Atheists 'more successful at online dating'.Byline: ANI London, Sept 16 (ANI): People who don't believe in god are more likely to achieve success at online dating, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a new study of opening messages. Self-effacing men are also more likely to get a reply to their approaches, while nothing turns off potential dates more than textspeak like "ur" and "luv". The researchers analysed 500,000 "first contacts" sent by users of OkCupid, the leading US dating website, and found that nearly 42 per cent of messages, which included the word "atheist ATHEIST. One who denies the existence of God. 2. As atheists have not any religion that can bind their consciences to speak the truth, they are excluded from being witnesses. Bull. N. P. 292; 1 Atk. 40; Gilb. Ev. 129; 1 Phil. Ev. 19. See also, Co. Litt. 6 b. ", received replies, significantly higher than the average response rate of 32 per cent. The study also showed that references to "Christian", "Jewish" and "Muslim" only had a marginal success rate, reports the Telegraph. Moreover, mentioning "god" in a first approach actually discouraged dis·cour·age tr.v. dis·cour·aged, dis·cour·ag·ing, dis·cour·ag·es 1. To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit. 2. To hamper by discouraging; deter. 3. people from replying. The research also suggests online daters to avoid making personal compliments too early like "sexy" and "beautiful", which reduced response rate. It showed that people who used the words "good taste" or "you mention" in their messages pushed their response rates close to 50 per cent. In addition, dreary drea·ry adj. drea·ri·er, drea·ri·est 1. Dismal; bleak. 2. Boring; dull: dreary tasks. greetings such as "hi", "hey" and "hello" are far less successful than sparkier openings like "how's it going" and "what's up". The results of the analysis were published on OkTrends, the dating website's official blog blog, short for web log, an online, regularly updated journal or newsletter that is readily accessible to the general public by virtue of being posted on a website. . (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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