[devit]

They select on looks because that's all they have on dating sites.

People (especially women in mainstream society) mostly ignore looks when they have already had a real-life pleasant interaction; however, it is very challenging to replicate that online, since it's very hard to give incentives to be genuine.

[rubidium]

No women (and men) don’t. Looks matter. It’s eons of biology that’s too much to completely suppress. Looks always matter... but the degree can change.

[vonseel]

The funny thing I noticed when living in Switzerland and traveling other European countries is due to the way lower obesity rate, most people are generally attractive.

The American obesity rate is something absurd like 40% among adults. A bunch of these people aren't actually half-bad looking if they were able to drop the weight.