3 Ways to Use Emojis When Communicating With Potential Partners on Dating Sites
Boost your dating success with these emoji tips
Chances are, you probably use emojis all the time without even thinking about it. However, when you’re looking for love, you can boost your chances of success by using them in the right ways. In fact, according to research conducted by Amanda Gesselman, PhD, the Associate Director for Research at the Kinsey Institute, the use of emojis can make a significant difference in our ability to connect with love interests on dating sites.
“With online dating, the most successful messages are the shorter ones, so that doesn’t really give you anything to go off of.”
“Of course, everyone is different and everyone has different understandings and thoughts about emojis, but I would say that from the data, it does seem that there is a connection between using emojis more often with potential partners and being able to create the kind of chemistry and back-and-forth rapport that would lead to enough comfort to meet you in person to build from there,” said Gesselman, whose research — which was done with colleagues Vivian P. Ta and Justin R. Garcia — was published in PLoS ONE. “I think that’s really important…
