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This script also has an unintended consequence: it can roughly measure how attractive you are to the population. Assuming that everyone you auto-swipe will also respond (and truthfully, not using this script) this could give you some very sobering results if you're not the most attractive. Imagine the guy who runs this and gets 10-15 likes. It's like automating going to a bar and getting stuffed all night long, only quicker! It could also of course end up boosting your ego a lot, but I suspect for many it will not. Stay thirsty, my friends.

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Which brings an interesting improvement to the game: Testing pictures.

So far I've had the most success with a simple picture of me stretching when I was tired one morning and sister had my phone and was bored. I think the main feature is that you can see my forearms are veiny. But most of my face is obscured by sunglasses, may hair is covered by a wool hat, and I'm generally being tired, sleepy, and uninteresting.

Pic in question: http://instagram.com/p/lm5FNjkxp1/?modal=true

Interesting.

I made http://tinderus.com/ the other day, essentially just to give people an alternative perspective on their profile and images.

How many sales have you made at $50?

Over 100.

Neat! I'll be honest, I wouldn't have thought so many but sounds like you've found a good market.

Well done. Would you mind sharing details of how you got your press coverage?

Of course!

You can read about it here: https://medium.com/p/8e02c9a3c33b

I run http://catchlondon.com/ - a PR Agency focused on technology that I founded one year ago.

I did some A/B testing with an similar auto-swipe script two months ago: A smile on the face with a red shirt performed best for me.

Incidentally I remember this study a while back stating that red indeed is a colour that can make both men and women more attractive:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-social-thinker/20100...

A very interesting study on this topic from OkCupid: http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/the-4-big-myths-of-profile...

> it can roughly measure how attractive you are to the population

You could even push that concept further, and test a picture in different cities/countries. That way you can find where in the world people find you most attractive :D

I read somewhere that some men do this at speed-dating: tick every box so they get to find out all of the women that ticked their box.

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