Scientific Tips for Online Dating

The rules to crafting an attractive online dating profile might seem obvious—use your best photos and write a bio that only includes the most interesting aspects of your life. But according to science, there are several subliminal factors that can maximize your online success. Choosing a username that begins with a letter from the first half of the alphabet (A-M) seems to work while sticking to the golden ratio—70% about you and 30% about them—in your bio is proven to be effective. Another oddball tip is that rhyming messages get more responses, but we’ll leave that for you to decide.