This was a good read , but I just wanted to ask , why have the past 2 weeks been terrible for spez ? Aside from pizzagate and now spezgate what else has happened ? <| sep |> Those numbers don ' t derive from simple rate this person numbers , but includes an element of if you rate them highly we will more actively try to match you . This means that it can incentivize or disinsensitivize high ratings depend on whether your goal is to bolster or curb your matches , which is exactly what you ' re seeing there . Women have an overabundance of suitors online and seek to restrict them and are disincentivized to rate highly men have a paucity of suitors online and a incentivized to rate highly . Don ' t attribute to psychology what can be explained more simply by economics .