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Photofeeler Blog
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Photofeeler Blog is the company blog at blog.photofeeler.com, writing about design and business. Since 2017, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “AI Trained on 100M Opinions Can Predict What People Will Think of Photos”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Commenters cite Photofeeler's posts as evidence that OkCupid's smiling-photo finding was questionable and was debunked. Other comments mention the Photofeeler photo-rating service.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Proven tips and strategies to enhance your business, social media and online dating profiles. Profiled by Photofeeler helps you stand out, attract attention, and make meaningful connections online.
Most-linked posts?
- AI Trained on 100M Opinions Can Predict What People Will Think of Photos3 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2019-05-17
- OKCupid's Study on Male Dating Photos Fails Reproducibility3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-04-07
- Study: You're Bad at Evaluating Your Own Photos2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-02-21
- Why do I look different from pictures than I do in real life?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-01-09
What Hacker News says?
Photofeeler did a post about trying replicate some of this and apparently some of okcupid's results were probably pretty questionable: https://blog.photofeeler.com/okcupid-is-wrong-about-smiling-...
Comment linking /okcupid-is-wrong-about-smiling-eye-contact-mens-dating-profile-photos/
on “Never pay for online dating (2010)”Submitted OKCupid's Study on Male Dating Photos Fails Reproducibility as a story · 16 points
HN discussionPhotofeeler will go that way: https://blog.photofeeler.com/photofeeler-d3/
Comment linking /photofeeler-d3/
on “The Death of the Photo Studio”Submitted AI Trained on 100M Opinions Can Predict What People Will Think of Photos as a story · 11 points
HN discussionMy feeling is that you need to let users choose the demographic rating their photos. This clearly has a bit of a cold start issue though. I'd really love for a service using ELO/relative ranking to exist and exactly for this purpose. I've used https://www.photofeeler.com in the past - I think you're looking to give users a similar service. I have greater faith in your ELO method though. Perhaps to give you some moti…
Comment linking /psychology-study-science-best-profile-picture-unbiased-strangers/
on “Show HN: Facerank — A/B test your Tinder pics. What do you think?”Submitted Why do I look different from pictures than I do in real life? as a story · 7 points
HN discussionI have thought a lot about dating. I hope some of it is helpful. What I write is quite opinionated, so I'm pretty sure you won't agree with all of it. I hope the parts you agree with, that it inspires you. I've tried to help many of my friends with dating, it pains me to see people being so stuck and not finding the love of their lives. It pained me too, which is why I put in all of my effort into it for a while. Th…
Comment linking /why-do-i-look-different-in-pictures-what-do-i-look-like-to-others/
on “Some men tend to jump straight to innuendoes: dating app users on why they quit”Submitted AI Trained on 100M Opinions Can Predict What People Think of Your Photos as a story · 4 points
HN discussionIf you remember the old OkCupid blog they used to post interesting articles about online dating. I know their article about whether you should smile on your profile picture was eventually debunked [1], but it was nonetheless nice to have objective, data-based, non-pua advice on how to be successful in online dating. [1] https://blog.photofeeler.com/okcupid-is-wrong-about-smiling-...
Comment linking /okcupid-is-wrong-about-smiling-eye-contact-mens-dating-profile-photos/
on “FTC Action Against Match and OkCupid for Deceiving Users, Sharing Personal Data”Submitted AI Trained on 100M Opinions Can Predict What People Will Think of Your Photos as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Selfies Make Your Face Look Bad. Here’s Why as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Different photos of the same person leave wildly different first impressions as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI Trained on 100M Opinions Can Predict What People Think of Your Photos as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Study: You're Bad at Evaluating Your Own Photos as a story · 1 points
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