Not on OKCupid, but I heartily agree!

Actually, I think any one of those three things would indicate no-keeper status. She's a hat trick!

I'm new to the whole OKC thing. Give me your tips for actually getting replies and meeting people! Halp!

Absolutely. keep it simple and call your exes weirdos instead of complicatedly pathologizing them

Nah, don't mention exes at all.

E:
I agree with just about everything said in this comment, except the "don't take the questions seriously" part. Take them seriously, but definitely don't stop at just answering the question.

Long story short: put enough information in your profile to give them something to ask you/start a conversation about.

Also, don't just wait to be emailed by the perfect match, because the signal:noise is really bad on the lady's end.

I'm new to the whole OKC thing. Give me your tips for actually getting replies and meeting people! Halp!

1. Pick another dating site.

I would stay away from her borough for awhile. . .but I am guessing she is in Brooklyn.

What Miko said.

Might be different for you tho E., because you're in a different age bracket and of a different gender. You're got common sense, you'll be fine.

1. Pick another dating site.

Eh. Not desperate enough to pay. Yet. Or is there another free site?

You've got common sense, you'll be fine.

You've met me, right? Common sense is pretty much my Achilles Heel.

Nah, don't mention exes at all.

lol yeah I was just going for a throwaway sleepy witticism there based on the original post

Eide: I recommend pictures of you on a swing. That's done it for me.

Actually, I just think that it's far, far, far easier to be a girl on online dating websites.

I actually met my wife on OkCupid five years ago. It's been so long that I can't really offer tips other than be honest, and don't write more than a few paragraphs in the first contact.

This is what catches my old fashioned eye on dating sites:

I like profiles where the man talks about what he's interested in. In detail -- give a person something to go on! An amusing anecdote is a nice touch, if one is a good storyteller, but not absolutely necessary. Really, the more words the better is the thing. Just talk about your life.

I don't like profiles where the man makes a laundry list of what his new woman is supposed to be like, or worse, complains about how badly he's been treated by other women. And I never ever ever respond to profiles that use the expression "LOL," but that's possibly just my personal prejudice.

Make sure you're not wearing sunglasses in ALL your pictures. Make sure you can actually be seen in the pictures. And smile, fer cryin' out loud; nobody wants to go out with some deadeyed staring person, but I keep seeing picture after picture like that.

If you have said you will not date an atheist, do not email the person whose profile clearly states that they are an atheist. If you put right there in your profile that you do not like dogs, you should not email the person whose profile says they have dogs. If you email someone, make sure there is something they can respond to in the email. "Wow I really liked your poetic self-summary" is not gonna do it all alone.

I'm getting bitter quickly and I try not to spend much time there.

I have started contacting people and I think I have to change my strategy. I think I've been being too nice and sociable to people I think I should give a chance. And some people are just jerks. This one guy keeps emailing me that I am rude or stuck up for not emailing him. His latest volley is that I don't like white people. This guy can't seriously expect even a reaction, can he? How do you block people?

Ethylene, on his next message to you (or, if you haven't deleted them, the most recent one) scroll down to the text box where you'd respond. There are three buttons to the right of that box - "block him/her" is the middle one.

Some people are just...stupid.

Thanks, I've just been deleting them. I hope they're made aware they are blocked but I think this guy is done. Where do you go from there?