Bad Online Dating Profiles
Geplaatst op 22-01-2025
Categorie: Lifestyle
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Maybe it’s just because I am in marketing, but I am always shocked at the way that people choose to position themselves in their online dating profile. It seems pretty obvious to me how this should work. If you want someone to go on a date with you, you are going to need to give them compelling evidence and plenty of it as to why they should. And yet, so many of the profiles I see not only don’t intrigue me, they turn me off. So if you are just getting started filling out your Match.com profile, here’s a list of what not to do.
• Misspellings
Hi, you have one chance, ONE, to catch my attention and you don’t think it might make sense to run your “about” section through spell check? Crazy spellings are distracting and they make me think that either you aren’t very smart or you aren’t taking this seriously.
• Pictures with your shirts off
That’s awesome that you work out. Really, I appreciate an active guy. But a picture with your shirt off says one thing – douche. Clearly you think you look real good and while I appreciate confidence, shirt-off pics are cocky and just not cool. Besides, I’d prefer you’d leave a little something to the imagination.
• Dumb usernames
Cait MacGregor did an awesome post on dumb usernames and she is right on. Avoid the numbers 69 and 420 and the words “anus” or “BJ” and we should be ok.
• Dumb Taglines
Right up there with bad usernames, bad taglines seem pretty ubiquitous on online dating profiles. Please save your sexual references and your emo lines for Facebook. Thanks.
• No photos or only a few
OK maybe I am just shallow but I’m gonna need to see some pictures before I am agreeing on going out to dinner with you. If you have none, or only one pic, I really don’t have a clue what you look like, and I’m not wasting my time writing back.
• Photos with your Ex
Yea, the girl in all your photos? We know who she is. Not cool. We all have exs. I don’t need to see yours before I’ve ever even talked to you.
• Writing one sentence in your “About”
Really? Is that all you have to say about yourself and what you are looking for? Extra fail if your one line is, “I am just a laid back, nice guy who is looking for a good girl.” Not original, sir. Next.
• Overuse of smileys, LOLs and exclamation marks
This leaves me wondering, “oh whoops, did I accidentally stumble into the girls section?” Love that you are excited but, please, be excited like a man.
• Age that is clearly a lie
This one is a mystery. A picture of an old balding man with the age 26 next to it. Um, who is buying that? Answer, no one.
• A profile pic that looks nothing like your other pics
Yes, we all have killer pics of us that make us look perfect. But consider the fact that duping people to click on your profile is probably not going to get you dates.
• Not hiding your profile when you are done
If you have given up hope and canceled your subscription, then hide your profile. I really don’t want to waste my time looking at profiles of guys who are no longer paying and can’t respond.
• A bunch of teeny tiny photos
Sure, a couple of big group shots of you as a tiny dot are fine if you are trying to show me some of the cool things you like to do (eg. skiing or surfing). But if all of your pics are from far away, I really don’t know what you look like and that’s a problem. (See above).
• A bunch of photos of your dog
I love puppies as much as the next person, but I don’t want to date your puppy. Want to put a pic of you with your pup? Perfect! But an entire slide show of your dog doing different things is just silly.
If you avoid these above fails and don’t write dumb ass emails when you are reaching out to girls, you may just be OK. Or at the very least, you won’t have girls ruling you out in less then 20 seconds. #winning.