| What are your messaging ratio's?
Posted: 7/6/2009 11:05:53 AM | On this site. Both for sending and receiving messages (regardless of their quality or sincerity).
I have sent approx 30 and received 1 response so: Sent 30/1
I have received 1 message (that was not a response to one i had sent) and replied to it so: Received 1/1.
Interesting to see what people's ratio's are - think we know men and women's will be significantly different! | |
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| What are your messaging ratio's?
Posted: 7/6/2009 11:09:37 AM | I've only sent 1 message, i've received about 10 and replied to like 6.
i'm shy so i have a hard time sending the first message..i prefer the guy to message me first | |
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| What are your messaging ratio's?
Posted: 7/6/2009 11:32:01 AM | I've sent plenty and only get minimal replies. I have recieved a few that I have not replied to for various reasons, including physical appearance and location. I have started messeging a few times and most have not born fruit. AND, I have met 3 and have zero future dates. This can't be any different than "real" life, or meeting randomly. I think thats where the concept of "fishing" comes in. Cast a line out and see if you get a nibble, if they aren't keepers, throw them back. I have been thrown back a few times and only one has left the hook in my jaw so far, lol. I'm not actively trolling for the "school" I am more of a still fisherman. Try changing your bait, or your picture. Maybe the fresh bait will inspire someone who has passed by before.
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| What are your messaging ratio's?
Posted: 7/6/2009 11:46:16 AM | Of course you need to separate the men and the women. Because most women receive messages, while men send messages.
I am off the market but when I was, there was a learning curve. When I first started I had to send about 85 messages for every 1 message I got. I used to think that was horrible, but I was able to procure two dates a week in a consistent basis. Still, after I learn a few things about internet dating, I got it down to 8 messages to every message I got. I still just went out with only one or two a week, but simply became much more picky.
The thing is that I believe that anyone can improve their ratios if only they follow a simple set of guidelines regardless of how attractive they think they may be. | |
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| What are your messaging ratio's?
Posted: 7/6/2009 11:53:22 AM | | I'm not currently marketing myself and I have my profile hidden, but I was probably doing about 1 or 2 in 10 and receiving initial contacts several each week. What I receive now is primarily from friends in the forums. | |
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| What are your messaging ratio's?
Posted: 7/6/2009 12:10:26 PM | | I'd stop counting since Ive been here 07... not until I signed back again in January... If its a good day, I'd maybe get 2 or 3 emails in a week. | |
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| What are your messaging ratio's?
Posted: 7/6/2009 12:12:55 PM | | I've received more then I've sent...the messages I have sent are about 50% responses...not that bad. | |
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| What are your messaging ratio's?
Posted: 7/6/2009 12:32:04 PM | I admit I don't usually send messages.
Over the course of my 1.5 years here, I've sent out maybe a total of 7 messages all told. All but one of the 7 recipients were gracious enough to reply. | |
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| What are your messaging ratio's?
Posted: 7/6/2009 12:42:59 PM | I have never thought to keep track even though this question tends to get asked a lot.
I don't really go by message ratio to determine a positive experience. I go by meeting people in person.
100% of the messages I have initiated have led nowhere.
2% of the messages I receive are viable dating options.
Presently, I tend to go on a date with someone new from this site once a month or so. When I first started and my interest was just in making friends and dating, I went on about 2 dates a week from this site. I still could, but I'm not inclined. | |
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| What are your messaging ratio's?
Posted: 7/6/2009 3:48:58 PM | This is my third time around on POF. And I would guess that the total amount of first contact messages I'd sent is less than 50 (approx.) But that's only because I'm shy about making first contact. And so it takes a lot of courage to do so. And I have to really feel there could be a connection. I just couldn't, and wouldn't, send out hundreds of messages and leaving it all up to probability.
So, has it worked? No! Mostly it's the usual 'Read/Delete', or 'Unread/Delete'. But there were a few, "thank you for your interest. But...". I guess I'm just not a good fisherman. But if I do ever catch a fish, I would cherish her and consider her the greatest and most wonderful little fishy ever caught in this pond. For she would be to me. | |
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| What are your messaging ratio's?
Posted: 7/6/2009 4:20:40 PM | | GenCool..... and she would be the luckiest little fishy ever LOL! Don't give up, it'll happen when and how it's meant to happen..... | |
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| What are your messaging ratio's?
Posted: 7/6/2009 4:35:29 PM | Lord.
I receive 5 pages of emails per day.
I answer....maybe one page per month.
My ratio is not the best I think. | |
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| What are your messaging ratio's?
Posted: 7/6/2009 4:47:41 PM | On this site, 1/10. On another paysite, 8/10... guess where I don't use for meeting women 
How ever, as a test, I emailed the same email to 30 women, 15 below 30 and 15 above 40. I got 0/15 from the below 30 crowd, and 15/15 from the above 40 crowd. Of course this test was just to see if I would get a response, not a date. Just some social experimenting on my part. | |
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| What are your messaging ratio's?
Posted: 7/6/2009 5:54:32 PM | I'm semi-selective in who I send messages to.
I'd say, in my time here, I've messaged about 40 people. A few were just random observations with no intentions of 'dating'. Like; "You have the date Oct 09 on a pic...do you do a lot of time traveling?"
Out of about 40 messages, I've made contact with about 8. Met 3 in person and have carried on conversations with about 5 for a bit.
I use other sites at times.
I have been contacted by about 5 women.
Since switching to 'Friends', I have pretty much stopped sending. I may send a message once a week, if that. But, I was contacted recently by a nice lady seeking friendship. | |
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| What are your messaging ratio's?
Posted: 7/6/2009 6:07:55 PM | Let's see... I've sent 12, received four responses (not counting one polite thanks but no thanks), one disappeared pretty quickly. Of the three left, one is promising, two are borderline. I get an incredible 33% here!
I've received 10 (one doesn't show up in my contact history, which is weird, and we've been emailing back and forth all day) One of those was just general chit-chat abut a forum post.
I think that the profile review forum, even (maybe even especially) the suggestions that I really resisted, helped out immensely! | |
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| What are your messaging ratio's?
Posted: 7/6/2009 6:59:39 PM | Oh good, I am the first to weigh in on the "Picture-less" pof user.
Its a whole other group of stats if you are female sans pic.
So, by necessity, I am the hunter (as opposed to the huntee). If I apply myself, which is mighty rare (call me jaded), I usually recieve a95% reply back ratio. This is only supposing I send a pic with my first contact. If I do not send a pic, I recieve a 25% reply back number, featuring the de regeur, 'what are you hiding' theme.
If I sit and read forums, I get zero views and zero contacts.
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| What are your messaging ratio's?
Posted: 7/6/2009 7:10:36 PM | I have sent less than 10 messages, and have gotten responses 80% of the time. The majority of messages I have sent have been questions, statements, or comments about their profile.
I have never received a message that was not a reply, but I have had a couple that were interested in pursing contact.
About 60% of my views are not from locals, so I would assume those were people from the forums. | |
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| What are your messaging ratio's?
Posted: 7/6/2009 9:47:10 PM | I just joined up last week, so it's kind of nice to hear about ratios.....
I came from a different free dating website where, over the course of about 3 months, my ratio was 2 replies to about 175 messages sent. Yikes... is that a lot? 175?
Anyway, in my week or so here, I've sent out about 12 replies and already got respones from 2 of them... with 5 or 6 still unread... so far I'm liking pof MUCH better! | |
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| What are your messaging ratio's?
Posted: 7/6/2009 11:35:46 PM | | I usually get responses back from almost all that I send a msg to. I might only respond to 1 out of 10 if they send a msg to me. | |
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