How much time you are prepared to invest in reading a profile?

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  RHP User

  13 years ago

  In someone ... i read their entire profile up to where it might turn me off ... i have priorities in what im looking for so i have a routine of what parts i read first .. If im replying to a message or flirt ... again i read ... and the responce is very much determined by what i read in the profile .... again in order of priority first ... - Posted from rhpmobile

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  RHP User

  13 years ago

  If someone took the trouble to write up a long and interesting profile, I can do nothing less than to read the whole thing from top to bottom. However, most people use stock profiles so can be read in a couple of seconds.

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  RHP User

  13 years ago

  If I'm interested , I'll read the whole cover Profile & check for other Pics. I have to say I'm pretty bored of reading people's Sexual Interests & Fetishes . Whatever someone's into is better left for a Meeting & many Hot people don't list anything . GG♒- Posted from rhpmobile

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  RHP User

  13 years ago

  To answer your question, if I was interested in meeting someone on the basis of their photo, I would be prepared to "invest" at least 3 minutes reading a profile (and a good deal more on due diligence).

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  RHP User

  13 years ago

  I'll read a profile (or part of) several times, especially if I like what I'm reading.

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  RHP User

  13 years ago

  OP your profile is incredibly extensive, and I would say in the minority group for length and details. Most I would say i could skim over in less than a minute, you know then if you need to go over it again more closely, or want to know more via message

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  RHP User

  13 years ago

  I'm sure single ladies get overwhelmed with profiles to look at and they only have themselves to consider. But as a couple, there are 4 people's requirements to consider so for us, we take as much time as is needed to carefully read all aspects of a profile. We have the things that we look for and things that pretty much guarantee a ' pass', but I still take the time to read all available information. How else can i make an informed choice? But that's just me! Interesting post though OP - will be following. Mrs IAT- Posted from rhpmobile

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  rupamohan

  13 years ago

  Quoting 'ding26'OP your profile is incredibly extensive, and I would say in the minority group for length and details. Most I would say i could skim over in less than a minute, you know then if you need to go over it again more closely, or want to know more via message I agree most profiles are short!!! and may be pics are the only most useful info in a profile We never wanted to address majority anyway. Time Logistics or connection wise we are going to sleep with a very small fraction of members. That means we are anyway going to deal with some kind of minority. How that minority comes in picture, in the shape of above average length profile or some other fashion is people's choice. Our choice working very well for us.

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  RHP User

  13 years ago

  Or it's a Steven King novel, I tend to read it all. Not only do you get a sense of that person, but it allows the reader to have their interest piqued. A long drawn out profile can be boring as quite often TOO much detail is often rendered, and lets be honest, we don't need to read EVERYTHING about a potential partner as it leaves nothing to explore over dinner, a few drinks. A profile that's ready made, shows a distinct lack of pride in who they are. It also suggests to me, that they're willing to accept almost anyone that pays them a little bit of attention.- Posted from rhpmobile

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  RHP User

  13 years ago

  I would say I take about 3-5 minutes to read a profile and there is a certain way I approach it. Of course if you ask hubby, he would probably say something a little different. I tend to approach a profile this way: 1. Do they classify themselves as straight, open for anything, experimental bi etc. Sure it's open to interpretation, but as we are looking for bi couples and ladies at the moment, that's pretty important. 2. I look to see if they practice safe sex as that tells me how much they value themselves and future play meets. 3. Then I look to their interests etc 4. Then read their profile in detail and the longer the better as I enjoy people who put the effort into being specific on their profile. I like to know what chances we have at generating interest in others. 5. Then I look at physical details and then pics. To some people, our profile is long and to others it's not specific enough. Some would say our profile is quite serious while others say they like how specific we are. It's hard to get the right compromise but in order to find the right type of people, we would want to form friendships with before play and for everyone to be comfortable with each other enough to want to play, we feel this is the best approach for us. But each to their own. I have no judgements on how long a profile is or how short it is...just comes down to gut feelings in the end. The only pet peeves I have with profiles are fakes, people who are pretending to be someone or something they are not and people who quite obviously don't take the time to spell words correctly or put any thought or effort into their profile or messages they send.

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  RHP User

  13 years ago

  If it's interesting.   And not just a list of do's and dont's and will's and wont's I find that incredibley boring, uninteresting and inflexible!   But then i guess that just provides a filter, cos i'm not that kind of person.

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  RHP User

  13 years ago

  I read a profile is to get as much information as possible to decide whether or not I want to invest even more of my time meeting said person. Anything at all that deters me reading further and that's it for me. After all, there are so many profiles, who would be interested in reading rubbish or template lines. So guys, learn from these comments, if we like what we read then we will respond.

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  RHP User

  13 years ago

  I'm picky, getting pickier. So, you 453,671 people who've received a message from me, consider yourselves very special ;) I'll spend a lot of time perusing a profile, including the words... but I've noticed I snack, I nibble the details. I tend not to start at the start or end at the end. If a profile catches my eye - a comment in the forums, on chat or their picture in search - I will skim the words... if it is all template, wildly negative or leet / text speak, I'll check the pics for a perve and move on. A couple of minutes, tops. I also look out for the "no single guys " statements... I respect those and move on (after a perve, of course). If the text looks like it deserves more consideration, then I still check the pics ;) as well as the "stats"... not because anything much is a deal breaker but for context. For sexual interests and kinks, I only check to see if they've listed anything at all or not... having nothing listed is curious, so it adds to the picture. I guess there is part of me that is on the lookout for inconsistencies, too... Then I read... first, I skip to the "looking for", see if I'm in the frame... then back to the about me/us section. I'm happy to spend 5 or 10 minutes checking a profile... sometimes returning to read some element I missed (even though I know some people find that disturbing or whatever. If I'm going to spend 5 or 10 minutes composing an introductory email, a similar amount of time to read in advance seems reasonable to me. So, those 453,671 messages have sure eaten some time...- Posted from rhpmobile

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  rupamohan

  13 years ago

  Quoting 'karynb' If it's interesting.   And not just a list of do's and dont's and will's and wont's I find that incredibley boring, uninteresting and inflexible!   But then i guess that just provides a filter, cos i'm not that kind of person. (Not a contradiction but extension to your reply) Lack of time or no interest to go thru is OK. A big list of rules is also a bit of put off. However a prejudice to longer profile as a sign of inflexibility with lots of rules, with out reading in my opinion is wrong. Let me give an example in last 3 yrs about 5% of members we talked to, felt our profile is very inflexible. I asked them to pin point which part of profile they feel is unfair, unreasonable or rigid. There was embarrassing silence. Most profiles are 2 liners. Does it means most PPL are flexible and have no rules? what is not told doesn't exist? I feel it does exist. When and what they want to make clear is a matter of choice.

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