Another fascinating data analysis from Okcupid’s online dating blog “Oktrends“. Christian Rudder compares users self-identified characteristics to population norms for height and income, looks at photo EXIF information to see how many people are posting dated pictures of themselves, and examines how many bisexuals actually contact both sexes.

These bold colors (below) contain a subtle message: if you’re a young guy and don’t make much money, cool. If you’re 23 or older and don’t make much money, go die in a fire. It’s not hard to see where the incentive to exaggerate comes from.

The upshot here is, if you see a good-looking picture of a man over 30, that photo is very likely to be out-of-date.