The question is really simple. Do you think that you can tell if you will date a man/woman going by nothing but the picture and a few words in a profile?

Well for me if I can't imagine playing tonsil hockey with a face for the rest of my life it is not going to go any further. Plus,if the write up in the profile is a snooze or they live too far away I move on.

Nope!

A few pictures and words serve to pique my interest, but all bets are off until live and in person, face to face communication happens.

Pics are helpful but deceiving...and a few written words are not enough to get a date...if you can keep my interest passed a few emails..exchange a few more pics...perhaps a phone call or two..then I might consider a light date...

Not really, no... The picture a person decides to use as their main profile picture can tell you a lot about them, though. “The bathroom mirror selfie,” or the “I’m glaring at you to show you I’m a badass” picture.

I guess it depends as philosophy still will go unanswered put in a different do rocks share the same characteristics as life forms or is rational to have a pet rock is it murderous mutilatory poor poor rocks what anyway and furniture is looking for flames how lame

Even if your pictures are good though, if you can’t even be bothered to string together a sentence? No way.

The whole thing sux... Face to face what would Cary Grant do?

My sentiments exactly.

I personally wouldn't even agree to meet a guy in person until I gleaned some kind of chemistry between us during video chat.


I have no desire to do a modern re-enactment of a freaking Jane Austen novel with copious emails and photos, which give a very limited feel of what a person's overall energy , personality and appearance are.


If I am considering a romantic future with a guy, audio and visual interactive chat are mandatory for me to determine if I will go through with the offline meet and greet

one on one meeting and talking is the right path.And I believe meeting someone online you should meet him/her in person as fast as you can rather that time will tell and age keep increasing.

If only the world were filled with honest people ...

There a rare bread to find .

One picture, but the more pictures the better in my opinion, and I have read some brilliant profiles that alone have attracted my attention, although a detailed profile is not essential in deciding if I would date them. What is essential for me, is that I need to exchange a few emails to at least learn something about them first, and if they lived very far from me it would require even more emails, Skype and telephone calls because I would need to know a lot more about them, before travelling any distance to meet up. After meeting up you can then both decide if you want a second date, because until you meet in person you cannot really decide if want to date each other in my opinion.

I found an old forum thread on that other site that I volunteer on. People are still posting to those old forums. What was amazing to me was the amount of people that truly believed that they can tell by a picture and a few words in a profile whether or not they would be interested in talking to, or getting to know the person on the other end.

That's why I started this thread. Their's at least 45 pages of people on that site that believe this to be true. I just wanted to see if this is normal behavior on dating sites besides that one.

For me a Picture and more pictures on one's profile is good, it means you're not hiding anything about yourself but a long profile statement is not necessary as long as you go straight to the point of what you are see seeking for in the site. Good luck to everyone on here...

He'd say,
Daling, I'm crazy for ya!

I hear ya on that one!

Not solely from a pic and a few words, no, but what else do you have to make a decision about whether you want to date a total stranger off the internet other than a photo and a few words? Like it or not, first impressions are crucial as to whether or not a profile gets a second look and those first impressions are based solely on an individual's reactions to a photo and the few words written by the person in the photo. That's really not much to go on, but it is the first step towards finding out if this is the person you want to be with. If the photo grabs your attention and the words resonate with you, then usually the decision is made to initiate contact that person. What happens after that depends on the interpersonal dynamics between the two people.

that's exactly how i see it, if i click on a picture and there is a whole dissertation there i generally skip it, no matter how much i like the look of someone's picture

"Will" date?
No.

"Would" or "want" to date?
Yes.


Why?
Talking to someone or going on a date with someone is not a commitment for marriage, having kids, or surgical attachment.

Other than that, it's basic human nature.
If it feels good, do it, pursue it.
If it keeps feeling good, keep doing it, keep pursuing it.

When people see someone attractive their bodies flood with stuff that makes them feel good.

When people are happy, their bodies flood with stuff that makes them feel good, and want to get more of what's making them happy.

You ever sat around for an hour, two hours, eight hours watching cat videos? How about exploring facebook? You ever have a poster or picture of somewhere tropical?

Did watching cat videos make you want to go pet a cat? Or go adopt 3 million of them?
Did exploring facebook make you want to go say hello to a friend?
Or make you want to become a rock star solely for the adoration?
Did seeing a tropical picture make you want to go on vacation? Or go conquer Australia?

Pretty pictures can make you feel good and want to do things you associate with them.
Not much difference.

That's amazing to you?
Have you never seen a commercial?
Pretty girls, a party, everyones happy, moving, beer, all good happy stuff.
You see that brand of beer in the store, slight twinge of positive association with it, you buy that beer rather than other beers if you were going to buy beer in the first place.

You go to a dating site, you're looking to date in the first place.
You see what makes you happy, you want to buy it.

Pretty picture, a few words, sure, I'll go for a date.