OK CUPID
LET’S DO SCIENCE..KIND OF
Welp, POF was a total failure in my opinion, so there just wasn't much to report back. In addition, I've been busy doing things that are actually enjoyable.
My theory was that my cover photo of me sitting next to my car (fully clothed, thank you very much) was attracting the wrong type of guys. Maybe if I use a photo of me without a car in it, I will stop getting contacted by guys who like to play Fast and Furious. Unfortunately the only other photo I had where you could clearly see my face was from Comic Con. Whatever, let’s try it.
POF- CONTROLLED VARIABLE
My overall profile had not changed from the Match.com to the POF site. The layout of the profile changed, due to the template differences between the two sites. However, the content itself remained the same. In addition, the photos remained the same, just fewer, due to limitations on the amount of photos you can use on POF vs Match.
POF-INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
I kept the photos of my with my car on my page, however I made the main photo one of me from Comic Con in the Harley Quinn Injustice costume.
POF-DEPENDENT VARIABLE
Alright as I’m sure you could have guessed the quality of men did not change. The quantity went up, but the quality remained the same, if not worse.
Welp, POF was a total failure in my opinion, so there just wasn't much to report back. In addition, I've been busy doing things that are actually enjoyable.
Now then, it’s not much of an experiment if I don’t change some of the variables and look
at what effect (s) it has on my results now is it?
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| I am a professional; I know exactly what I’m doing. |
So, before I get into why I had to leave POF and try OK Cupid, let’s go ahead
and explore the variables that were altered in the POF experiment,
and what the effects were, if any.
HYPOTHESIS 1:
If I change my main cover photo [the
independent variable], then it will increase the quality of men who message me
[the dependent variable].
My theory was that my cover photo of me sitting next to my car (fully clothed, thank you very much) was attracting the wrong type of guys. Maybe if I use a photo of me without a car in it, I will stop getting contacted by guys who like to play Fast and Furious. Unfortunately the only other photo I had where you could clearly see my face was from Comic Con. Whatever, let’s try it.
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| I think we all already know how this is going to go, but just to confirm, let’s roll with it anyway. |
My overall profile had not changed from the Match.com to the POF site. The layout of the profile changed, due to the template differences between the two sites. However, the content itself remained the same. In addition, the photos remained the same, just fewer, due to limitations on the amount of photos you can use on POF vs Match.
POF-INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
I kept the photos of my with my car on my page, however I made the main photo one of me from Comic Con in the Harley Quinn Injustice costume.
POF-DEPENDENT VARIABLE
Alright as I’m sure you could have guessed the quality of men did not change. The quantity went up, but the quality remained the same, if not worse.
HYPOTHESIS 2:
If I change my intentions to “Looking for a relationship” [Intention is the independent variable], then it will increase the quality of men who message me [the dependent variable].
My theory here was that my intentions had been attracting the wrong type of guys. I may be completely wrong- for all I know, they aren’t even looking at that. But why not test it?
POF- CONTROLLED VARIABLE
Again, the overall profile content itself remained the same. I also put the photo of me with my car back as the main photo.
POF-INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
Intention: I had been using something along the lines of “Dating, but nothing serious” or “Short term dating” in my intentions section of my online profile. I changed it to “Looking for a relationship”
POF-DEPENDENT VARIABLE
Quantity went down, and the quality of message actually did improve! Unfortunately, I am simply not interested in the ones who did contact me. But at least the messages that I received after changing my intentions changed from the one liners like “hey” and “how r u” to messages with actual paragraphs and substance.
OK CUPID (OKC)
So, while I didn’t exactly find anybody that I want to meet from POF after changing my intention, it does look like it makes a difference in the type of messages that you receive on these online dating sites. That’s good info to have as I bid POF adieu and move along to OK Cupid. But what else will I change? Well I think it’s time for a profile re-vamp.
HYPOTHESIS 3:
As I mentioned, there are certain areas of the profile that now have more emphasis. I call out right away that I went to University for Engineering but that I switched to Business, but that I know my calculus and I’m not afraid to use it. I also really emphasize that what I do for a living involves cars, yes, but also requires heavy analysis and working with numbers. Previously, it probably just looked like I get to play with cars for a living, which is awesome, but not accurate.
In addition, I emphasize the fact that I work out 6-7 days a week.
I don’t leave out the car, video game and comic con hobbies; I just don’t focus so much on that aspect of my life on this profile.
OKC-DEPENDENT VARIABLE
Well, I just changed this a few days ago. I’ve gotten about 80 messages in this timeframe, and about 85% of them do have substance. Some of them even point out how well my profile is written! Thank you kind (and literate) sirs!
There are a few that have engaged in conversation that do have some potential, but it’s still too early to tell. Maybe next weekend I will have the pleasure of meeting one of these gentlemen. For now though, it’s just a lot of sorting through messages and trying to remember who I’m typing to when I reply without clicking on their profile 19x.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Date 10.
If I change my intentions to “Looking for a relationship” [Intention is the independent variable], then it will increase the quality of men who message me [the dependent variable].
My theory here was that my intentions had been attracting the wrong type of guys. I may be completely wrong- for all I know, they aren’t even looking at that. But why not test it?
POF- CONTROLLED VARIABLE
Again, the overall profile content itself remained the same. I also put the photo of me with my car back as the main photo.
POF-INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
Intention: I had been using something along the lines of “Dating, but nothing serious” or “Short term dating” in my intentions section of my online profile. I changed it to “Looking for a relationship”
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| Are your intentions to hit it and quit it? |
Quantity went down, and the quality of message actually did improve! Unfortunately, I am simply not interested in the ones who did contact me. But at least the messages that I received after changing my intentions changed from the one liners like “hey” and “how r u” to messages with actual paragraphs and substance.
OK CUPID (OKC)
So, while I didn’t exactly find anybody that I want to meet from POF after changing my intention, it does look like it makes a difference in the type of messages that you receive on these online dating sites. That’s good info to have as I bid POF adieu and move along to OK Cupid. But what else will I change? Well I think it’s time for a profile re-vamp.
HYPOTHESIS 3:
If I emphasize things like education,
career and health, as opposed to cars, video games and comic con [the
independent variable], then it will increase the quality of men who message me
[the dependent variable].
My theory here is that my previous profile content was too focused on cars, video games, Batman and Comic Cons. While these are all things that I enjoy and cannot be left out, they shouldn’t be the focus. Why? Because for the most part, it has been attracting the following type of men:
-Guys without jobs
-Guys who do drugs
-Guys with multiple images of them lifting their shirts up in the bathroom mirror
-Guys who cannot spell
-Guys who are still in college
-Guys who never went to college, and it shows
-Guys who have the word “douche” in their screen name
-Guys who do not have a car
-Guys who have a car but aren’t willing to drive to my neck of the woods
-Guys with zero personality
My theory here is that my previous profile content was too focused on cars, video games, Batman and Comic Cons. While these are all things that I enjoy and cannot be left out, they shouldn’t be the focus. Why? Because for the most part, it has been attracting the following type of men:
-Guys without jobs
-Guys who do drugs
-Guys with multiple images of them lifting their shirts up in the bathroom mirror
-Guys who cannot spell
-Guys who are still in college
-Guys who never went to college, and it shows
-Guys who have the word “douche” in their screen name
-Guys who do not have a car
-Guys who have a car but aren’t willing to drive to my neck of the woods
-Guys with zero personality
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| What about the good ones who contacted you but you just weren’t attracted
to them? Do they get factored into your assessment of “quality”? Shut up. It’s not a perfect system. |
OKC- CONTROLLED VARIABLE
Well, it gets a little tricky here because the content in the profile is
/mostly/ the same, but the emphasis is on different areas now. I mean, every
profile I’ve had stated that I graduated from a University, for example, but it
wasn’t exactly called out. Also, the main photo is still the one of me in front
of my car.
OKC-INDEPENDENT VARIABLEAs I mentioned, there are certain areas of the profile that now have more emphasis. I call out right away that I went to University for Engineering but that I switched to Business, but that I know my calculus and I’m not afraid to use it. I also really emphasize that what I do for a living involves cars, yes, but also requires heavy analysis and working with numbers. Previously, it probably just looked like I get to play with cars for a living, which is awesome, but not accurate.
In addition, I emphasize the fact that I work out 6-7 days a week.
I don’t leave out the car, video game and comic con hobbies; I just don’t focus so much on that aspect of my life on this profile.
OKC-DEPENDENT VARIABLE
Well, I just changed this a few days ago. I’ve gotten about 80 messages in this timeframe, and about 85% of them do have substance. Some of them even point out how well my profile is written! Thank you kind (and literate) sirs!
There are a few that have engaged in conversation that do have some potential, but it’s still too early to tell. Maybe next weekend I will have the pleasure of meeting one of these gentlemen. For now though, it’s just a lot of sorting through messages and trying to remember who I’m typing to when I reply without clicking on their profile 19x.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Date 10.
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| *Whispering* Please don't be an unemployed douche canoe. |
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