DISCOVERY NEWS – Mar 3 – “Most people believe that given the opportunity, everything else equal, people will lie more online than they would face-to-face,” said Jeff Hancock, an associate professor of communications at Cornell University. Just like face-to-face lying, there’s a cost-benefits evaluation involved in online deception. For example, Hancock and Toma’s research on deception in online dating has found that ~80% of people pepper their profiles with “very, very small” lies, such as a man saying he’s 6 feet tall, when he’s really 5 feet 10 inches. Fudging one’s height is a minor cost with a major self-presentation benefit of looking more appealing to potential partners.
by Cristen Conger
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People are fickle in their search habits. Guys search for athletic and slender women. Women want their 6 foot guys. So to make the ‘search cut’ singles will fib about their key features. Height, weight, age. I suggest doing your first date, online, on a webcam. There’s less surprises that way.
People are fickle in their search habits. Guys search for athletic and slender women. Women want their 6 foot guys. So to make the ‘search cut’ singles will fib about their key features. Height, weight, age. I suggest doing your first date, online, on a webcam. There’s less surprises that way.