It takes two to tango: A directed two-mode network approach to desirability on a mobile dating app
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11210/25:10500510
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327477" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327477</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327477" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0327477</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
It takes two to tango: A directed two-mode network approach to desirability on a mobile dating app
Original language description
Using digital traces from online dating presents the opportunity to study the earliest stages of human mating. We focus on whether online dating app users are homophilic in terms of the desirability of whom they pursue. Using data from a Czech online dating app, we construct directed two-mode networks where nodes represent users, ties represent messages expressing interest (“swipes”), and desirability is measured by the number of “swipes” each node receives. Using network measures and conditional uniform graph tests extended to directed two-mode networks, we find that the structure of the networks is considerably hierarchical. Women are in advantageous position on the app due to the uneven gender ratio and their substantially higher desirability. The results further show that men pursue women who are more desirable than themselves. The reciprocated contacts are comparatively more homophilic. These results suggest that in terms of desirability, the similarity of partners is due to the subsequent mating processes (e.g., rejection) rather than due to initial preference for similarity.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50401 - Sociology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
PLoS ONE
ISSN
1932-6203
e-ISSN
1932-6203
Volume of the periodical
20
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
e0327477
UT code for WoS article
001548057600033
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105011871396