True but i think the comment you are responding too is commenting that “this was not my experience” can’t be known without more information.

But to your point you only have so much time and it will likely help narrow down better long term partners if your profile is honest

You can get zero matches on tinder - what allows to verify that some things dont work

> Which is to say you should basically always play up your quirks, not hide them.

Not going to lie, I don't think this matters if you're a dude. I found that almost no women I dated even read my profile.

I was always up front about liking video games, board games, tabletop rpgs and the number of times date #1 would end on "You Like Dungeons and Dragons!? Ugh" was higher than not.

I don't mean literally the date ended there, just that there was no chance of a second date after that point.

> You can only date a relatively small number of people.

I think more people need to understand this.

Like, if you sell something used you don’t need to craft the “perfect” ad or get tonnes of exposure on it. You only need to sell one.

Indeed. You'd have to be absolutely desperate. Long term, it makes zero sense to hide fundamentals such as affection for cats... or being a gamer. I know several guys who used to hide the fact they played games competitively. Granted that was almost 20 years ago but still.

But why do you assume that they don't like cats or even have an opinion on them? Most of first glance opinion forming is subconscious or near subconscious. It's less likely to be "I see a cat. I hate cats. Next" and more "Nah, not feeling it. Next".