Chapter 7 – Other Factors

Chapter 7 – Other Factors

Algorithm

There is a huge obsession I see amongst some of my clients in trying to “figure out” the Tinder algorithm. I see a lot of speculation on forums about the optimal right swipe to left swipe ratio or the ideal number of swipes a day. I’ve encountered a lot of people who gave me conflicting pieces of information based on “friends of friends” who worked at Tinder. At the end of the day most of it is mental masturbation and over analyses.

Here’s what I know that is relevant to you: Tinder calculates a secret score for every user. This score will affect the attractiveness of girls you see and the frequency at which your profile will appear. The logic is to match people of similar attractiveness and to show the “hotties” most often to make the average quality seem better to users of both genders. The exact formula for this score, I don’t know. However, I can tell you that your pics and bio will play the biggest role. You can take a male model’s Tinder pictures and swipe right on everything and still be at the top of the food chain. Too many people get caught up focusing on their right swipe to left swipe ratio that they completely forget that their pictures suck.

Here is my advice:

1) Swipe right on the girls you would bang and left on the ones you wouldn’t. Simple as that. It’s what I do and it works pretty well for me.

2) If you are getting lower than usual results for a few days, then try slightly changing the age range. This acts as a “restart” button and if your Tinder que was stuck (i.e girls who liked you already, not showing up at the top of the list), this will put them there

3) If you have had a shitty profile for a long time (over few months) that got bad results, create a new Facebook account with a different last name & use it to make a brand new Tinder. This acts as a “hard reset” and will allow your user score to start from scratch. If you have had a bad profile for a long time, your user score might be so low that it will take a long time for your new profile to recalibrate. Furthermore, you get a second chance with all the girls who swiped left on your old shitty profile.

Work

This is often a very under-utilized section. Most people leave it blank or put something that adds no value “marketing intern” or “”assistant”. I personally, took the opposite approach and experimented with completely bullshitting the most high status job in my city that is still believable…”Marketing Consultant” at “Warner Bros Studios”. This led me to getting close to double the number of matches overnight. Now, this was partially so effective because I live in Los Angeles (city full of hot struggling actresses/singers, looking for anything to get a leg up). I doubt in any other place of the world a career at the coolest/prestigious company will have this much of an effect. However, it will still definitely help.

My advice is that unless you already have a super badass job, you pick the “coolest” company in your city and put down a decent position there, that can still be believable and ideally something you can bullshit about (although, you will very rarely ever have to). For me, that was “Marketing Consultant” since I was a marketing major in college. The vast majority of time it will never come up. However, if it does and you are not good at “bullshitting”, you can always say it was your previous job.

If you don’t want to outright lie (if you’re searching for a real relationship), at least make sure your current position seems cool. I had a client who was an “Intern Design Engineer” at a company that was a relatively unknown subsidiary of Amazon. I told him to get rid of the “Intern” part and just be a “Design Engineer” at Amazon. Much bigger DHV.

School

This part can also help, but not nearly as much in my experience. My advice is that if you went to a relatively large well known school that you just tell the truth. I went to Boston University (for real) and I have that under “school”. However, if you did not go to university or went to some small community college no one has ever heard of, then feel free to take some artistic freedom with this section as well. If you match a girl from the same university, be prepared to bullshit a little bit.

Instagram

A quality Instagram can help more than the previous two sections combined. A job and a university you can make up, but a million followers you can’t. Yes, Instagram can be huge. A million followers can take your SMV from a 6 to 9. However, if your Instagram sucks it can also lose you points. I only got into Instagram recently and I am not an expert by any stretch. Although, it is something I am very actively experimenting with and will definitely have a guide on at some point in the coming months.

Generally, my rule of thumb would be 1000+ followers. If you are over, link your Instagram. If not, then don’t link. However, if you do link your instagram, carefully go through it using some of the concepts mentioned in the “Picture Selection” chapter and remove any pictures that make you look bad or are a DLV (most guys have at least a few choady pictures on their instagram). Remember, if you link your Instagram the vast majority of girls will go through it at some point before the date. You want this to help you, not cockblock you.[/text_block]

Other Settings

1. Search Radius – About 50% of the people I coach have their search radius set too narrowly and are missing out on a lot of potential pussy. Keep in mind that a lot of girls swipe right when they are bored at work, their job could be far from you, but their house could be close. Furthermore, some girls will be willing to drive over an hour to see you if they are horny enough or are attracted enough. Don’t limit yourself, set your search radius fairly wide (every city will be different. L.A is very spread out so I made it 50. In NYC my radius would be smaller) and just unmatch the girl later if the logistics don’t truly work out.

2. Age Range – This is another area where a lot of guys are leaving a lot of opportunities on the table. Some guys in their late 20s and older don’t set their radius low enough (18), because they don’t think those girls will be into them. This is an erroneous assumption. There is a good amount of younger girls (18-21) who actually prefer older men and these are the ones who will likely be the most DTF. I started using Tinder about two years ago when I was 25. I am 27. During that time frame, I have banged over 100 girls from Tinder. At least 30% of them have been 18-21. On the other end of the spectrum, some guys might set their age range too low, because “older women aren’t as attractive”. Yes, that is definitely true in general. However, you don’t have to swipe right on the unattractive ones. There are some hot milfs out there in their 30s and even 40s. You don’t want to miss out on them.

3. Smart Photos – Keep this setting off. Smart photos will give you very misleading data. Almost every time I take a client’s smart photo top pick and run it past my team of booty calls, it’s not at the top of the list. They get more matches with the ones I’ve selected. Trust me, smart photos is bullshit.

4. Anthem – Fairly Irrelevant detail. Just don’t pick something super embarrassing. I do TLC “no scrubs”. It’s an old cult classic. A small amount of girls recognize it and tell me they like my song choice. If you’re a big fan of a not so well known band, it may help give your match something to open & talk about. Women love talking about their favorite bands.

5. Spotify – Also fairly irrelevant. I didn’t even bother with this section because I don’t use Spotify. If you do have one, then you can add it and see if it helps.

Important Note on Testing – Whenever testing something new on Tinder such as a new profile picture or a more risqué bio. It is important to avoid the urge to test too many things at once. Otherwise, you won’t know what helped or what hurt you. If you already have a Tinder, I recommend that you make all the changes. However, if you are on the fence about something, like a shirtless pic, then make the obvious changes first. Give it a few days and establish a baseline. Then test the thing you are not sure about.