Frequently Asked Questions

How do you determine who is beautiful enough to join?

Good question! The members themselves judge each new applicant to determine whether they can join. They rate each applicant out of 5. Once we have enough votes so that the score is statistically significant, a decision is made as to whether we can accept the person as an official member. Our members' decision on your attractiveness/ugliness is final. We will not accept written submissions from anyone's mother!

You're a pretty discriminatory site, is there anything you don't discriminate on?

The only thing we discriminate on is attractiveness/ugliness. Race, religion, sexuality and anything else that has nothing to do with physical attractiveness is completely irrelevant to us.

Why can only 18 to 35 year olds join?

Because these are the best years for dating and breeding. Let's face it, after 35 your looks tend to start fading. We don't want that on our site... (But that doesn't mean you're not a yummy mummy! So keep the chin up, eh?)

How much does Darwin Dating cost?

It is completely free to join and use Darwin Dating! If you're hot, you should never have to pay for anything. We'd like to charge ugly people when we reject them, but that might be a bit hard to enforce. If you think of a way to do this, please let us know.

I can't believe you rejected me!! Can you please reconsider? I'm getting a boob job next week.

Sorry honey. We'd love to really, and we hope the new hooters work out for you, but you need more than fake jubblies to join this website!

How the voting works

Voting occurs on a 5 point scale. An applicant receives a score of 1 if they receive a vote at the 'monkey' (lacking in looks!) end of the scale. The applicant receives a score of 2, 3 or 4 along the middle of the scale and 5 at the 'fully-evolved' (ultra-hot!) end of the scale. Each applicant receives an average score from member votes and an average score from non-member votes.

Members, being highly evolved, attractive people themselves, have the majority of the say in who is selected for Darwin Dating membership. Members' votes count for 80% of the applicant's final score. Members may vote for anyone; however their voting default is their preferred sex.

Ugly people aren't totally worthless and there may be some attractive people who aren't yet members, so non-members can vote. However, to reflect the fact that as a group, they aren't as attractive as the members, the total non-member score counts for 20% of the total score.

Here is the calculation formula:

Score = 0.8(M) + 0.2(N)

Where M = members score

Where N = non-members score

In the early stages of the site we are monitoring average scores before determining a cut off. We expect to take only the top 10%-20% of applicants, though this will depend on the quality of applicants we receive. For the mathematicians out there, this may mean we don't decide on a set score for entry. Instead, an applicant may need to be in the top 10% or 20% of scores to be invited to join.