They were measuring person-attractiveness, not picture-attractiveness.
Reply rates depend on what person’s profile says, how they act in messaging etc. A black person with similar picture-attractiveness and height will be much less overall attractive than a white person.
Feel free to ask them for uncorrected data, or picture-attractiveness by race, the effect might very well turn out to be even stronger.
They were measuring person-attractiveness, not picture-attractiveness.
Reply rates depend on what person’s profile says, how they act in messaging etc. A black person with similar picture-attractiveness and height will be much less overall attractive than a white person.
Feel free to ask them for uncorrected data, or picture-attractiveness by race, the effect might very well turn out to be even stronger.