So, I made this joke profile a while ago just to scope and see if POF was worth my time. I found some picture of an slightly above-average guy and used that. My profile was just a joke "test. I want to search already. i'm great in bed" etc.

I logged in the alternate e-mail one day to find a lot of "X girl wants to meet you" messages. Okay, so I login the account and decide to mess around for 20 minutes. I start messaging every cute looking girl with some ridiculous message like "hey girl, I have a better first date. Come over to my place on friday for a pillow fight. We can get to know each other."

Well, to my surprise, I had alarming success. Date closes, number closes. Now I couldn't actually follow up since I don't look like the picture. Maybe they would have flaked. Who knows. But, I think it's funny that my BS alpha male profile, with one decent picture, and ridiculous messages would have such success. Every message was blunt, sexual, and sometimes outrageous.

So, what do I take from this. POF is not OKCupid. Do not take it as seriously.

I also learned that semi-outrageous messages get responses, even if they aren't that positive. Then you can turn it positive and let your personality show.

I would try it with the pic of a very average looking or below average guy, like this: http://www.zenriders.com/Sheriff_files/shapeimage_1.jpg or this: http://www.kwpowell360.com/accounts/acc ... CT0510.JPG

And see if you still get the same number of responses from attractive girls. My guess is that those kind of ridiculous/direct messages are very effective if you have attractive photos, but horrible if you have unattractive photos. But that's just a theory... I'd like to see what kind of results you get

lol, I doubt it, Brah.

the reason I chose the picture I did, was because I thought it was on par with my looks. I tweaked the profile just a tad. you can check it out "curtisgreenfield" I spent a whopping 2 minutes on that profile.

I read your other post. I agree that the picture is the most important thing. you definitely have to match the messages to the strength of the picture.

Original Message YOU sent on 3/23/2011 11:48:56 AM

i've figured something out for our first date. my house. pillow fights, music, and knitting (not). friday okay?


Pillow fights? How about blanket forts too? I have plans on Friday with some gals from grad school unfortunately. How about a river walk or something on Saturday? I feel like I've been sitting alot this week and want to move.




Cmon. One message date close? ridiculous. Granted, only HB7.

try just: "I'm hotter than you" as your opener.

I did that once to a very hot blond girl on OKC, and she was immediately hooked. I ended up fucking her on the first date, and a few times after that before her boringness became too much to stand. I think it perfectly triggered all her insecurities. 1 for 1, so 100% success rate so far!

haha nice, Brah.

I'm about to change my real profile to be less serious and more ridiculous. I had some good lines that I didn't want to waste on the joke profile.

I plan on taking POF not seriously at all. I'll try that line for sure.

and I highly recommend everyone work pillow fights into some openers. almost every woman that has responded seems very enticed by the idea of a pillow fight. I really like this last lady's response about blanket forts too. it's all very playful and fun, and there's something very sexual about pillow fighting I mean, if you can't close after a pillow fight...

Yeah I've been doing the same thing. Found pictures of an attractive guy and just slapped together a profile. And I find I have a easier time in getting replies and even getting messages from attractive girls. Meanwhile, in my real profile I send these 'creative' messages and it isn't so successful. While with my fake profile all I have to write is like "hi" and they respond. It just shows you that women can be just as superficial as men. So having good pictures is key, even if you aren't attractive I guess you can always take a 'good' picture and use it. Maybe that is what I need to do because I haven't updated my profile in a long time lol.