| When do you email or IM someone on POF?
Posted: 7/12/2008 2:33:32 PM | | Just wanted to hear other's opinions on what in a profile triggers you to email or IM someone. I got this idea after reading another forum where it seemed women were talking about who emails more---men or women...it seemed the prominent answer was women but that men like to IM more...so let's open up this discussion and see what happens... | |
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| When do you email or IM someone on POF?
Posted: 7/13/2008 3:31:17 PM | | Okay, Let me clarify this alittle more...We all know people email or IM to start communication with a potential match...the question here is what do you see in a profile that catches your eye and you send an email or IM? | |
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| When do you email or IM someone on POF?
Posted: 7/14/2008 8:51:30 AM | | send a casual (but grammatically correct!) introduction by POF mail, not IM as soon as someone catches your eye, if you wait too long, someone else my snap them up! | |
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| When do you email or IM someone on POF?
Posted: 7/14/2008 7:27:02 PM | I always ask politely for their home address, and then send heartfelt hand-written letter with a sample of fresh cookies for my first contact.  | |
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| When do you email or IM someone on POF?
Posted: 8/20/2008 1:43:30 PM | I will usually email a person, when I see nice photos of a person that has hobbies,
or is very presentable. I read profiles before rating people, sometimes I attach
a short note, to say hello, and what I enjoyed reading about their profile. The
world is small on the Internet... | |
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| When do you email or IM someone on POF?
Posted: 8/21/2008 8:03:56 AM | | I do the same thing, dynamic. I allow very few people to IM me....I could be wrong, but I think IM opens up the vulnerability for viruses and since I use my home PC a lot for work, I do not want the risk. Also, IMs can be intrusive while I am working, so I limit those who can IM me and those who do always ask in an email first if it is okay. | |
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| When do you email or IM someone on POF?
Posted: 8/22/2008 5:43:10 AM | *J-me Baby*, thank you for your message, I never turn the IM on this
line for the reason you indicated. I am afraid of viruses, and when I did
try to IM the conversation didn't make sence, as one person is on one
topic, and the other on another topic. It is a strange world, right? I do
see the fun in it, mistakes are great, however, my concern is viruses.
Much more thought can be put into an email! | |
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| When do you email or IM someone on POF?
Posted: 8/22/2008 7:14:37 AM | | viruses really aren't easily transmitted via IM... just seems to me that an IM is a bit more personal, like a phone call... a few emails first seems much better manners. Online IM applications like POF and MYspace are memory hogs and slow down all but the newest and fastest machines anyway... if you want to direct chat just give your Y! id and use Y! messenger, much faster and easier anyway | |
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| When do you email or IM someone on POF?
Posted: 8/22/2008 7:55:51 PM | Thank you arkelaus,
I like learning something new everyday. When you email, on the other sites,
aren't you giving away your last name? Who knows how private your life is.
Thank you for the information. | |
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| When do you email or IM someone on POF?
Posted: 9/15/2008 9:30:17 AM | Well from a guys point of view,
I take a look at the woman's profile to and I quote "try" and
get a sense of who she is as the profile is what initially attracted
me to them.
If I'm physically attracted to them, that's an added bonus.
Once communication has been established, I really try to
get a feel for their personality by chatting with them
(which is hard for me as I can't always be online
due to my schedule and not near a computer).
I do my best to create a sense of comfort, after all it's
awkward for me too. Once that has been established,
I try to find out more about them.
This is where I will be able to better judge if I'm actually
into someone.
If they don't have much to say, leave short replies, or don't
ask me anything about myself I will know I'm wasting my
time and end the conversation.
If all goes well, I will chat with them a few more times and
try to arrange an unpressured meeting to really see if there's
an over all connection with them and take it from there.
if not, no harm done I'm a picky person and would rather not
waste anyone's time.
Just an opinion from a man. | |
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