wedrifid comments on Open Thread, September, 2010-- part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 25 September 2010 12:25:44AM 4 points [-]

By the way, just in case you don't feel insecure enough yet, OKC claims to be quietly segregating its users by hotness. I've seen it theorized that that was a publicity stunt or a sneaky way to pull back inactive users, which seems quite plausible to me, but doesn't make the stunt any less scummy.

That seems to be a desirable outcome and one that I expect would be the natural outcome from applying statistical measures to interaction patterns. I expect and prefer OKC to provide matches that are most likely to lead to rewarding interactions. These do tend to be more likely between people of approximately equal hotness.

Comment author: Relsqui 25 September 2010 12:33:25AM 0 points [-]

That's conventional wisdom, certainly, but I'd be interested in seeing an actual study.

Comment author: mattnewport 25 September 2010 12:59:31AM 2 points [-]

Who You Find Attractive is Based on How Hot You Are. I couldn't find a published study with a couple of minutes but I recall seeing experimental evidence for this before.

Comment author: Relsqui 25 September 2010 01:11:05AM 1 point [-]

Thanks, that was interesting. One of his conclusions has a funny side effect: if you care a lot about how hot people are, you're probably pretty attractive. ;)

Comment author: wedrifid 25 September 2010 12:58:49AM 0 points [-]

Have you tried google? I've seen several but do not have the links on file.