Contributed by: Editor on Sunday, April 06 2008 @ 11:40 am
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The latest technology article at Times Online focuses on what makes a good user or screen name at an online dating site. Dr Monica Whitty at Nottingham Trent University looked into what makes a name rank higher among both men and woman daters and therefore make them more likely to initiate contact.
Dr. Whitty study found male singles would less likely try to contact a woman with nick names like "welleducated" or "wellread". The reverse was found to be true for woman. Woman where more likely to contact men who's screen name suggested intelligence. In my view, I don't think this would necessarily be a bad thing if a woman had a more cultured oriented user name. It may put off some males from contacting them but the woman who would use these types of name most likely wouldn't be attracted to these men anyways.
The findings listed in the Times article was presented at the British Psychological Society's annual conference yesterday.