Be Part of the Biggest CHH Social Experiment Yet

Help me simulate a fake dating app

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I’ve done a lot of surveys on dating and relationships, and one argument comes up time and time again: what if these people are lying, even to themselves? What if these are just stated preferences, not revealed preferences?

I wanted to try something new (and a little weird.) I want to recreate the environment of dating apps in a survey, and have people swipe left or right on other people with certain variables changed. However, in order to do this I need real photos of real consenting people! That’s where you come in.

How To Submit & What You Should Know

1. Submit a photo (ideally with your face and at least part of your body present, only of you- the kind of thing that would be on a dating app profile) to cartoonshateher@gmail.com. Include a selfie of you holding up 3 fingers so I can verify you’re not using your friend’s photo as a prank. The 3-finger selfie will not be used for the survey. Subject line should be “Dating App Survey.” I do not use this email address for conversations, requests or questions. If you have any other question or request, submit it on the CHH Substack group chat.

   1. Include your real age, height and job in the email.

   2. Include the name you want me to use, which can be fake.

   3. If you don’t include these things, I will make them up for you.

2. A few things you should know about this project:

   1. Inaccurate variables will be added to your photo. For example, some users might see a version of you with your real job, but a fake age. Survey-takers will be aware that some of the information they are seeing might be fake.

   2. This is not a matchmaking service. If you want to be featured on my personals ads, that’s a separate thing and you can submit here.

      1. On this note, it’s okay to submit if you’re in a relationship, or to take the survey if you’re in a relationship. The point isn’t to meet people, it’s to understand people’s preferences.

   3. Your photo might be featured in the article with the results. I will only use people’s photos if I need to use an example of someone in the average or above average category of right swipes. I will not use anyone’s photo as an example of an unattractive person.

   4. You do not need to be hetero to submit, however depending on sample size, this survey will probably focus on hetero dating dynamics (men swiping on women, women swiping on men.)