任何有网上约会账户的人都会知道,给个人主页挑选一张完美的照片是一件很棘手的事情。
Anyone with an online dating account will know that choosing the perfect profile picture for your page is a tricky business.
从偷拍的照片到Snapchat的自拍,很难知道到底哪一张照片才能帮你脱颖而出引人点赞。
From candid photos to Snapchat selfies, it can be difficult to know what will help you bag the likes in a sea of profiles.
但救星就在眼前,因为Hinge已经发布了一些有关最成功的摄影实践的数据。
But help is at hand, as Hinge has released data on the most successful photo practices.
这些结果表明,女性拍照时应该微笑露出牙齿,而男性则应避免看向镜头,此外所有人都不应该分享在浴室里的自拍照。
The findings suggest that women should smile with their teeth, men should avoid looking away from the camera, and no one should share a bathroom selfie.
纽约交友软件Hinge的数据科学家们分析了他们用户的照片,从而揭示哪些个人简介图片获赞最多。
Data scientists from New York-based dating app, Hinge, analysed their members' photos to reveal which profile pictures get the most likes.
研究小组将随机抽取的1000张照片贴上35个独特的标签,例如笑不露齿等。这样他们就可以看见受欢迎的照片与哪些标签有关联。
The team assigned 35 unique photo tags, such as smiling with or without teeth, to a random sample of 1,000 photos. This allowed them to see which tags were associated with photos with lots of likes.
分析结果表明,运动照的获赞数量增加了75%,而夜晚外景照片的获赞数量则增加了74%。
Images featuring sports were shown to increase the chance of a like by 75 per cent, which those featuring nights out increased likes by 74 per cent.
虽然你可能认为黑白照片已经过时了,但是其实它们很受欢迎,其获赞数量增长量达106%。
And while you might see them as old-fashioned, black and white photos were a huge hit, increasing likes by a huge 106 per cent.
另外,Hinge还发现,随意抓拍的照片比特意摆姿势的照片更有可能获赞。
Hinge also discovered that spontaneous snaps were more likely to get a like than posed photos.
反之,人们最不喜欢的照片要数添加了Snapchat滤镜的照片了,这种照片的获赞量降低了90%。
In contrast, the biggest no-go was photos with a Snapchat filter, which decreased the chance of a like by 90 per cent.