Picking a successful user name

Researchers at the University of North Texas combed through the best of the literature on online dating and reported their findings in the journal Evidence Based Medicine. Here's what a NY Times article on their findings says about user names: (Remember to put what you learned to good use at PersonalityMatch.net)

"As it turns out, success begins with picking a user name. While men are drawn to names linked to physical traits (e.g., Cutie), the researchers found, women prefer ones that indicate intelligence (e.g., Cultured). Both sexes respond well to playful names (e.g. Fun2bwith) and shy away from ones with negative connotations (e.g., Bugg).

User names that begin with letters from the first half of the alphabet do better than those from the latter half. “As human beings, we have a tendency to give things at the top of a pile more value,” Dr. Khan said."