[According] to a recent study conducted by the Hinge dating app, lame opening lines might actually be the cause of one’s uneventful online dating life. To test this theory, the Hinge copywriting team compiled a list of more than 100 opening lines that they considered to be cool and creative and randomly sent them out to 22% of Hinge members. The company’s engineers measured response rates to each message to determine which openers worked best and after 8 million views, they began to notice a trend. According to the survey, men are 98% more likely to respond to private messages with assertive openers… Women, however, are 40% more likely to respond to openers about food. [ MadameNoire ] Shonda Rhimes On Scandal’s “Lawn Chair” Episode: I Thought It Would Feel Dated, “Then The Police Just Kept Killing Black Men” … “I woke up knowing that we were going to go write ‘The Lawn Chair’ after Ferguson,” Rhimes told Elle. “I watched that coverage and was horrified. I woke up the next morning with this image of this man, of a lawn chair and a shotgun and a child underneath him. The episode came out of that.” Brown was shot in August, and the episode was filmed in October or November, which made Rhimes concerned that the episode would “feel dated” when it aired… “We shot that episode in October or November. I remember thinking, ‘This is going to feel dated when it comes out.’ And then the police just kept killing Black men.” [ MadameNoire ] Columbus Short Gets 3 Years Probation For Knocking Man Out … Short, who was in the center of an assault case in Los Angeles last year, pleaded no contest after knocking a man out and was given three years probation…From PEOPLE: The 33-year-old actor pleaded to an amended felony count of assault likely to cause great bodily injury, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday. Although he has avoided jail time, Short was sentenced to three years formal probation, 60 days of community service and has also been ordered to attend and complete 26 anger management classes. Last year, Short told Access Hollywood Live that substance abuse was to blame for his problems. He revealed: “I’ll be candid. I was struggling with drugs, I had a lot on my plate, and you know, I was using unhealthy ways to kind of self-medicate and deal with a lot of heavy duty stuff in my life.” [ HipHopWired ] Sway Calloway Tackles Police Brutality In New Short Film ‘The Cycle’ [ VibeVixen ] Nick Young — I’m Changing Metta World Peace’s Name Again … And Mine Too [ TMZ ] The Sandra Bland Investigation Is In Trouble [ HuffingtonPost Mom’s Shocking Facebook Pic Warns Parents Not To Let Others Kiss Baby: Or This Could Happen [ StarPulse ]
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Hinge Study Provides The Best Opening Lines To Use On Dating Apps
