Ok, I have sent several messages to ladies in my area and none have even replied. This has me wondering, are there nothing but bots on this site or is it me? View my profile and tell me your option please?

JMO....you have one pic...hardly no info...I would be leary.and it would help to be in the forums.
and depends on the mail you are sending...and btw...it takes time and effort.

Welcome to Mingle2

Work on your profile. Tell what you are looking for in a woman and tell us a little bit more about yourself.
Put yourself out there in the rooms, this is how people get to know you. You have only posted once..it takes time!!!

lets see...idk what a "bot" is, but i think your meaning fake profile? I'm not in your area but your profile is great:) Sometimes I get mail, quickly glance through it, and move on, UNLESS there is something interesting or funny that catches my eye, I generally don't respond to "hey" or "hi, how are you" maybe it's just me, but I want someone to put some thought into what they want to say to me for the first time. First impressions actually do mean something and if I feel like the mail content is yawn, I probably won't reply. Does that help or just make me look like a stuck up picky a-hole LOL

you can see how long its been the person was last seen here if that is over a month i think wouldnt bother writing.. but there are some cool people here too you just have to find em... als a lot of scammers from east africa watch out for that.. enjoy

A lot of the profiles that come up when I do a search seem to be fake. I live in Edinburgh, which is in Scotland but a large number of profiles on here say Edinburgh and England. I've tried messaging those ones but they never reply. I don't know if they are bots or scammers or what but I've been on another site that was worse than this and all of the women that supposedly were from Edinburgh on there had stuff on their profiles that could only have been written by Americans.

There are some genuine people on here because I have actually met some of them but there are certainly not that many local people, even if you include those suspect profiles. I've been on British dating sites where there were a lot of women in my area and they were willing to talk to me, so I'm not sure if it's something about this site that makes them unfriendly, or if it is just the case that most of them are fake. I wouldn't put it past the people that run this site to use bots to get real people to come on here though because at the end of the day it is a business and even if it's a free site they make money from advertising.

Maybe the ladies you contacted are no longer active here.

try to participate in the forums , so ladies can know more about you , the way you think and what do you have in mind ...
good luck

Just a note randomrunner..
A lot of people sign up, then sit back and wait
for a notification that someone has sent them a
Nudge, an Email, etc.
Then they return to check it out, if they have
interest.

It does not matter when last they were here as
the notifications are immediate :-)

Thank you everyone for your replies.
As far as posting more info on my profile about what I want. Well if I post what I want then I run into the chance of chasing off something that could turn out amazing because she doesn't think she fits what I want. So I try not to limit who might contact me by saying "I want a cute southern girl that love two stepping, camping, and hanging out with friends".
As for the forums, I joined the site to find someone I can enjoy life not as a global social media. Meaning as great as people elsewhere are I would use facebook or Twitter for that kind of interaction. I will have to poke around more to see if there are any Colorado specific forums.

Again thank you for your replies.

Hi goodolrich. Didnt have any time to write about yourself? You must be a government secret agent, and that info is top secret. If you dont have the time to write about yourself, and who you would like to meet, dont expect the ladies to have any time for you. Because they dont, and they wont. You must be famous, and people already know you. That must be it! Best wishes.

it takes a gud heart to love

I also don't reply to "hi" or "how are you"....if that is the most effort a guy will make on first contact i can't be bothered ! Your profile is good...maybe add another couple of Pics and tell women a bit more about you :) Good luck with your search.

lol

Man honestly its probably your profile pic, you look kinda awkward and strange looking...loosen up some...

You definitely need more than one pic, I would say dude. I would say some people like myself get suspicious if they someeone has one pic or less so just assume that person has something to hide or isn't putting enough effort in, just my opinion though...

Hi GoodoldRich,

The reason you got no replies probably has more to do with the women you contacted than the lack of information in your profile. One clue is to check when they last logged on. In their profile, to the right of their age and location, you can usually see when they were "last seen." The number only goes up to "more than a month" and in many cases, that amount of time is in years. They're inactive users, who've completely forgotten about this site.

There's also the issue of new messages not appearing on cell phone browsers. I sent messages a few months back to a friend on this site, and she kept sending me messages asking why I wasn't replying to her, as if I was cutting her off. The web browser she used wasn't updating the cached webpage of her email inbox. If you're not sure if the lady even opened your email, you can check your "Sent" folder in your email, and see if there's a checkmark next to the message, indicating whether it was read. Many ladies don't exactly hover over this site, either, so give it time.

You also shouldn't be afraid of turning off ladies by saying something about yourself. That kind of information often just starts the conversation. Even if a lady hates, HATES, country music, she still might love to go out dancing, and ask you about that.

Your picture shows you're a good-looking guy, so you should be alright. Just keep trying. Send messages and nudges to the ladies who've been around, recently, and hey, even the ones who left years ago. Couldn't hurt. Hang in there, dude!

Thanks Mortman, I have also noticed that the site does not sent notices or update the mail. I have decided that you are right about the information thing. I plan to update my profile as soon as I can. It would also appear that I should add a few more pictures maybe.

Thanks for the responses.

You are young, live and learn! may be more of what you are looking 4 in a woman should be your adjective.
I like pictures posted when the person is doing some kind of activities , it adds a lot
to a profile. Good luck!

Your profile needs to be eye catching an informative, simple and lacking when competing with thousands of men for womens attention does not do it.

I went through all 4300 profiles, messages 750ish. and a percentage were nigerian bots, many viewed my profile and did no more, some replied. IT is partially a numbers game, partially a bling game. My profile bar far is lacking bling.

Also depends a lot on what you write to her, dont make it a generic message, make it targeted based on what you read on her profile.

But in the end like most other number games you will get about a 1-5% return.