Comments on: They call this research?

They call this research?

banished — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 03:59:29 -0800

Attractiveness of your name is linked to attractiveness of your face. Even more interesting, the so called "professional" researcher used the service "Hot or Not" to conduct her research by uploading fake profiles.

By: biffa

biffa — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 04:53:27 -0800

Attractiveness of your name is linked to attractiveness of your pudenda. Even more interesting, the so called "professional" researcher used the service "Hot Teens" to conduct her research.

By: kmel

kmel — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 06:54:27 -0800

Such a big deal over a poster session! Link to original (very short) article here (pdf); Amy Perfors' other work here. So you can better judge the credibility of her claims.

By: amauck

amauck — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 07:46:25 -0800

This is why I changed my name to Max Power.

By: biffa

biffa — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 08:28:39 -0800

Do you ever miss the snuggling?

By: occhiblu

occhiblu — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 08:51:00 -0800

"An attractive person with a bad vowel name is still more attractive than an unattractive person with a good vowel name" is my new bumper sticker.

By: signal

signal — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 09:01:56 -0800

Wonder how this maps to other languages?

By: Peter H

Peter H — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 09:17:39 -0800

front or back vowels Well, personally, I'm an ass man.

By: pmurray63

pmurray63 — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 09:26:46 -0800

She found that men labelled with names including "front vowels," such as the "aaa" sound in Matt were rated as more attractive by website viewers than photos labelled with "back vowel" names, such as the "aw" sound in Paul. I guess that would explain why MeFi's proprietor is more popular than me.

By: reklaw

reklaw — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:33:18 -0800

This research is blatant abuse of Hot or Not.

By: jasper411

jasper411 — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:01:55 -0800

As a clear demonstration of her objectivity, note that her own name "Amy" is listed as an unsexy, "Bad for Women" name. I don't know - she seems pretty hot to me - an 8?...well, maybe - I dunno. Hmm, maybe not, now that you think about it....7? 6? Well, 4 at least...

By: dodgygeezer

dodgygeezer — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:03:15 -0800

Oh great. Now it's not enough that I have an ugly face, I have an ugly name that's making my face uglier.

By: Sidhedevil

Sidhedevil — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 17:53:01 -0800

There was a very beautiful girl I went to high school with who was named "Olga". So, of course, her nickname was "Ugly Olga" and the odd thing was that one stopped noticing she was beautiful. I'm not suggesting that this is a trend, but I'm just saying. Cary Grant would not have seemed so suave and debonair had he gone by his real name of "Archie Leach", after all...