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Scientists Found the Perfect Amount of Information to Put in Your Dating Profile (And Most People Are Getting It Wrong)

Researchers found moderately detailed dating profiles seem more attractive and serious than empty or oversharing bios.

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The dating profile is one of the more bizarre human inventions—a curated argument for why a stranger should spend time with you, compressed into a handful of photos and a text box most people fill in with garbage.

The average person spends about seven seconds on a profile before deciding whether to swipe. In that window, the photos carry most of the load—but a new study published in Current Psychology found that how much someone writes in their bio communicates something the photos can’t: whether they’re looking for something serious or just occupying their phone.

Researchers led by Gurit Birnbaum and Harry T. Reis ran three separate experiments presenting participants with dating profiles set at low, moderate, or high........

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