To all the men who struggle with online dating - this is what you have to look like to get a decent amount of interest from women

23 points•84 comments•submitted by BumblingBeta to r/dating

It's pretty clear that most men struggle in online dating. A good 80% of men are getting next to nothing out of the whole process. And honestly, it's probably more than 80% these days (women swipe right on just 4.5% of men on Tinder: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272775719301104). I myself fall into this majority category. Let me tell you, it's tough to get single digit match figures on Tinder for an entire year, or to message the worst looking women in your area on Plenty of Fish and they either ignore you, stop talking mid conversation or create constant obstacles in the way of meeting in real life.

Anyway, enough of the self pity. I did do an experiment a couple of months ago with a good looking male, and this is what you have to look like to get a reasonable amount of female attention from average and below average looking women:

https://i.imgur.com/iuCRN2X.jpg

A man who looks like this can get women messaging him and giving him the time of day. Which is either depressing or intriguing, depending on how you look at it.

What do you think? Would you consider a man like this to be good looking? Women, are you guilty of only giving men who look as good as this the time of day on a dating site? I'd love to hear your opinions.