Tila Pronk

I wanted to test what is actually psychologically happening to us on the moment we enter

an online dating setting.

Evolutionary speaking, it is very weird what we're doing.

We've never encountered people in this way where we can select partners just like we're selecting new pairs of shoes while we are online shopping.

It's so weird.

So in my study, the longer people are swiping, the more picky they become.

And that's irrespective of the people they see.

It's just number one is your highest likelihood of accepting.

And every other option that comes after, statistically speaking, has a lower chance of being accepted by you.

I also study the psychological effects and we also see that people suffer emotionally.

when they are swiping longer.

We see that, for example, in the sense that they become more depressed, more pessimistic about their chances of ever finding a partner that suits them.

Also, they become less satisfied with the quality of the profiles that they are seeing, even though these profiles are, objectively speaking, stay the same.