Title
Towards soft landing in an online dating service: bridging the ideal-real gap.
Abstract
With the penetration of the internet, the popularity of online dating services has surged, beginning with the United States as one of the main markets. Previous research has shown that the responses to the online profile increase with the attractiveness of the profile picture. This has led some users, particularly women, to use photo manipulating applications to beautify their photos. However, online dating eventually leads to meetings in person, and beautified pictures can generate negative impressions when the user is not as appealing in real life as in the profile images. This paper proposes a solution where, over time and with frequent interaction, users' profile photos are reversed to the original versions before heavy editing. Experiments have proven the potential of this method as test subjects could barely perceive the gradual change in profile pictures. Implementation of this method in dating services can prevent negative impressions that arise due to the gap between the beautified picture and the real life appearance and even allows for a better first impression.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1145/3041164.3041213
AH
Field
DocType
Citations 
First impression (psychology),Simulation,Computer science,Bridging (networking),Popularity,Attractiveness,Soft landing,Multimedia,The Internet
Conference
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Takuya Iwamoto100.68
Kazutaka Kurihara28611.24
Maya Esora300.34
Kazushi Nishimoto413581.09