oppath Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 I joined yahoo instead of match because there were a couple women who more caught my eye, and I'm getting good success meaning: my messages are being acknowledged. Let me explain what I mean by acknowledged. [1] If you don't have a paid subscription, you can read and respond with an "icebreaker." This annoys me, because then I have to hide my email address in the body of my reply if they want to talk to me. Pony up the $25 and correspond. That's one problem, and I can either ignore these people or send them a 1-line email in return saying "looks like you're not a paid member, my email is" (of course, you have to disguise the email). [2] You can respond to an email with a "quick response", choosing from a list of 1-line responses. These range from "I really like what you wrote and want to hear more" to "thanks, but I don't think we're a match. Best of luck." There are positive and negative responses. So what happens if you get a generic positive? I've received "Keep the compliments coming"; "Thanks I liked your message"; and one other that I forget. This doesn't give me anything to work with considering many profiles are generic and reveal little personal information I can comment on. I take my time writing short but specific messages, and I'm getting positive acknowledgement (ice-breaker or quick response) on half my emails which from previous experiences is great. Are these woman just expecting me to keep telling them about myself and see which guys are more persistent? If they were too busy to write back I'd think they'd add "I'll write more later." I don't know how to proceed. Should I wait a couple days for a longer response, or should I just ignore those people that don't personally respond? When you have the option of quick responsing "thanks but I don't feel we are a match" I assume someone would choose that option, a negative, instead of a positive if they weren't interested. I find this bizarre.
Rewind Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 apparently they are too cheap to join or take the time out to write a normal email responding to you.
Author oppath Posted February 25, 2007 Author Posted February 25, 2007 I wonder if that should be my response . I agree, if they can't take the time to write a 3 sentence response, I don't want to pursue them. I know some women have many men writing them, but WTF? Don't respond at all if you are not going to respond.
Rewind Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 I wonder if that should be my response . I agree, if they can't take the time to write a 3 sentence response, I don't want to pursue them. I know some women have many men writing them, but WTF? Don't respond at all if you are not going to respond. exactly..I would advise joining another site. Same thing with match..the guys that put their sn in their profile bc they're too cheap to join the site..really how serious can they be in actually wanting to meet someone then?
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