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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Some ladies & couples complain guys don't read their profile but look through and it's so long and full of life history & rants. Should a profile be that long????

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By *riendly foeWoman
over a year ago

In a crisp poke on the A814

I dont read long drawn out profiles....

They bore me....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A truly great profile should be accompanied by a nice cup of tea and some biscuits.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum


"Some ladies & couples complain guys don't read their profile but look through and it's so long and full of life history & rants. Should a profile be that long????"

I think someone's profile can be as long or short, as detailed or plain, as they want it to be.

However I tend to glaze over reading the long ones, so I move on.

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By *hole Lotta RosieWoman
over a year ago

Deviant City

they can be whatever they want to be.

Rather have something to read, than a profile which just state 'fun', or 'ask me'.

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By *iewMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

If overly long, I wouldn't waste my fucking time.

And happy for it to be 'my loss'

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Some ladies & couples complain guys don't read their profile but look through and it's so long and full of life history & rants. Should a profile be that long????

I think someone's profile can be as long or short, as detailed or plain, as they want it to be.

However I tend to glaze over reading the long ones, so I move on."

We wanted a short profile but kept having to clarify things for others..

it got a bit long - cant be helped.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Some ladies & couples complain guys don't read their profile but look through and it's so long and full of life history & rants. Should a profile be that long????"

To a degree I believe that like attracts like. So if their profile bores you then it's arguably an effective filter as you are unlikely to be what they are looking for either.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"I dont read long drawn out profiles....

They bore me...."

samer here, plus ones with lists of do's and dont's and demands etc

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By *riendly foeWoman
over a year ago

In a crisp poke on the A814


"If overly long, I wouldn't waste my fucking time.

And happy for it to be 'my loss'"

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead


"Some ladies & couples complain guys don't read their profile but look through and it's so long and full of life history & rants. Should a profile be that long????"

if their profile is long and boring and you can't be bothered to read it... I am to make the radical idea they you are not for them, and they are not for you....

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum


"Some ladies & couples complain guys don't read their profile but look through and it's so long and full of life history & rants. Should a profile be that long????

I think someone's profile can be as long or short, as detailed or plain, as they want it to be.

However I tend to glaze over reading the long ones, so I move on.

We wanted a short profile but kept having to clarify things for others..

it got a bit long - cant be helped."

I've found out that doesn't work. They skip straight to the pics whatever you write.

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By *iewMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

Unless he had a 12 inch cock, then I would savour every word that the love god had to write

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By *riendly foeWoman
over a year ago

In a crisp poke on the A814


"Unless he had a 12 inch cock, then I would savour every word that the love god had to write "

LOL...View sometimes you just make me

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By *iewMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn


"Unless he had a 12 inch cock, then I would savour every word that the love god had to write

LOL...View sometimes you just make me "

Happy days

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Some ladies & couples complain guys don't read their profile but look through and it's so long and full of life history & rants. Should a profile be that long????

I think someone's profile can be as long or short, as detailed or plain, as they want it to be.

However I tend to glaze over reading the long ones, so I move on.

We wanted a short profile but kept having to clarify things for others..

it got a bit long - cant be helped.

I've found out that doesn't work. They skip straight to the pics whatever you write. "

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

we're thinking of putting up a power point presentation with hand outs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Some ladies & couples complain guys don't read their profile but look through and it's so long and full of life history & rants. Should a profile be that long????

I think someone's profile can be as long or short, as detailed or plain, as they want it to be.

However I tend to glaze over reading the long ones, so I move on.

We wanted a short profile but kept having to clarify things for others..

it got a bit long - cant be helped."

Same here...look at mine and try to think how to take some out but struggle to think what to take out because it's all relevant to me. I know some have bullet points rather than paragraphs but to me that feels a bit too cold and demanding. Can be hard to strike a balance sometimes I guess, but so far it hasn't hindered me too much

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By *ruitWoman
over a year ago

near kings lynn

I have had a shorter profile before but then I had so many messages asking if I will meet them at a hotel or will I accept a friends request.....so decided to write it in my profile instead. I also point out I have little free time etc.

It makes my profile longer but saves me having to reply to the questions when asked a hundred times. It wastes my time if not having it on x

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By *amieandjulieCouple
over a year ago

Liverpool

At the end of the day, no matter how long or how short a profile is, it boils down to if there is an attraction or not. Can have the best profile in the world, but if no one finds you attractive it makes no odds.

If you like the loom of someone then you are more likely to read all of their profile !!!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A truly great profile should be accompanied by a nice cup of tea and some biscuits."

Cake would be better

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By *amieandjulieCouple
over a year ago

Liverpool

Predictive tests !!

Like the look of I meant to say !!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A truly great profile should be accompanied by a nice cup of tea and some biscuits.

Cake would be better "

Have you ever tried dipping a cake? Leaves drips on your tray and spongy bits in your tea!

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By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago

North of The Wall - youll need your vest


"A truly great profile should be accompanied by a nice cup of tea and some biscuits."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A truly great profile should be accompanied by a nice cup of tea and some biscuits.

Cake would be better

Have you ever tried dipping a cake? Leaves drips on your tray and spongy bits in your tea!"

Yea but who cares about dunking, I just want cake, must have cream

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By *un_JuiceCouple
over a year ago

Nr Chester

Outlining what you're like and look for saves the tedious text tennis. It's lazy not reading someone's profile if you make time to be on the site or the forums. Assuming you use the site with a _iew to meeting people, some dont.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I constantly re write ours as i never seem to get the balance of info and babble right lol

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By *un_JuiceCouple
over a year ago

Nr Chester


"I constantly re write ours as i never seem to get the balance of info and babble right lol "

Ditto

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By *enny PR9TV/TS
over a year ago

Southport


"A truly great profile should be accompanied by a nice cup of tea and some biscuits."

At over 2100 words long I must have the longest profile on Fab, I even mention the tea and biscuits. But it has supplied me with loads of meets and nearly 50 verie's so I must be doing something right. Maybe I miss out on the guys with the attention span of a goldfish but I do occasionally get the message; "So what are you into".

Jenny.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Worse still are profiles that say "Will fill in later", then you see they've been a member for over a year.

Bone idle and/or unimaginative.

XXXX

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Some ladies & couples complain guys don't read their profile but look through and it's so long and full of life history & rants. Should a profile be that long????

I think someone's profile can be as long or short, as detailed or plain, as they want it to be.

However I tend to glaze over reading the long ones, so I move on.

We wanted a short profile but kept having to clarify things for others..

it got a bit long - cant be helped.

I've found out that doesn't work. They skip straight to the pics whatever you write. "

thats is sometimes true - least we know those types aren't for us - call it pre (non) qualifying themselves.

Although managed to shorten it a bit today - it does work (for us anyway) to find others more like us.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I constantly re write ours as i never seem to get the balance of info and babble right lol

Ditto"

double ditto

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland


"Some ladies & couples complain guys don't read their profile but look through and it's so long and full of life history & rants. Should a profile be that long????"

I dont think there is a right or wrong really - just a good or a not so good match. Personally, I enjoy a profile that gives me a flavour of the person and a one liner does not do that. I like to get to know somebody a bit before I decide to meet and I really dont meet quickly.

Other people prefer to go by pictures and to meet within days. Each to their own I think.

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By *heScotandthegirlCouple
over a year ago

London & Edinburgh

My opinion, and that is all it is, is a short informative wants and specific don't wants profile is best, anything else is best dealt with in direct messaging.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Some ladies & couples complain guys don't read their profile but look through and it's so long and full of life history & rants. Should a profile be that long????"
its there profile 2bh if you dont like it just move on

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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago

South West London / Surrey

How long is too long?

We prefer a detailed profile that tells us something about the person than one that has a couple of lines.

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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago

South West London / Surrey


"Some ladies & couples complain guys don't read their profile but look through and it's so long and full of life history & rants. Should a profile be that long????

To a degree I believe that like attracts like. So if their profile bores you then it's arguably an effective filter as you are unlikely to be what they are looking for either."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The only large profiles I will read over are the angry womens that have rants all over them in CAPS LOCK!!! screamin about men never taking notice. I find them amusing.

But although I say I read them, I never actually pay attention because screaming paragraphs of hate aren't exactly productive or memorable for that matter.

I just imagine some pissed d up bird screamin away to the theme tune to the Magic Roundabout and then that's usually more entertaining than whatever rage virus she's offering to share with us!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm not here to read essays, so I click off and move on!

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By *reelove1969Couple
over a year ago

bristol

prefer fairly brief and to the point profiles mainly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm not here to read essays, so I click off and move on!"

Agreed! I came here with my dick in my hand.

Trying to get sex and not an associates degree in English Literature.

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By *amieandjulieCouple
over a year ago

Liverpool

And then some people, after 25 pages of telling us what they don't want, say please include the word pixie or something daft to prove that you've read it all. Pet hate of mine lol, soon as I see that I move on !!!!

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland


"How long is too long?

We prefer a detailed profile that tells us something about the person than one that has a couple of lines.

"

Me, too. Mine is quite long (actually mine IS TOO long) but then I am not interested in meeting people who are not into reading profiles. So it does really act as a good filter as said above!

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland


"I'm not here to read essays, so I click off and move on!

Agreed! I came here with my dick in my hand.

Trying to get sex and not an associates degree in English Literature."
I dont want to achieve another degree on here either lol... but I just looked at your profile and yours isnt a one liner, so that is ok in my world.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

My profile is quite long but it needed to be so people could make an informed judgement on whether or not to contact me. I hope it's not boring.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm not here to read essays, so I click off and move on!

Agreed! I came here with my dick in my hand.

Trying to get sex and not an associates degree in English Literature.I dont want to achieve another degree on here either lol... but I just looked at your profile and yours isnt a one liner, so that is ok in my world. "

At least yours has some nice pictures to keep us entertained while we read through

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"And then some people, after 25 pages of telling us what they don't want, say please include the word pixie or something daft to prove that you've read it all. Pet hate of mine lol, soon as I see that I move on !!!!"

couldnt agree more

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

I read the post above me before it was removed and clearly you didn't use the password at the end of the profile!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

nope

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I'm not here to read essays, so I click off and move on!

Agreed! I came here with my dick in my hand.

Trying to get sex and not an associates degree in English Literature."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The only large profiles I will read over are the angry womens that have rants all over them in CAPS LOCK!!! screamin about men never taking notice. I find them amusing.

But although I say I read them, I never actually pay attention because screaming paragraphs of hate aren't exactly productive or memorable for that matter.

I just imagine some pissed d up bird screamin away to the theme tune to the Magic Roundabout and then that's usually more entertaining than whatever rage virus she's offering to share with us!

"

Very amusing. I exchanged a few emails with one of these women, naively suggesting we could have sex and some intelligent conversation. All her replies were sarcastic (I kept mine polite)and in the final exchange I suggested she try using her energy in a more constructive manner, which lead to an abusive reply and her blocking me.

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland


"I'm not here to read essays, so I click off and move on!

Agreed! I came here with my dick in my hand.

Trying to get sex and not an associates degree in English Literature.I dont want to achieve another degree on here either lol... but I just looked at your profile and yours isnt a one liner, so that is ok in my world.

At least yours has some nice pictures to keep us entertained while we read through "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The only large profiles I will read over are the angry womens that have rants all over them in CAPS LOCK!!! screamin about men never taking notice. I find them amusing.

But although I say I read them, I never actually pay attention because screaming paragraphs of hate aren't exactly productive or memorable for that matter.

I just imagine some pissed d up bird screamin away to the theme tune to the Magic Roundabout and then that's usually more entertaining than whatever rage virus she's offering to share with us!

Very amusing. I exchanged a few emails with one of these women, naively suggesting we could have sex and some intelligent conversation. All her replies were sarcastic (I kept mine polite)and in the final exchange I suggested she try using her energy in a more constructive manner, which lead to an abusive reply and her blocking me."

Well kudos to you for having the courage to get that far sir lol I on the other hand usually get blocked after, 'Hi, I'm Dan, how are you? I like what you wrote about yourself in your profile!' hahaha

Maybe I should go with the old scouse tried and tested;

'EY GERRRL, FIT LOU LAAR, WANNA SUCK ME OFF LIKE???'

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have to admit if someones profile resembles war and peace I just click back off again.

You really don't need a profile that spans 5 lenths of the screen to say what your looking for

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I have to admit if someones profile resembles war and peace I just click back off again.

You really don't need a profile that spans 5 lenths of the screen to say what your looking for"

Write a book on paper innit lol

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By *BC TWOCouple (MM)
over a year ago

Leicester / Birmingham /Bucks


"I'm not here to read essays, so I click off and move on!

Agreed! I came here with my dick in my hand.

Trying to get sex and not an associates degree in English Literature."

LMFAO!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Some ladies & couples complain guys don't read their profile but look through and it's so long and full of life history & rants. Should a profile be that long????

To a degree I believe that like attracts like. So if their profile bores you then it's arguably an effective filter as you are unlikely to be what they are looking for either."

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By *ot30scoupleCouple
over a year ago

Oxford, London


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Agreed! I came here with my dick in my hand.

."

'Shake ya ass, watch yourself, shake ya ass, show me what'cha working with'

Tune!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Some ladies & couples complain guys don't read their profile but look through and it's so long and full of life history & rants. Should a profile be that long????"

If the long ones pout you off maybe thats what its there for to filter out people who are not what they want.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A long list of rants is always a winner going through each and every negative experience on the site. I always make a point of messaging these people my finest one line message and 8 cock pics

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By *BC TWOCouple (MM)
over a year ago

Leicester / Birmingham /Bucks


"A long list of rants is always a winner going through each and every negative experience on the site. I always make a point of messaging these people my finest one line message and 8 cock pics "

And what may that be? "Kiss the darkest part of my black ass" accompanied with 8 cock shots

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Some ladies & couples complain guys don't read their profile but look through and it's so long and full of life history & rants. Should a profile be that long????

if their profile is long and boring and you can't be bothered to read it... I am to make the radical idea they you are not for them, and they are not for you...."

There are two basic rules to selling (and your profile IS a selling tool, whether you like that idea of not) which say.... "People buy People first" and... "People buy People like them".

If you find a long profile, a ranty profile or - dare one say it - any profile does nothing for you, then it's a pretty good bet that the person or people behind it may well produce the same reaction from you should you meet them...

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By *eaverfeverCouple
over a year ago

nr Manchester


"Some ladies & couples complain guys don't read their profile but look through and it's so long and full of life history & rants. Should a profile be that long????"

No.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"A long list of rants is always a winner going through each and every negative experience on the site. I always make a point of messaging these people my finest one line message and 8 cock pics "

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By *ohnjones3210Man
over a year ago

Chester

For a guy, you're better off having a well written profile! With 30:1 ratios, you've got to stand out.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

short and full of fun, just like me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I hate it when its a big long massive one...and then it says at the end, white people only!! I just wasted a whole 5 mins of my life!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i bleedin hate the long ones. thats why i graduated with a phd. so i dont have to have anythin to do with essays any more. honestly, its like applyin for a frickin job with NASA some of em. then you get to the end and they say no one of your sex! Wtf! plus i once dropped a big bit of cake in my coffee once and it bloody splashed everywhere on me kecks. i much prefer those little orange creams now. x x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Our profile has switched between long, short and everything in between. We've found it makes virtually no difference to the quantity or quality of the contacts we receive, so these days we keep it short. Good profile pics, on the other hand, seem to make all the difference.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love seeing those, usually very long, profiles that spend 80% of the space WRITING IN CAPITAL LETTERS ABOUT THE MINDLESS MORONS WHO READ THE PROFILE [that means you folks] and then tell you to "DO THIS, AND THAT, AND THE OTHER, OR YOU WILL BE BLOCKED!!!"

These seem to me to be aggressive, arrogant, dictatorial and frequently insulting to large sections of the community, usually single men.

Doe anyone want to be intimate with people like that?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Some ladies & couples complain guys don't read their profile but look through and it's so long and full of life history & rants. Should a profile be that long????

if their profile is long and boring and you can't be bothered to read it... I am to make the radical idea they you are not for them, and they are not for you....

There are two basic rules to selling (and your profile IS a selling tool, whether you like that idea of not) which say.... "People buy People first" and... "People buy People like them".

If you find a long profile, a ranty profile or - dare one say it - any profile does nothing for you, then it's a pretty good bet that the person or people behind it may well produce the same reaction from you should you meet them... "

Exactly x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The length pf a profile doesn't put me off at all, so long as the it gives insight into the profile holder and what makes their naughty mind tick! My own profile, while nowhere near a long one isn't exactly short....

However long profiles that are full of nothing but ranty bile in CAPS followed by the full 3 paragraph legal bollocks and that huge picture of a naked lass made of text make me think, "can't be arsed".....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I want ALL my meets to b something REALLY special particularly as I'm not looking for ''conventional 'bonks ' n therefore I pretty much have to spell out what I am interested in!

Altho it involves me having a long profile at least it cuts down on endless ping pong establishing what activities people want to engage in

I enjoy reading a well filled profile because it gives u some kind of idea about the person.

Those profiles with monosyllabic answers to the moot points I just zoom past

But I guess it's each to their own

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

nope. i dont thats for sure. they are usually d up and into all kinds of weird sociopathic sex anyway where they just wanna ram a banana up your arse for half an hour. not for me thank yu. there are lots of nice ladies on here tho who understand the less is more approach. and they are usually very loving in their lovemaking too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The length of my profile is directly in proportion to the length of my......no...hang on......must be cold today!

I like profiles for what they are and what they portray - rather than stressing over a word count! It's quality over quantity and i can be amused and intrigued by a relatively short piece of text as often as a long set of prose. There's no hard and fast rule - and why should there be?

Golden rule of Fab - it's your profile - do with it what you will - and that goes for size, pic content, preferences and interests. If whatever you've written works for you, suits your wants and gets the interest you seek - happy days!

If not - there's only one person to blame (or two if a couple, obviously!!) - and it's never the _iewer of the profile!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Don't really think it matters I have edited mine many times but it doesn't seem to make any difference. Its like people don't even read or care about them just the pics on the profile.....lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"If overly long, I wouldn't waste my fucking time.

And happy for it to be 'my loss'"

Exactly this!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i think this is why capitals are a good idea.. just highlights the main pointers and then if you fit into those you can read the smaller wirting..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I dont read long drawn out profiles....

They bore me...."
..Same here

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Each to their own really

Personally, I no longer bother with long profiles, when I used to read them I generally found them both tedious and uninspiring

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"If overly long, I wouldn't waste my fucking time.

And happy for it to be 'my loss'"

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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago

Scotland - Aberdeen

I know mine is long, but I've been here a few years now and have found I have had to add in a few bits now and then! it still doesn't get read though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm actually looking for done feedback on mine. Would love people to read and give me their opinions.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't think it's the length that's the problem (and I never thought I'd say that, either ). It's that in general, people have no idea how to write for the web.

There's a lot of help out there online, but in simple terms:

1. Write so people can scan quickly and pick up the main points

2. Headings are your friend. Make them descriptive, but short

3. Paragraphs are good, but need to be short(-ish). Long paragraphs of unbroken text make people's eyes glaze over

4. But the most important stuff at the top, then go into detail afterwards.

5. Try fitting your text into a hierarchy of information.

Look at any online news article for good examples -- the headline tells you the whole story in a single sentence, the first paragraph gives you some of the most important detail, and the rest fleshes out the story.

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By *BC TWOCouple (MM)
over a year ago

Leicester / Birmingham /Bucks


"If overly long, I wouldn't waste my fucking time.

And happy for it to be 'my loss'

"

Excatly..chances are you wont get it anyways

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd rather there was something to read so you know what their after, then you don't have to waste your time messaging someone that you've got no hope with

But at the same time some do waffle on some rubbish, and do dislike the little tests at the end

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And then moan that no one reads their profile....

People will decide on a meet,

Location

Picture

profile

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

Long profiles are a filtering process. If you are bored with them, or put off then you're probably not what they're looking for.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The OP obviously got so bored of reading long profiles that he's left the building!!

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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago

Scotland - Aberdeen

Well said!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I kind of feel that if it's too much trouble for you to read my profile, or it's too much trouble for you to write a decent profile for yourself, then it's probably too much trouble for me to think about meeting you....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

End of the day people are free to put as much or as little as they want

if your genuinely interested your going to read through a long profile

It can be as long as you like, it's still never gonna stop someone glancing at your pic, seeing online or meet today and still messaging you with hi, fancy a fuck

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