hopelesslyInvo -> RE: How is my profile? (10/2/2008 6:40:52 AM)
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in my opinion, you've taken to heart everything people have told to do you aside from uploading a photograph, and as a result your profile now looks more like a completed questionnaire executed in madlibs style... [insert joke here] [name of musician here] ...than a piece of writing dedicated to telling those you seek, what you want them to know they can find in you. my advice is to upload a photograph, and make it tasteful. you don't have to show your face in your profile pic, you don't have to wear a thong and strike-a-pose, you don't need to be bound in it, you don't need to show off your 'toys', or anything else of the sort. what you need is to give incentive to those looking. most people sort their homepage to display profiles with photographs only, but beyond that, providing a photograph can increase how trustworthy and 'real' you appear, as well as making your impression have much more impact to those who venture by your profile; it will greatly help to catch their eyes. you need something to pull the glances of people; all anyone can see is your name and some text, which of course has very little if any real stopping power. it's pretty much a simple fact, if you can't get people to stop and look at your profile... well, it's not going to make much difference what you write if no one pauses to take notice and read it. honestly, you like so many others without a picture convey you have something to hide, which is indeed the case, but you don't have to forfeit your secret alter ego identity just because you provide a visual to lead people's eyes to the text in your profile. i could probably take a picture of my hands and it would be more well received, convey more emotion, meaning, and end up striking more people's curiosity and getting a higher positive response than half the pictures on this site do. what i would stress the most is to tell people 'what you want them to know', not simply telling them 'what they want to hear'. if you believe oral sex is of great importance to you say so, if you believe women are going to line up to take the pepsi challenge just because you say 9 out of 10 participants say your tongue beats the competition, omit it, it's a foolhardy notion. there's probably a way to confess any desire in existence without sounding like a wanker, the key is in approach. one approach will sound intimate, passionate, sensual and sincere, and one will sound like 'oh baby do me' which sounds just about like every other guy on here that women won't give a second glance to.
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