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Ury: Securely attached people leave dating pools faster, skewing remaining demographics
“What happens is 50% of the population is secure, which sounds like a good thing, but those people are so good at being in relationships that they often get snatched up, and you have the anxious and avoidant people dating each other.”
Ury: Only 14% of US men are six feet or taller
“In the United States, only 14% of men are six feet or taller.”
Ury: Fifty percent of the population has a secure attachment style
“What happens is, 50% of the population is secure, which sounds like a good thing, but those people are so good at being in relationships that they often get snatched up, and you have the anxious and avoidant people dating each other.”
Ury: Hinge data shows optimal chatting window before calling is three days
“We've actually found that the sweet spot is after three days of chatting, just say, hey, I always walk my dog at six p.m., can I give you a phone call, or do you want to FaceTime for a few minutes tonight?”
Ury: Around 25% of People Can Shift Their Attachment Style Over Time
“Around 25% of people are able to shift their attachment over time.”
Hinge Research: Double Texting Is Acceptable When Dating
“We did do research at Hinge looking at to what are the most commonly agreed upon parts of digital body language. So one of them is that actually the double text is okay.”
Logan Ury: Outsourcing Emotional Needs to Social Networks Creates Happier Marriages
“There's this concept called other significant others, which is this idea that It came from research from Eli Finkel and Elaine Chung at Northwestern, and you basically say to a couple, you know, who are the different people that you go to in your lives for dif…”
Ury: Research Shows Only 11% of People Experience Love at First Sight
“So we know from research that only 11% of people feel love at first sight, and that means many people are getting to know someone over time.”
Ury: Human brains fill in incomplete information with positive assumptions
“So there's research on the brain that shows when our brain gets an incomplete picture of something, we fill in the gaps in a way that makes it more positive.”
Ury: 86% of daters prefer direct rejection over ghosting
“In the research that I did on this at Hinge, what we found is that 86% of people say, when it comes to rejection, I'd rather you tell me.”
Logan Ury: Hinge Blocks New Matches at Eight Unanswered Conversations
“So now if you have eight conversations with
[4704] Logan Ury: Where you owe somebody a response, you cannot match with anyone else until you respond to one of those people.
[4709] Logan Ury: So either you close out the conversation and show that you're not int…”