Before it was the video sharing giant it is today, YouTube began as a dating site.

5.Before it was the video sharing giant it is today, YouTube began as a dating site.

      

When YouTube first launched, the founders of the website were unsure which direction they wanted to take it in. Since the domain was registered on Valentine’s Day, they gave the website the tagline of “Tune In Hook Up”.

The aim was initially to provide a platform where lovelorn singles could upload videos of themselves and hook up with other users.

According to a study conducted in 2014 by Northwestern University and the University of Texas, you have the best chance of landing somebody more attractive than you if you’d known that person a significant amount of time before dating.

This also means you’re equally as likely to date somebody less attractive than you if you knew them for a long time.

Of the 167 Couples studied, people who started dating after a short period of knowing each other were more likely to be the same level of attractiveness.

What we learn from this is that the more you know somebody, the more you’re attracted to their character; not their looks.