Thus, Hirsch et al. are providing an interesting correlation to studying those databases where researchers can not access into the contents of the messages exchanged.

[…As the number of reciprocated responses increased, the percentage of messages in each category declined, so that only 3% of men’s, and 7% of women’s, sent messages resulted in more than five exchanges. (2010a). Obviously, the likelihood of any given message resulting in a reciprocated exchange and eventual date is extremely small..].

In the second study (see POF Experiment. Study 1) I’m going to measure response rates at the second message. It would be too laborious perform a message exchange for each pairwise to determine whether each initial recipient is willing to provide to each sender her phone number and set a date. I assume this estimate is quite interesting, and would give us a response rates data fairly close to real rates of mate acceptance.Continue reading→