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BACCS said:
Haha, are these definitely real?
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I assume so. Just means if she finds you attractive enough you can pretty much say anything. A common misconception is that women are more attracted to personality than men are but in reality they are just as if not more shallow........ although they don't actually know this themselves.
 
Women are equally shallow as men. I.e. some aren't, but many are. To be brutally honest I think most of the human race are fairly shallow creatures. Tinder is pretty much one of the great social experiments in that regard.

To many people of both sexes looks, money, social status, fame are equally as important as personality and compatibility.
 
The Passenger said:
Women are equally shallow as men. I.e. some aren't, but many are. To be brutally honest I think most of the human race are fairly shallow creatures. Tinder is pretty much one of the great social experiments in that regard.

To many people of both sexes looks, money, social status, fame are equally as important as personality and compatibility.
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Yep. A lot of people get defensive when you suggest this, but it's reality so denying it is pointless.

I've always wanted to do a social experiment by creating an online dating profile as a pseudo control group. Find pictures of a good looking bloke, token rig shot etc. and put together a pretty boring, badly written profile. Hobbies: 'goin 2 gym' and shit like that.

Step 1, create the above profile for Douchey McDoughington.

Step 2, find say 10 girls who have actually gone to an effort with their profile.

Step 3 (the time consuming bit), create a profile of a guy for each girl based on what they say they want. Common interests, hobbies, experiences etc. Include a photo of an average looking bloke or maybe no photo to start with.

Step 4, contact each girl from their 'matched' profile and Douchey McDouchington.

Step 5, observe results.

One day I'll get there. Maybe.
 

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Scotland said:
Yep. A lot of people get defensive when you suggest this, but it's reality so denying it is pointless.

I've always wanted to do a social experiment by creating an online dating profile as a pseudo control group. Find pictures of a good looking bloke, token rig shot etc. and put together a pretty boring, badly written profile. Hobbies: 'goin 2 gym' and shit like that.

Step 1, create the above profile for Douchey McDoughington.

Step 2, find say 10 girls who have actually gone to an effort with their profile.

Step 3 (the time consuming bit), create a profile of a guy for each girl based on what they say they want. Common interests, hobbies, experiences etc. Include a photo of an average looking bloke or maybe no photo to start with.

Step 4, contact each girl from their 'matched' profile and Douchey McDouchington.

Step 5, observe results.

One day I'll get there. Maybe.
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you need to get out more
 
I've been a taken man for just under five years. I missed this whole Tinder thing while single, therefore.

I'd be utterly lost with it- I have no idea how it works beyond the basic principle.
 
The Passenger said:
Women are equally shallow as men. I.e. some aren't, but many are. To be brutally honest I think most of the human race are fairly shallow creatures. Tinder is pretty much one of the great social experiments in that regard.

To many people of both sexes looks, money, social status, fame are equally as important as personality and compatibility.
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Everyone is as shallow as each other when it comes to a ONS. Tinder is also an app that will bring out the worst in people in this regard - you're essentially just selecting potential partners based on looks alone. It gets everyone in that mindset from the get go.

I do believe though that when it comes to relationships and meeting people in real life, looks are less important to women. If you're a guy and you have a ripper personality - confident, funny, charismatic etc - you can pick up anyone. I don't think it works the same for women though - no matter how good their personality is, there will always be a restriction to who they can get based on how attractive they are. Men just look for attractiveness first. It's the way it is. Women might too, but I think there is more leeway for a man to land a chick if she isn't initially drawn to him by proving himself in other areas.

That doesn't necessarily mean women are always less shallow - money and power hold a lot more sway for women than they do for men.
 
getthefooty said:
Men just look for attractiveness first. It's the way it is. Women might too, but I think there is more leeway for a man to land a chick if she isn't initially drawn to him by proving himself in other areas.

That doesn't necessarily mean women are always less shallow - money and power hold a lot more sway for women than they do for men.
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Is this actually true, or simply a reflection of societal norms for the gender which makes the first approach?
 
WCErevival said:
Not if you're butt ugly you wont
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Disagree. Guy I used to play soccer with is absolutely heinous. His nickname is actually Shrek but he pulls absolute stunners and we have absolutely no idea how he does it. He's not even charming, he's a massive bogan.
 

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bok_party said:
Disagree. Guy I used to play soccer with is absolutely heinous. His nickname is actually Shrek but he pulls absolute stunners and we have absolutely no idea how he does it. He's not even charming, he's a massive bogan.
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Are the girls bogans? And have you had a girl actually rate him or is it just a bunch of guys saying he is ugly?
 
Doss said:
I've been a taken man for just under five years. I missed this whole Tinder thing while single, therefore.

I'd be utterly lost with it- I have no idea how it works beyond the basic principle.
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I'm 20 years too old, and way too ugly, for it - plus I don't have Facebook. Its sort of interesting to see what the generation of grads I sometimes work with have in their life. "Swipe, meet, bonk" seems a damned sight easier than "rely on random meeting, call (maybe a few times in pre-mobile days before actually speaking again - and it could be father/brother/housemate that answers), meet, etc".
 

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Sylvia Saint said:
Not sure if this news has hit Australia yet, but I'm overseas and just been told by the app that "You're out of Likes" for 24 hours. The only way around this is to pay a $15USD a month subsription fee.

You can read more about it here.

http://www.businessinsider.com/tinder-plus-being-tested-in-europe-2015-2

RIP Tinder.
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There is a pay option in Aus that allows you to undo your last swipe or change you location to a different city. Kinda inevitable that they'd start asking for money though.
 
Dory_77 said:
There is a pay option in Aus that allows you to undo your last swipe or change you location to a different city. Kinda inevitable that they'd start asking for money though.
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I had that for about a week, which didn't bother me too much (they are actually decent add ons). But limiting the amount of likes to the free user is going to kill the app off VERY quickly. Greed has won out here, the whole point of Tinder was that it was free, easy and every (single) person was on it. Paying for it will change all of that. I suspect we won't be talking about it this time next year.
 
I actually met my current girlfriend over tinder...

I had the app installed for 48 hours and swiped every girl that A) wasn't a bogan and B) wasn't looking for just sex and the next day she was the first girl who I was matched with. Over the course of 3-4 weeks we went on a few dates and it made things a lot easier as I was aware she thought I was attractive or 'her type' and vice versa. Now we live together and look to have a promising future. Not saying this app is the greatest or even that it's used primarily for people wanting to date, but I do think it helps guys like me who find it difficult to approach strangers in pubs and try to 'pull'
 
Franky_024 said:
I actually met my current girlfriend over tinder...

Not saying this app is the greatest or even that it's used primarily for people wanting to date, but I do think it helps guys like me who find it difficult to approach strangers in pubs and try to 'pull'
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Same here, met my current girlfriend over tinder too. Glad I did too before these charges have been imposed.

For me it's been a surprisingly good way of meeting decent, drama-free girls which I can normally work out pretty quickly from conversations. I think there are definitely good girls on tinder who don't want to resort to 'official' online dating sites (neither do I) and who you wouldn't meet at clubs or pubs. I've never been one to approach girls out in public or on the streets so tinder has really helped
 
Scotland said:
How do you know if a girl is looking for sex by a couple of photos...?

Sure if they write 'I want ****. Give meeeee coocccckkk!' then it's pretty obvious, but I imagine not many girls do that.
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Agree with this. Majority of girls on there are looking for dates more than just getting a shag.
 
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