JoshuaZ comments on Rational Romantic Relationships, Part 1: Relationship Styles and Attraction Basics - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 14 November 2011 07:17:01PM *  2 points [-]

I would expect this sort of game to have difficult honesty issues even when it is a single gender. For example, if some individual has a fetish that is in some way connected to one of the individuals (say for example a celebrity that frequently wears some sort of clothing, or only one of the three falls into a racial group they have a fetish for) how likely is it that someone is going to be honest about that motivation.

That said, I agree that mixed groups will likely have more severe honesty issues.

Comment author: FiftyTwo 16 November 2011 07:20:05PM 1 point [-]

I've never treated the game as a data collection exercise. IT is more suited to social bonding and conversation stimulation.

For more statistically useful data okcupid has done studies, as have hotornot and its various imitators.