I did profiles, posted photos, wrote messages. What did I get? Goose egg. I don't doubt others like me have done the same for no good end. It's a lot of work and wasted time. Then someone gripes about open profiles.
You aren't seeing it from our side. Bet I re-wrote my profile a dozen times. Never changed a thing. Hundreds of messages sent with no replies. Invariably, some doofus Will come along and tell us we aren't trying hard enough. My trying hard days were long ago. By the way, I never expected the "Hi" to work, and it never did. (Yes I tried it a couple times) Five years ago, I decided to work on my own situation, and the heck with this dating business.
Rattle off a few lines, post it as a profile, and proceed to forums. No forums? I'm not there. There's no reason to, from my point of view.
So, the next time you think about questioning why profiles are so short, study on the reasons why some just don't bother.
Yeah, deuhhh... you don't have a photo. And you wonder why people don't reply?
If a guy doesn't have a photo online, I never reply, won't even read his message. I got photos online as well, if someone can't be bothered to do that, I can't be bothered to go there.
There's enough scammers and fakes and creeps online. A photo is the least you can do.
No, I used to do photos. I thought a good bit on profiles, and wrote them. It got me zippo. Now I don't bother with it. It took a while to become indifferent to women, to view them as bodies taking up space on this planet. I would just remind myself that women looked at me the same way, I was just another body.
The only time I ever got any feedback from dating sites, was forums. I'd get comments, that's all. Short, simple, with no strings attached. The way they wanted it. I stopped believing what women wanted. What their hidden agenda is, I have no clue. Nor do I want to know, anymore.
Well, it is really quite simple: you get what you give and/or you get what you are and exude.
This is always the case, but in no area of life is it reflected so clearly as in love & dating.
People never like to hear that as it's much easier on the ego to blame others and pretend you yourself are doing everything right.
But it is the naked, ugly truth.
The solution would be to look at self, but for most that is too much to handle so they stick to blaming others, or an entire gender, for their own shortcomings.
Then they become angry, bitter, resentful, depressed,... ,... and so on.
There's more like that on here. I guess it's whatever you're happy with...