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I must still be jetlagged or something, because I skimmed the article but still don't understand - how can the 25% figure be true for both men and women? Surely if one gender is, on average, matching with people more deseriable then the other gender that's being matched to them must be matching with people less desirable?

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"The curves are remarkably consistent across all four cities, with men and women on average sending messages to potential partners who are 26 and 23% further up the rankings than themselves, respectively."

Maybe 'matching' was not the correct word, sorry.

That comes across completely differently than what you originally claimed. They're just messaging people that are more desirable, likely hoping they luck out. Not matching with those people.

You need to match in order to message (on Tinder at least).

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