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Online I ignore 'Hi' messages. Those are just from men who can't be bothered to make a serious effort or gave up making an effort yonks ago. Don't bother with them. There are men who will send something decent.

If it's a guy you've met in a pub and had a great convo with... then you know he does have something to say, and likely is interested otherwise he wouldn't have bothered to send a message. But oftentimes men don't know what to say, so they come up with something silly like "Hey" "What's up" or "how was your day?"
The best thing to do with that -provided you are interested in the fella- is to send a message that can open up a proper fun/flirty/good conversation other than "I went to work, had a rough day, now I'm home cooking dinner" No one is interested in that.
So come up with some stuff that IS interesting or funny and send him that as reply. You can simply ignore his question, men don't mind, they weren't really interested in the answer to begin with, they just didn't know what the heck to say to you. Most ppl don't know and thus come up with some uninteresting questions just to say something. They're typically glad when you manage to come up with something worthwhile.
Alternatively you can use the "How was your day?" or "What's up?" to say something good. For instance, "My day? Oh, I had the weirdest things happen at Starbucks/the bakery/ at work/whatever"
Use your imagination. Don't tell him what happened, let him ask that. Of course an example, if nothing funny or good happened you gotta think of something else.
Get creative. Have fun with it all

If they're too lazy to put in the effort then why bother. After a couple of polite 'heys' I lose interest. If u have nothing to say then I neither do I.

I'm surprised men had soo many different reasons. For me, it's to see if the recipient is interested in a conversation. Also, with so many fake profiles I do it to see if the next message is going to be ... email, text or Skype me to talk. so why waste my time putting effort into the first reach out? If she responds then my next message won't be effortless.

Hi Ome :)

If you are fighting with someone you never met in the first week of e-mailing , its usually a pretty good sign that you are incompatible. Its actually not such a bad thing that they stopped talking to you. It cuts down the time-wasting on people who are obviously not the right match for you. More time for focusing on new people who might be a better fit for you :)

When it comes to online dating , first impressions are EVERYTHING.

You have to stand out for the right reasons.

Its like showing up at a club, without paying attention to your grooming.

Sure there will be dozens of people there that arent worth your time or effort.

But what about the one or two girls you happen upon that you might potentially wish to attract?

Using hi/hey/hello/whats up etc as your opening line on a chatsite is the cyber equivalent of the guy /girl showing up at the club , looking boring as heck with zero charisma . Its not your intention but thats just how its generally pereceived

The worst first message I ever got from someone was "H". That was it. One letter. I don't even know what that means.

hahaaa..I have gotten them before with no words
only a stupid smiley

like this:

While small talk is an ice breaker, it fails to keep me interested for long. After saying "hey" once, something a bit more interesting needs to follow it.

Once I got this smile.. , so I smiled back just for the heck of it. It went on for three days until I asked if he was going to say anything or just smile. Guess he just wanted to smile

oh that was funny, pisces

It really was, I should do that more often, they'll all stop writing

agreed, usually I ignore these

hey what?

Definitely....like at some point just don't bother reading messages.

Awkward moments even in a crowded room one can hear the crickets,maybe a slight sense that something is amiss perhaps the spidey senses are tingling if one could just at that moment fire a web from their arse and pull themselves up to the ceiling away from the moment ..altho maybe slightly painful a lot less I feel than the moment..or maybe not I've yet to try..

Perhaps I should try ..if for nothing else it would break the ice as my blind date would surely ask me as to why I keep hiking my arse up toward the ceiling..

Hi

Hi

Hey..................Folks a job well done had plenty of out bursts of laughter. I needed that

Hello or Hi are better than Hey; but another words and phrases must follow to complete the message.

The 3 "H" are informal; they are not bad;they are informally gentle.

There are formulas more formal and polite in writing communication area.