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Dating app users swipe left or right 'based on attractiveness and race'

Daily Mail - Science & tech

US researchers found attractiveness and race preferences were the top predictors of whether people would swipe left or right – and nearly twice as important as any other factors. Other individual characteristics – such as personality and hobbies – were poor predictors of which way someone would swipe. On dating apps, a swipe left means you're not interested in the person, while a swipe right means you are interested. The average time for swiping right was just below one second. However, if a swiper didn't like someone, this time got even shorter to about half a second.