Comments on: What Is *Your* Best Profile Picture http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/05/06/my-best-face/ The Official Blog of OkCupid.com Sat, 22 May 2010 04:30:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mark http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/05/06/my-best-face/comment-page-2/#comment-11817 Mark Fri, 21 May 2010 11:14:39 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=3782#comment-11817 What is the test re-test reliability of My Best Face? What is the test re-test reliability of My Best Face?

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By: Danny http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/05/06/my-best-face/comment-page-2/#comment-11733 Danny Wed, 19 May 2010 09:01:05 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=3782#comment-11733 I think this experiment will yield extremely interesting yet obvious info. For example it has made my biases extremely obvious. Age, race, and overall attractiveness (particularly weight) are coming into play when rating. I try to rate the "best" picture. I take composition into account, creativity, clarity, etc. but yet again even a great picture of a extremely unattractive person is well.....unappealing. I think this experiment will yield extremely interesting yet obvious info. For example it has made my biases extremely obvious. Age, race, and overall attractiveness (particularly weight) are coming into play when rating. I try to rate the “best” picture. I take composition into account, creativity, clarity, etc. but yet again even a great picture of a extremely unattractive person is well…..unappealing.

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By: tdogg http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/05/06/my-best-face/comment-page-2/#comment-11712 tdogg Tue, 18 May 2010 20:26:18 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=3782#comment-11712 There is no neither button because it would ruin the experiment. You have to pick one of the two because it figures out which picture is best based on statistics of which you pick. There is no neither button because it would ruin the experiment. You have to pick one of the two because it figures out which picture is best based on statistics of which you pick.

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By: pen>sword http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/05/06/my-best-face/comment-page-2/#comment-11697 pen>sword Tue, 18 May 2010 12:46:11 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=3782#comment-11697 Love this feature. The sample is still somewhat small and would like to suggest that the more charity votes someone makes, the more votes that person should get in his or her own report. What would also be great is to have some way of customizing the querry. The normalization is great but since everything is being bloated up from smaller numbers it doesn't seem to reflect where the actual votes went. Unless you're results show above 65% acceptance over the board, you'll only have maybe one or two pictures that will say "Love this photo" on average which can be misleading. The said photo may only be marginally better than the next best photo and the normalization will show that they are worlds apart. At this stage, perhaps a dot plot may be better suited? Love this feature. The sample is still somewhat small and would like to suggest that the more charity votes someone makes, the more votes that person should get in his or her own report.

What would also be great is to have some way of customizing the querry. The normalization is great but since everything is being bloated up from smaller numbers it doesn’t seem to reflect where the actual votes went. Unless you’re results show above 65% acceptance over the board, you’ll only have maybe one or two pictures that will say “Love this photo” on average which can be misleading. The said photo may only be marginally better than the next best photo and the normalization will show that they are worlds apart.

At this stage, perhaps a dot plot may be better suited?

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By: jakerake http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/05/06/my-best-face/comment-page-2/#comment-11676 jakerake Tue, 18 May 2010 04:42:41 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=3782#comment-11676 There should be a way to go back and change what you're tagged as. I chose a couple, but then later noticed one other one that I fall under pretty well. Can't find a way to add that tag to my profile. There should be a way to go back and change what you’re tagged as. I chose a couple, but then later noticed one other one that I fall under pretty well. Can’t find a way to add that tag to my profile.

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By: crispy_crab http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/05/06/my-best-face/comment-page-2/#comment-11644 crispy_crab Mon, 17 May 2010 18:21:39 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=3782#comment-11644 Photos with groups of people: WHO ARE YOU? Also, maybe pitting people against folks of the same age would be more fair. People who just post pictures of their torsos or other bits under the 'best face': you guys are twats. Maybe if we see all of their pictures and rate them against each other as well that could work. Photos with groups of people: WHO ARE YOU?
Also, maybe pitting people against folks of the same age would be more fair.
People who just post pictures of their torsos or other bits under the ‘best face’: you guys are twats.

Maybe if we see all of their pictures and rate them against each other as well that could work.

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By: grneyes42 http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/05/06/my-best-face/comment-page-2/#comment-11642 grneyes42 Mon, 17 May 2010 18:19:26 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=3782#comment-11642 Enjoyed taking part in My Best Face~~but I was put up against very young women and considering I'm 67 it was rough getting the results that were explained in your survey. Just a suggestion~~in the future would it be possible in some way get age groups grouped closer. The voters ages don't have to change~~ that would get some interesting votes from all of us comparing people in their own generations. Thanks for reading this. I really enjoy ok cupid~~it's the best of all of the dating sites. grneyes42 Enjoyed taking part in My Best Face~~but I was put up against very young women and considering I’m 67 it was rough getting the results that were explained in your survey.
Just a suggestion~~in the future would it be possible in some way get age groups grouped closer. The voters ages don’t have to change~~ that would get some interesting votes from all of us comparing people in their own generations.
Thanks for reading this. I really enjoy ok cupid~~it’s the best of all of the dating sites.
grneyes42

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By: Keepiru_co http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/05/06/my-best-face/comment-page-2/#comment-11637 Keepiru_co Mon, 17 May 2010 18:11:08 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=3782#comment-11637 I do agree there should be a neither button, but I don't think there should be a both button, it is about selection after all. The times where you could pick either, but have to select one will tell you the most about the quality of your picture. I do agree there should be a neither button, but I don’t think there should be a both button, it is about selection after all. The times where you could pick either, but have to select one will tell you the most about the quality of your picture.

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By: wilderbuff http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/05/06/my-best-face/comment-page-2/#comment-11632 wilderbuff Mon, 17 May 2010 16:50:14 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=3782#comment-11632 Some thoughts.. I really wanted a "neither/pass" button for about 10 pairs. My dating preference skews heavily based on body weight, which was almost always why I wanted a "pass" button. I hate seeing profiles without any clear body shot (all "myspace angles"), but I found myself voting for face-only shots *in preference to* full body shots that weren't appealing, even when I had a good indication that both women had comparable body size. I wouldn't actually date either, but because I'm forced to choose I come down on the side of optimism, *even though* I almost never go on dates with women that are lacking a clear body shot in their profile. I also found myself noticing trends in the photos I liked and didn't like (voted for every girl in a green outdoors environment; voted against all women in bridesmaid dresses) and I wished there was a way I could provide instant feedback about the reasoning behind my vote preferences. Overall, I felt myself being mostly superficial in my date choices... some women had interesting pictures but were significantly less appealing than their counterparts. I suppose normalization can correct this, but I think that allowing some additional level of description about photos would make the process more relevant, and maybe help us remember that we're sorting pictures for good dates, not just good lays. Some thoughts.. I really wanted a “neither/pass” button for about 10 pairs.

My dating preference skews heavily based on body weight, which was almost always why I wanted a “pass” button.

I hate seeing profiles without any clear body shot (all “myspace angles”), but I found myself voting for face-only shots *in preference to* full body shots that weren’t appealing, even when I had a good indication that both women had comparable body size. I wouldn’t actually date either, but because I’m forced to choose I come down on the side of optimism, *even though* I almost never go on dates with women that are lacking a clear body shot in their profile.

I also found myself noticing trends in the photos I liked and didn’t like (voted for every girl in a green outdoors environment; voted against all women in bridesmaid dresses) and I wished there was a way I could provide instant feedback about the reasoning behind my vote preferences.

Overall, I felt myself being mostly superficial in my date choices… some women had interesting pictures but were significantly less appealing than their counterparts. I suppose normalization can correct this, but I think that allowing some additional level of description about photos would make the process more relevant, and maybe help us remember that we’re sorting pictures for good dates, not just good lays.

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By: TxTruthOrDare http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/05/06/my-best-face/comment-page-2/#comment-11622 TxTruthOrDare Mon, 17 May 2010 12:19:08 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=3782#comment-11622 Love this! Thanks for putting this together. I would love it if there was something similar for profile text, which would let you pick the best of two "My Self Summary" write-ups, without pictures. Keep up the great work! Love this! Thanks for putting this together.

I would love it if there was something similar for profile text, which would let you pick the best of two “My Self Summary” write-ups, without pictures.

Keep up the great work!

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