‘Your forehead is too big’: Woman stunned to discover her Hinge match used a website to check she was ‘scientifically attractive’ before they met in person
- Katie Coe, from London, took to Twitter to share text exchange with ‘Freddie’
- Freddie told her in the messages that he had run her selfies through PrettyScale
- Katie, who works in publishing, told him her match that his actions were ‘weird’
A woman was stunned to discover that her potential date used a website to rate how pretty she was before telling her the score.
Katie Coe, from London, took to Twitter to share the exchange with a man, only known as Freddie, who she had matched with on dating app Hinge.
Freddie told her in the messages that he had run her selfies through the PrettyScale website to check if she was ‘actually attractive’ before telling her ‘your forehead is too big apparently’.
Katie, who works in publishing, told her match that his actions were ‘weird’ before bidding Freddie goodbye.
Katie Coe (pictured), from London, was stunned to discover that her potential date used a website to rate how pretty she was before telling her the score
Katie posted the screenshots alongside a caption that read: ‘If you think you are bad at making decisions take a look at one of my hinge matches who needs an actual computer to tell him whether he finds someone attractive.’
During the exchange Freddie wrote: ‘Not gonna lie I put a couple of your selfies through that PrettyScale website to check if you are actually attractive. Your score was decent (but your forehead is too big apparently lol!). So do you wanna go out next week?’
Katie replied: ‘Why did you do that? And then tell me about it? Weird.’
But Freddie attempted to defend his actions as he wrote: ‘I do it for all people I consider dating, just to check they’re scientifically good looking and I’m not just confused. Like I said, you seem alright so next week?’
Katie took to Twitter to share the exchange (left and right) with a man, only known as Freddie told her in the messages that he had run her selfies through the PrettyScale website to check if she was ‘actually attractive’
Katie (pictured), who works in publishing, told him her match that his actions were ‘weird’ before bidding Freddie goodbye
Katie declined Freddie’s offer before adding: ‘I’ve just run a photo of you through that website and I’m afraid its gonna have to be a firm no, bye.’
She posted a screenshot that revealed she’s put the poo emoji through the site, and got a result of ‘0%: You are very ugly’.
The conversation ended with Freddie stating: ‘F*** you. I’m not ugly. Your loss!’
Katie took to social media to share the photos, which have since been shared more than 161,000 times, alongside a thread of updates.
She wrote: ‘Officially putting “scientifically seem alright” in my hinge bio…
Katie took to social media to share the photos alongside a thread of updates where she revealed she had unmatched Freddie and deleted his number
‘I obviously unmatched him and deleted his number but my god I hope he sees this.
‘Shout out to the outstanding number of people who have sent me screenshots of what the website scored them, remember that you 100% don’t need a website to tell you that you look good. I’ll do it for £100 a go.
‘Kidding but plese no one take the website seriously – way more harm than good.’
Katie was inundated with support after sharing the exchange as social media users scrambled to criticise the man.
Katie was inundated with support after sharing the exchange as social media users scrambled to criticise the man
Social media users were quick to criticise Freddie’s actions before branding it as part of ‘toxic masculinity’
One user wrote: ‘Looks like a classic example of negging – paying you a backhanded compliment to undermine your confidence and increase your need for approval from him. Ewwwww.’
Another added: ‘I see lonely, lonely nights in the boy’s future.’
And a third said: ‘When people say the culture of masculinity is toxic, this is what they mean. A man literally so afraid he might personally find attractive a woman who other men might not find attractive is enough to stop him dating her even if he does, in fact, like her.’
The PrettyScale website has a blurb that reads: ‘Am I pretty? Am I ugly? Why am I ugly? Or not pretty enough?’
Katie reached out to PrettyScale in the aftermath before the website responded that the scores should not be taken seriously
The PrettyScale website has a blurb that reads: ‘Am I pretty? Am I ugly? Why am I ugly? Or not pretty enough?
‘Online test for face beauty analysis. Analyze your face in 3 minutes.
‘Rate my face 1-100. How beautiful am I? Are you pretty? Ask us with confidentiality.’
Katie reached out to PrettyScale in the aftermath before the website responded: ‘I hope people are not taking this seriously or I will have to put more warnings on the website.’
PrettyScale told FEMAIL: ‘The app never claims to be “scientific” or accurate. It is supposed to be a fun/prank website and it is supposed to be harmless like horoscopes, palmists or ‘love meters’ that you find on the internet.
‘It’s sad that people are taking it seriously or pretend to take it seriously. Who would ask an internet website what he/she likes or dislikes? On a positive note, the app might have helped her.
‘And I guess I have to put more warnings on the website for people who are using it as a “scientific” tool.’
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