Just in time for Valentine’s Day.
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Sunday is Valentine's Day, a minor liturgical celebration of a Christian martyr that has, in contemporary American society, taken the form of pressurized and compulsory Romance. What this means for couples: You must ritualistically spend money on each other. What this means for singles: You must find someone with whom to ritualistically spend money, in order to foment Romance, or at least the physical proxy thereof — sexytime.
But how to find someone, anyone? Well, apps, of course! And the best app for finding a partner in a pinch is Tinder. As anyone who has taken part can tell you, Tinder can be used very well, and Tinder can be used very poorly (and not just to convince people to Feel the Bern). The structure of Tinder — both users have to swipe right to be matched — is ingenious, but it also makes it very difficult to know what you're doing wrong: You never hear from the (many) people who reject you.
So we asked Greg Schwartz, a user experience designer and online dating coach who is known for his Quantified Dating method, to explain the traits of a good Tinder profile. Then we asked him to evaluate the Tinder profiles of five single users and help them figure out what they could do to improve their chances of finding a match by Sunday. Here's what he told us:
At the most basic, photos have three purposes: 1) to create a spark; 2) to show you're physically attractive; 3) to show you're interesting. Your first photo also needs to compel the viewer to look at your other photos and profile.
Meanwhile, the purposes of a profile are 1) show, not tell, your attractive qualities; 2) provide things for people to write messages about. #1 is more important for straight men, because straight women are more inclined to swipe right and respond to messages. #2 is more important for straight women, because when they give straight men interesting things to write about, those men write more interesting messages. Gay men and lesbians should focus on #1 if they primarily send messages and #2 if they primarily receive. That said, everyone benefits from doing both.
Now on to the profiles!
Lincoln, 24, Interested in Men
“Aspiring MILF” comes across as fairly playful, but he’ll have much better results if he shows his attractive qualities. In that vein, the dog photo is a winner! It’s a combination of cute and silly, which attracts attention, so make it your first photo.
Sunglasses photos get in the way of chemistry (photo purpose #1), because you can’t connect to the person. Keep the tank top photo to show that you have muscle (purpose #2), and get rid of the others. Finally, the lying down photo is interesting (purpose #3), but the smile is a bit intense; replace it unless you’re getting a lot of messages about it. (Testing your profile is another thing I teach in my coaching.)
Score: 5/10
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