Only 1 in 5 potential matches met your standards for appearance, but 1 in 3 met your standards based on what they wrote,
Not really as he likely prefiltered them by match percentage. The 300 profiles at which he looked are likely woman with a high match percentage and the match percentage more likely signals that they written values are the same as it signals meeting standards for appearance.
There's a lot of data and research on what makes people successful at online dating, but I don't know anyone who actually tried to wholeheartedly apply this to themselves. I decided to be that person: I implemented lessons from data, economics, game theory and of course rationality in my profile and strategy and OkCupid. Shockingly, it worked! I got a lot of great dates, learned a ton and found the love of my life. I didn't expect dating to be my "rationalist win", but it happened.
Here's the first part of the story, I hope you'll find some useful tips and maybe a dollop of inspiration among all the silly jokes.
P.S.
Does anyone know who curates the "Latest on rationality blogs" toolbar? What are the requirements to be included?