Right, exactly...

No, I didn't assume they didn't want to talk to me... I assumed one would give a glance at a persons profile before responding or messaging.
lol, IDK why I would think that.

Nah, Shallow is in reference to anyone who picks their potential date, ONLY by looks....
To a degree, looks matter.
but I have met some really pretty women who are really ugly under the surface.
As if they have no clue their looks will fade.

If they WANTED to chat, then we still would be. those 2 sent a single message, "nice to meet you" and never another word.

What I see, is a group of people who assume this is a complaint... but reality of it is, I QUESTION everything.
I am quite happy to chat with someone who is interested and interesting.. but that's a 2 way street...

Ahh, someone who is rational, and logical... finally.

lucky than me due..... you the lucky one.....LOL

I believe I was just scammed.

Well this is a bit of a twist to see...lol

Usually the threads are about "no one responds to me" Instead you sent the first email and they responded.
Well that is the good thing.

And quite honestly I do try to answer all my emails and if the sender had bothered to read my profile they would know I am not interested I am being polite.

So I have to say this is a no win win for people.

Not stupid sounding.. I am not really "complaining," by definition, so much as I am just questioning the motivation of the person saying hello, then no word after that.

I ignore 99% of my emails and think I've replied to about four or five in the last couple of years

It simply sounds as if the two scammers, and trust me, that is who they were, replied to your msg, and then for whatever reason they were forced to stop. Either they quit their job or were fired for not being able to close deals. It is tough being a scammer. Yes, scammers don't bother to read profiles. It's a numbers game got them

I find it hard to ignore messages, I hardly get any anyway.

So I always try to respond even if I don't want to chat to the person. Usually just s simple hello, thanks for your message and have a nice day.

Maybe some other people just think this way too.

Others choose to simply ignore, I don't think theres a right or wrong way as no answer is an answer itself.

There is a lot of paranoia about scammers on here, I think a lot of it is that people are new and are probably not sure that sometimes their approach can be taken for something a scammer would do.

Same as military, those poor sods have no chance on here if they are genuine.

The chatroom is wired for toddler-like attention spans. People are often chatting with several people online at the same time while texting their mates in their real life and shampooing their cats. No matter how excited people are about you in that minute, you are ALWAYS competing with other chatters for a persons attention. Alot of people dont join these sites for meaningful interactions and relationships like their profile suggests. They are here for cyber sex and scamming people out of money under the guise of relationship seeking, and some are also here to kill time for a few minutes with a revolving door of strangers. The briefness of multi encounters increases the level of excitement for some people .. You re actually lucky when you get more than 3 responses from the same person in one conversation and even luckier if you ever hear from them again. I read profiles religiously but I have to admit , I actually forget some details because of the number of profiles I peruse collectively, so during a conversation I revisit the person's profiles several times before asking questions to ensure that I dont ask for details already provided. But I guess its understandable if people dont wanna go through all that stress when they could just ask questions as they come to mind

Well.op.. there could be a number of reasons.... 1 they are simply scammers fishing..
2 . They saw your picture and simply responded based on that.. and planned to read your profile later.. but simply sent a Hello text.. to see if you had interest in them...
3.. they saw your picture sent you a first text message plan on reading your profile later.. and then after reading your profile change their mind..yup

Maybe they are on a certain medication. I have to admit, I talk a lot of rubbish, when I take antibiotics, or sleeping pills. The could be anything.