Hinge ran an experiment to find out what messages are most likely to get a response.
What's a better line: "how you doin'" or "how you doin'"? The dating app Hinge, (it's like Tinder but based more on your Facebook friend group) did some experimenting to find out what kinds of opening messages work best once you've been matched with someone.
Normall, on Hinge you're are free to use whatever opening line you want – it shows you mutual friends and interests then gives you a blank canvas to write whatever you want.
But for one month, Hinge gave a random 22% of users the option to use a clever pre-written opening line in addition to writing their own messages. Hinge came up with over 100 pre-written lines that ranged in tone from quirky ("best discovery: Netflix or avocado?") to straightforward ("Drinks soon?).
They then tracked which of those pre-written lines were most likely to get a reply, using the data to determine which lines worked best based on gender, location, and how fast you sent a message after getting a match.
Here's what they found out.
1. Two truths and a lie; ready. set. go! (this one improved your response likelihood by 31%)
2. Sunday priorities: exercise, sleep, or aggressive mimosas?
3. Better discovery: Netflix or avocados?
4. Katy Perry or Taylor Swift?
5. Breakfast preference: pancakes, waffles, or sleeping til lunch?
All of these worked better than the standard "hey" or "hey, what's up" that is the baseline greeting most people use.
1. Would you rather have weekly hiccups or never sneeze to completion ever again? (38% less likely to get a response, eep)
2. What's the most awkward movie you've watched with your parents?
3. Worst piece of advice you ever received?
4. Jorts... or cargo jorts?
5. Settle this once and for all: are they called fireflies or lightning bugs?
These were actually WORSE than just saying "hey". Apparently nothing gets people out of the mood for love more than the word "cargo shorts".
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