Here's the problem with the social circle thing, If I make a friend who happens to have a great female prospect in his social circle, he's going to be trying very very hard to get with her. I'm not going to be that ****ing prick to enter a new social circle and try to get with a girl my buddy is trying super hard to get withBecause both of those figures are nonsense numbers picked from thin air, probably.
Online dating is ridiculously unbalanced but it's nowhere near 99.99% difficulty to get a good looking chick. And you don't have to get rejected 100 times to get a date...it's not like your only chance is COLD APPROACH or OLD. Just talk to any chick you hang out with in a social setting and you can probably secure a date with her, hot or not.
If you don't have many chicks in your social circle, expand it with new friends and go to more parties.
As far as online dating goes, you have to shoot about 4 points below your level. I'm about a 7-8 in real life but only a 6-7 in pics. I have a chance with a 3 online
Generally speaking, you have to be a 9-10 to get with a 6 female online