 or 24 hours, and we assume the average female user uses all of her 100 right swipes within the average time they spend per day on Tinder (93.5 mins), we can estimate the number of swipes the average woman on Tinder makes in day based on her right-swipe rate. This would be equivalent of how many times the average woman on Tinder swipes in 93.5 minutes, because the average daily time on Tinder is 93.5 minutes for women
If the average woman on Tinder uses all of her 100 right swipes within 93.5 minutes, and she swipes right 5% - 15% of the time, it means she also swipes left between 700 to 1900 times per day, as she would swipe left 85% - 95% of the time. Thus the maximum number of daily swipes on Tinder by the average female user would be between 800 to 2000 swipes a day (5% to 15% = 100 right swipes; 85% to 95% = Between 700 and 1900 left swipes)
Moreover if we divide the average time spent on Tinder per day for women (93.5 minutes) by the maximum number of swipes by female users per day (800 to 2000 swipes), we can estimate the time elapsed per swipe for the average female user on Tinder
Time elapsed per swipe for the average female user on Tinder:
93.5 minutes = 5610 seconds
5610 seconds / 2000 to 800 swipes = 3 to 7 seconds per swipe (to nearest second)
Under the assumption that an average female user on Tinder uses all of her 100 right swipes within the average daily time on Tinder for women (93.5 mins), it means we can draw a conclusion the average female user examines a profile for 3 to 7 seconds before swiping either left or right. I’ll approximate this figure to 4 seconds per swipe for simplicity (5610 secs / 1400 swipes = 4 seconds per swipe)
Now I will ask you this:
Do you think it is practical for any female Tinder user to competently assess the personality of any other Tinder user within 3 to 7 seconds, based on information obtained from a profile picture and a profile bio that’s restricted to a 500-character limit?
Ideally, it is harder to judge a personality based on a mere profile picture, than it is to judge a personality based on a profile bio, because the main aspect of the profile picture would be a “portrait” of the Tinder profile that’s being assessed. Sometimes a profile picture may contain extra content that may be off-putting to females who see it (e.g., weapons, blood, NSFW objects in the background). But if the background of the profile picture is not saturated with miscellaneous objects, the only aspect of the profile picture by which any practical judgement can be drawn, is the appearance of the person in question
On the other hand, a profile bio is more likely than a profile picture to contain useful information on the "personality" of the person who's Tinder profile is under assessment, because the bio can include extra details that would be hard to communicate in a single picture, like interests, hobbies, accolades, religious stance, political stance, any other noteworthy experiences they had in the past, preferences, likes, dislikes etc.
It can be suggested within reason that more details in someone’s personality can be communicated by a 500-character bio, than in a single picture that’s restricted to a resolution of 800 x 800 pixels. According to Iris Reading, the average reading speed for adults is 200 to 250 words a minute, which is around 4 words a second, and 16 words per four seconds. Based on the average reading speed for adults, we can conclude that four seconds is too short for the average adult to read a Tinder bio that’s longer than 20 words
irisreading.com
If the average female user on Tinder swipes to the next profile after 4 seconds, it means she would read less than 20 words before swiping to the next profile, and one can reasonably suppose that someone’s personality cannot be effectively communicated in 20 words, as the person may have extra aspects of their “personality” that require more than 20 words to communicate. Thus we can draw a conclusion the number of seconds per swipe for the average female user on Tinder (4 seconds per swipe) is too short for her to competently assess the profile of someone who appears on their Tinder feed and has a bio with +20 words
According to Psychological Science Org., a series of research studies by psychologists from Princeton University concluded that it takes 0.1 seconds to form an impression of a stranger based on their facial appearance, and longer exposures do not lead to significant alterations in those first impressions. These series of studies were focused on the following traits: attractiveness, likeability, competence, trustworthiness, and aggressiveness
www.psychologicalscience.org
If it takes 0.1 seconds for someone to determine whether or not a stranger is facially attractive, we can conclude the number of seconds per swipe for the average female user on Tinder (4 seconds per swipe) is more than enough for a Tinder user to competently assess the physical attractiveness of someone who appears on their Tinder feed
Overall, we can conclude that based on the provided stats for reading speed and first impressions in adults, if the average female user on Tinder spends around 4 seconds on a profile before swiping, the average female user on Tinder would not have enough time to competently assess a >20-word bio before swiping left or right, but she would have more than enough time to assess the physical attractiveness of someone in a profile picture before swiping left or right (based on the presumption that an average female user on the free version of Tinder uses all of her 100 right swipes in any given day)
Adding to all this, we must consider the fact that Tinder is the most popular dating app in North America and West Europe (Roast Dating, 2023); the majority of Tinder users (80%) are either Gen Z or younger millennials (age 18 – 29), and 25% - 35% of Tinder users are female (Pew Research Center, 2023).
Now I will ask you this:
Do women on dating apps care more about personality than looks, when the average female user on Tinder swipes at a rate that is too fast for her to read more than 20 words on someone’s bio, but not too fast for her to proficiently examine someone’s profile picture?
Now let’s compare with men on Tinder...
A Summary of Tinder Swipe Activity for Male Users
If the average man on Tinder spends 7.2 minutes per session, and 11 sessions a day, that’s the equivalent of 79.2 minutes a day (7.2 minutes x 11 sessions). Also, men swipe right on approx. 50% of all discovered profiles. Moreover if we assume the average man on Tinder uses all of his 50 right swipes in a given day, then we can estimate the number of daily swipes by the average male user on Tinder based on his right-swipe rate. The number of daily swipes by the average male user on Tinder would be approx. 94 swipes (53% = 50 right swipes; 47% = 44 left swipes), but we'll round it to 100 swipes a day for simplicity
From this we can also conclude that not only do women spend a longer time on Tinder than men, but women on Tinder swipe much, much more than men swipe on Tinder. In numbers, we can estimate that women on Tinder swipe at an 8x – 20x faster rate than men on Tinder, and women on Tinder swipe between 700 – 1900 times more than men on Tinder. Plus we can estimate the time elapsed per swipe for the average male user on Tinder
Time elapsed per swipe for the average male user on Tinder:
79.2 minutes = 4752 seconds
4752 seconds / 100 swipes = 48 seconds per swipe (to nearest second)
From this we can conclude the average male on Tinder spends a much longer time than the average female on a Tinder profile before swiping. In numbers, we can estimate that men spend 12x longer than women on a Tinder profile before swiping left or right
If the average man spends around 48 seconds on a Tinder profile before swiping, not only does he have more than enough time to assess the profile picture, he would also have enough time to read 150 – 200 words in the profile bio. I’m not sure about you, but I’d argue that more significant data on someone’s personality can be obtained in 150 - 200 words than in 12 – 16 words. Based on the presupposition that both men and women on Tinder use their maximum number of right swipes on any given day, the stats infer the average male on Tinder has enough time to read up to 200 words on a profile bio based on the rate at which men swipe, but the average female on Tinder has enough time to read max. 20 words on a profile bio based on the rate at which women swipe
Now I want to ask you this:
In online dating, do women really care more than men care about personality, when the average female user on Tinder swipes at a rate that’s 8x to 20x faster than the swipe rate of the average male user on Tinder?
Does Personality Really Matter to Women in Online Dating?
If you look carefully at the stats for dating apps by gender, it’s hard to agree with the idea that personality matters to women who use dating apps. The average female user on Tinder swipes at a much faster rate than the average male user on Tinder. Plus the swipe rate for the average female user on Tinder is too fast for her to read more than 20 words of someone’s bio before her next swipe, compared to men on Tinder who swipe at a much slower rate. The average man on Tinder has enough time to read up to 200 words of someone’s bio before his next swipe. We must also consider that the maximum character count on a Tinder bio is 500 characters. You can fit around 100 words into a 500-character bio --- Yet the average female user on Tinder wouldn’t read more than 1/5th of it before she swipes onto the next profile, whereas the average male user on Tinder would have enough time to read all of it twice before he swipes onto the next profile
The share of active zoomers and millennials on dating apps has massively increased over the past 3 – 4 years. Tinder is the most popular dating app in North America, South America, Oceania and West Europe, and the vast majority of Tinder users are in these regions (Roast Dating, 2023)
A bluepiller might say “dating apps don’t reflect the current state of romantic / sexual relations between men and women in real life”. But if anyone with a brain were to look at the most recent stats for romantic / sexual relations between men and women, it would be clear to them that “dating apps” are closer to real life than any other method of seeking a relationship / casual sex in the modern world (based on the most recent stats). The majority of Gen Z and millennials in the US have used a dating app before (Pew Research Center, 2023). Moreover 80% of Tinder users are zoomers and millennials (ages 18 – 29), and Tinder is the most popular dating app for zoomers and millennials in North America (Pew Research Center, 2023). Adding to this, most heterosexual couples in the US met each other “online” (39%), followed by “in a bar or restaurant” (27%), then mutual friends (20%), then co-workers (11%) (National Academy of Sciences, 2019). Plus we must consider the untold figure of heterosexual couples and casual sex partners who met each other through “pseudo-dating apps” (aka social media platforms that have direct messenger services) like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Omegle, Discord etc.
To summarize, DATING APPS AND “PSEUDO-DATING APPS” ARE ONE OF THE MOST COMMON METHODS, IF NOT THE MOST COMMON METHOD PEOPLE USE TO SEARCH FOR RELATIONSHIPS OR CASUAL SEX PARTNERS IN THE MODERN WORLD, at least in North America and Western Europe. I don’t want to hear anyone say “dating apps aren’t real life”. In the modern world, online dating is more “real life” than any other method of finding a relationship or casual sex partner
As a closing point, in respect of the subject of “personality” I’d say men on dating apps care more than women on dating apps care about personality. Although I wouldn’t say women on dating apps care more about personality than looks
Compared to men on Tinder, I think the rate at which women on Tinder navigate through each profile they discover is too fast for them to obtain a fair amount of info on the “personality” of each profile they see on their Tinder feed (unless women on Tinder are mostly concerned about profile pictures and aren’t really concerned about profile bios). I also think patterns in dating app interactions are a significant reflection of the current state of the relationship / sex market at least for zoomers and millennials. But that’s just my opinion.
Then again, someone could counter-argue and say “Well you can’t proficiently communicate your personality to other people using only your social media bio and profile picture. You can only properly know someone after you meet them and converse with them in real life”. This is a fair point. But you have to consider the fact that “bluepillers” or “non-incels” religiously support the Personality Argument in respect of a man’s ability or inability to score a girlfriend or sex partner. If a man scores a GF or female sex partner who consents to him, the “non-inkwell” explanation is because his personality made him attractive enough for another woman to choose him as her BF or sex partner
As “online dating” is also a valid method for consenting adults to pursue a relationship or casual sex, we can also apply the “non-inkwells’ Personality Argument” to online dating: If a male user on a dating app scores a GF or sex partner, his success in online dating can be attributed more to his attractive personality, and would have less to do with his genetic attributes. However the average woman on Tinder doesn’t have enough time to read a >20-word bio due to the time rate at which she swipes
This allows us to ask, if a woman on Tinder sees a profile that she wants to match with, which part of the profile is more likely to stand out to her more:
The profile picture, which would take her 0.1 seconds to competently examine?
or
The profile bio, even though she wouldn’t read more than 20 words of it before her next swipe?
Based on the “non-inkwells’ Personality Argument”, the part of the profile that’s more likely to stand out more to a woman on Tinder, is the part to which we can attribute the “aspect of personality” that convinces a woman on Tinder to swipe right on the profile in question
(Relevant sources are linked in the thread below)
incels.is
There are various anecdotal examples of female Tinder users who seemed to show more interest in a man’s profile picture than the man’s profile bio. You can refer to Tinder Experiments by DBDR, Gerbert Johnson, Wheat Waffles, Legion of Men & Playing With Fire:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJFCLUEoKeM
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ygzbE0QtY
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks_dZgzwDg4
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCCFXXCVTNs
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35fiNZTVVtU
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eU7RSmGsQc
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-cqCLAc5KE
You can draw your own conclusions from these Tinder Experiments
Better Bachelor also has a relevant video from October 2021 on Tinder swipe data for female users:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPuQ1Wjd2Rk
If you have any other relevant insights or research data, you can add them in the replies
A Summary of Tinder Swipe Activity for Female Users
According to Maze of Love (2023), the average Tinder session time for men is 7.2 minutes and 8.5 minutes for women. It means women on average spend nearly 20% longer on Tinder per session than men. Also the average daily time on Tinder is 90 minutes a day per user, or 11 sessions a day. If we calculate the total Tinder usage time per day for women, it would equal 8.5 minutes x 11 sessions, which is a total of 93.5 minutes a day. On Tinder, women swipe right on 5% to 15% of discovered profiles (Maze of Love, 2023; Gitnux, 2023)
Let us extrapolate: If women on Tinder are allowed a maximum of 100 right swipes per 12 or 24 hours, and we assume the average female user uses all of her 100 right swipes within the average time they spend per day on Tinder (93.5 mins), we can estimate the number of swipes the average woman on Tinder makes in day based on her right-swipe rate. This would be equivalent of how many times the average woman on Tinder swipes in 93.5 minutes, because the average daily time on Tinder is 93.5 minutes for women
If the average woman on Tinder uses all of her 100 right swipes within 93.5 minutes, and she swipes right 5% - 15% of the time, it means she also swipes left between 700 to 1900 times per day, as she would swipe left 85% - 95% of the time. Thus the maximum number of daily swipes on Tinder by the average female user would be between 800 to 2000 swipes a day (5% to 15% = 100 right swipes; 85% to 95% = Between 700 and 1900 left swipes)
Moreover if we divide the average time spent on Tinder per day for women (93.5 minutes) by the maximum number of swipes by female users per day (800 to 2000 swipes), we can estimate the time elapsed per swipe for the average female user on Tinder
Time elapsed per swipe for the average female user on Tinder:
93.5 minutes = 5610 seconds
5610 seconds / 2000 to 800 swipes = 3 to 7 seconds per swipe (to nearest second)
Under the assumption that an average female user on Tinder uses all of her 100 right swipes within the average daily time on Tinder for women (93.5 mins), it means we can draw a conclusion the average female user examines a profile for 3 to 7 seconds before swiping either left or right. I’ll approximate this figure to 4 seconds per swipe for simplicity (5610 secs / 1400 swipes = 4 seconds per swipe)
Now I will ask you this:
Do you think it is practical for any female Tinder user to competently assess the personality of any other Tinder user within 3 to 7 seconds, based on information obtained from a profile picture and a profile bio that’s restricted to a 500-character limit?
Ideally, it is harder to judge a personality based on a mere profile picture, than it is to judge a personality based on a profile bio, because the main aspect of the profile picture would be a “portrait” of the Tinder profile that’s being assessed. Sometimes a profile picture may contain extra content that may be off-putting to females who see it (e.g., weapons, blood, NSFW objects in the background). But if the background of the profile picture is not saturated with miscellaneous objects, the only aspect of the profile picture by which any practical judgement can be drawn, is the appearance of the person in question
On the other hand, a profile bio is more likely than a profile picture to contain useful information on the "personality" of the person who's Tinder profile is under assessment, because the bio can include extra details that would be hard to communicate in a single picture, like interests, hobbies, accolades, religious stance, political stance, any other noteworthy experiences they had in the past, preferences, likes, dislikes etc.
It can be suggested within reason that more details in someone’s personality can be communicated by a 500-character bio, than in a single picture that’s restricted to a resolution of 800 x 800 pixels. According to Iris Reading, the average reading speed for adults is 200 to 250 words a minute, which is around 4 words a second, and 16 words per four seconds. Based on the average reading speed for adults, we can conclude that four seconds is too short for the average adult to read a Tinder bio that’s longer than 20 words
What Is the Average Reading Speed?
The average reading speed for an adult is 200 to 250 words per minutes, but knowing the average reading speed is only a small part of the picture.
irisreading.com
If the average female user on Tinder swipes to the next profile after 4 seconds, it means she would read less than 20 words before swiping to the next profile, and one can reasonably suppose that someone’s personality cannot be effectively communicated in 20 words, as the person may have extra aspects of their “personality” that require more than 20 words to communicate. Thus we can draw a conclusion the number of seconds per swipe for the average female user on Tinder (4 seconds per swipe) is too short for her to competently assess the profile of someone who appears on their Tinder feed and has a bio with +20 words
According to Psychological Science Org., a series of research studies by psychologists from Princeton University concluded that it takes 0.1 seconds to form an impression of a stranger based on their facial appearance, and longer exposures do not lead to significant alterations in those first impressions. These series of studies were focused on the following traits: attractiveness, likeability, competence, trustworthiness, and aggressiveness
How Many Seconds to a First Impression?
You'll never get a second chance to make a great first impression." We've all heard that an interviewer, or a stranger at a party, will form an impression of you, your character, your personality — …
www.psychologicalscience.org
If it takes 0.1 seconds for someone to determine whether or not a stranger is facially attractive, we can conclude the number of seconds per swipe for the average female user on Tinder (4 seconds per swipe) is more than enough for a Tinder user to competently assess the physical attractiveness of someone who appears on their Tinder feed
Overall, we can conclude that based on the provided stats for reading speed and first impressions in adults, if the average female user on Tinder spends around 4 seconds on a profile before swiping, the average female user on Tinder would not have enough time to competently assess a >20-word bio before swiping left or right, but she would have more than enough time to assess the physical attractiveness of someone in a profile picture before swiping left or right (based on the presumption that an average female user on the free version of Tinder uses all of her 100 right swipes in any given day)
Adding to all this, we must consider the fact that Tinder is the most popular dating app in North America and West Europe (Roast Dating, 2023); the majority of Tinder users (80%) are either Gen Z or younger millennials (age 18 – 29), and 25% - 35% of Tinder users are female (Pew Research Center, 2023).
Now I will ask you this:
Do women on dating apps care more about personality than looks, when the average female user on Tinder swipes at a rate that is too fast for her to read more than 20 words on someone’s bio, but not too fast for her to proficiently examine someone’s profile picture?
Now let’s compare with men on Tinder...
A Summary of Tinder Swipe Activity for Male Users
If the average man on Tinder spends 7.2 minutes per session, and 11 sessions a day, that’s the equivalent of 79.2 minutes a day (7.2 minutes x 11 sessions). Also, men swipe right on approx. 50% of all discovered profiles. Moreover if we assume the average man on Tinder uses all of his 50 right swipes in a given day, then we can estimate the number of daily swipes by the average male user on Tinder based on his right-swipe rate. The number of daily swipes by the average male user on Tinder would be approx. 94 swipes (53% = 50 right swipes; 47% = 44 left swipes), but we'll round it to 100 swipes a day for simplicity
From this we can also conclude that not only do women spend a longer time on Tinder than men, but women on Tinder swipe much, much more than men swipe on Tinder. In numbers, we can estimate that women on Tinder swipe at an 8x – 20x faster rate than men on Tinder, and women on Tinder swipe between 700 – 1900 times more than men on Tinder. Plus we can estimate the time elapsed per swipe for the average male user on Tinder
Time elapsed per swipe for the average male user on Tinder:
79.2 minutes = 4752 seconds
4752 seconds / 100 swipes = 48 seconds per swipe (to nearest second)
From this we can conclude the average male on Tinder spends a much longer time than the average female on a Tinder profile before swiping. In numbers, we can estimate that men spend 12x longer than women on a Tinder profile before swiping left or right
If the average man spends around 48 seconds on a Tinder profile before swiping, not only does he have more than enough time to assess the profile picture, he would also have enough time to read 150 – 200 words in the profile bio. I’m not sure about you, but I’d argue that more significant data on someone’s personality can be obtained in 150 - 200 words than in 12 – 16 words. Based on the presupposition that both men and women on Tinder use their maximum number of right swipes on any given day, the stats infer the average male on Tinder has enough time to read up to 200 words on a profile bio based on the rate at which men swipe, but the average female on Tinder has enough time to read max. 20 words on a profile bio based on the rate at which women swipe
Now I want to ask you this:
In online dating, do women really care more than men care about personality, when the average female user on Tinder swipes at a rate that’s 8x to 20x faster than the swipe rate of the average male user on Tinder?
Does Personality Really Matter to Women in Online Dating?
If you look carefully at the stats for dating apps by gender, it’s hard to agree with the idea that personality matters to women who use dating apps. The average female user on Tinder swipes at a much faster rate than the average male user on Tinder. Plus the swipe rate for the average female user on Tinder is too fast for her to read more than 20 words of someone’s bio before her next swipe, compared to men on Tinder who swipe at a much slower rate. The average man on Tinder has enough time to read up to 200 words of someone’s bio before his next swipe. We must also consider that the maximum character count on a Tinder bio is 500 characters. You can fit around 100 words into a 500-character bio --- Yet the average female user on Tinder wouldn’t read more than 1/5th of it before she swipes onto the next profile, whereas the average male user on Tinder would have enough time to read all of it twice before he swipes onto the next profile
The share of active zoomers and millennials on dating apps has massively increased over the past 3 – 4 years. Tinder is the most popular dating app in North America, South America, Oceania and West Europe, and the vast majority of Tinder users are in these regions (Roast Dating, 2023)
A bluepiller might say “dating apps don’t reflect the current state of romantic / sexual relations between men and women in real life”. But if anyone with a brain were to look at the most recent stats for romantic / sexual relations between men and women, it would be clear to them that “dating apps” are closer to real life than any other method of seeking a relationship / casual sex in the modern world (based on the most recent stats). The majority of Gen Z and millennials in the US have used a dating app before (Pew Research Center, 2023). Moreover 80% of Tinder users are zoomers and millennials (ages 18 – 29), and Tinder is the most popular dating app for zoomers and millennials in North America (Pew Research Center, 2023). Adding to this, most heterosexual couples in the US met each other “online” (39%), followed by “in a bar or restaurant” (27%), then mutual friends (20%), then co-workers (11%) (National Academy of Sciences, 2019). Plus we must consider the untold figure of heterosexual couples and casual sex partners who met each other through “pseudo-dating apps” (aka social media platforms that have direct messenger services) like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Omegle, Discord etc.
To summarize, DATING APPS AND “PSEUDO-DATING APPS” ARE ONE OF THE MOST COMMON METHODS, IF NOT THE MOST COMMON METHOD PEOPLE USE TO SEARCH FOR RELATIONSHIPS OR CASUAL SEX PARTNERS IN THE MODERN WORLD, at least in North America and Western Europe. I don’t want to hear anyone say “dating apps aren’t real life”. In the modern world, online dating is more “real life” than any other method of finding a relationship or casual sex partner
As a closing point, in respect of the subject of “personality” I’d say men on dating apps care more than women on dating apps care about personality. Although I wouldn’t say women on dating apps care more about personality than looks
Compared to men on Tinder, I think the rate at which women on Tinder navigate through each profile they discover is too fast for them to obtain a fair amount of info on the “personality” of each profile they see on their Tinder feed (unless women on Tinder are mostly concerned about profile pictures and aren’t really concerned about profile bios). I also think patterns in dating app interactions are a significant reflection of the current state of the relationship / sex market at least for zoomers and millennials. But that’s just my opinion.
Then again, someone could counter-argue and say “Well you can’t proficiently communicate your personality to other people using only your social media bio and profile picture. You can only properly know someone after you meet them and converse with them in real life”. This is a fair point. But you have to consider the fact that “bluepillers” or “non-incels” religiously support the Personality Argument in respect of a man’s ability or inability to score a girlfriend or sex partner. If a man scores a GF or female sex partner who consents to him, the “non-inkwell” explanation is because his personality made him attractive enough for another woman to choose him as her BF or sex partner
As “online dating” is also a valid method for consenting adults to pursue a relationship or casual sex, we can also apply the “non-inkwells’ Personality Argument” to online dating: If a male user on a dating app scores a GF or sex partner, his success in online dating can be attributed more to his attractive personality, and would have less to do with his genetic attributes. However the average woman on Tinder doesn’t have enough time to read a >20-word bio due to the time rate at which she swipes
This allows us to ask, if a woman on Tinder sees a profile that she wants to match with, which part of the profile is more likely to stand out to her more:
The profile picture, which would take her 0.1 seconds to competently examine?
or
The profile bio, even though she wouldn’t read more than 20 words of it before her next swipe?
Based on the “non-inkwells’ Personality Argument”, the part of the profile that’s more likely to stand out more to a woman on Tinder, is the part to which we can attribute the “aspect of personality” that convinces a woman on Tinder to swipe right on the profile in question
(Relevant sources are linked in the thread below)
Why inkwells dont have girlfriends or hookup partners: The non-incel explanation “Personality” vs. the incel explanation “Genetics”
The current state of sex / relationship market for zoomers? If we look at the most recent stats for zoomer sexual lifestyle, it can be simplified by these points: -- Most male zoomers (>60%) are single. Most female zoomers (60%) either have sex occasionally (i.e., once every few months, one a...
incels.is
There are various anecdotal examples of female Tinder users who seemed to show more interest in a man’s profile picture than the man’s profile bio. You can refer to Tinder Experiments by DBDR, Gerbert Johnson, Wheat Waffles, Legion of Men & Playing With Fire:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJFCLUEoKeM
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ygzbE0QtY
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks_dZgzwDg4
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCCFXXCVTNs
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35fiNZTVVtU
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eU7RSmGsQc
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-cqCLAc5KE
You can draw your own conclusions from these Tinder Experiments
Better Bachelor also has a relevant video from October 2021 on Tinder swipe data for female users:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPuQ1Wjd2Rk
If you have any other relevant insights or research data, you can add them in the replies
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