Small Talk

Online Date Hacking

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Joe Raedle/Getty Images News

Wired Magazine recently undertook a study of popular online dating services like OkCupid and Match.com to mine some data about the most popular terms. Erin McCann, assistant news editor for The Guardian US, tells us about the findings.

They include that the single “most attractive” band for anyone to mention is Radiohead, men and women are both looking for surfers (regardless of their distance from the ocean), and that women are much less interested topless photos of men than men seem to think.