Reading what people say about someone
Written reviews are unusual in dating and genuinely useful, but they are also easy to misread. Here is how to weight one fairly.
A pattern beats a single account
One person saying somebody was rude can mean any number of things, including that they had a bad day or that the date went badly. Three people independently describing the same specific behaviour is a different kind of evidence altogether. Look for repetition, and specifically look for repetition of the same concrete detail rather than the same general feeling.
Distinguish a bad date from a bad person
Two people can have an unpleasant evening without either of them being at fault. Complaints about chemistry, a lack of spark, or a mismatch in what each wanted tell you about compatibility rather than character. Complaints about honesty, reliability or feeling unsafe are answering a different question, and those are the ones worth weighing heavily.
Remember who writes reviews, and who does not
Most people do not write anything, so an absence of reviews is not a good sign and not a bad one - it is mostly a sign that somebody has not dated much through this platform yet. Do not treat an empty page as a clean bill of health, and do not treat a thin one as a warning.
Conversely, a very enthusiastic review from someone who seems to have written a lot of them is worth less than a measured one from someone who has written once.
Use it as a question, not a verdict
The most useful thing a review gives you is something to ask about. If somebody has consistently been described as difficult to pin down for plans, asking about it directly is a reasonable and revealing conversation - and the way somebody answers a fair question is itself information.
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