Whether you like Hot or Not, Rate O Meter, Rate My Looks, or Rate My Foot (that’s a joke…at least we hope it is) then you are no doubt very interested to know what kind of photo you should upload.  The idea of a “rate me!” feature on a dating site is a great one, not only for ice breakers (some sites actually have a rate my photo feature in addition to a chat and browse function), but also for anonymously testing your dating photo before you post it on a well populated dating site.

A variety of photo poses have been tried before, from headshots to activity photos to even quirky humorous poses.  Instinct says that you should just post a photo that you think you look good in…confidence is important right?  True, but following a general precedent might help win extra points based solely on your looks, and not on your bad artistic choices.

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Don’t assume that the cold fish you’re talking to online is a bad person or has a major attitude problem.  If this person seem distant and yet continues to talk to you, you may simply be talking to a shy person.  As online dating and its positive reputation grows, more and more shy people will pop up from time to time.

Shy men and women may actually be relieved to be pursuing online dating as it takes away a lot of the stress that accompanies an in-person date.  Why worry about how you look or how you say something when you can just type it?  Not that online dating eliminates all of the worry.  After all, once you become attracted to a person (perhaps after viewing their profile picture) a lot of that care-less confidence flies out the window.

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So, are you getting hot and bothered at the prospect of a casual affair with a sexy stranger?  Hold it right there!  Not to rain on your parade, but did you know that some dating websites actually host fake user accounts?  That’s right my friends.  You could be flirting with a robot.  And not a cool robot like Bender.  Just an artificial life form with no personality.

Why Are There Fake Profiles?

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The very idea of turning a guy off might seem impossible!  After all some guys are turned on by poop, and happen to think that girls are sugar and spice and everything nice.  Indeed, you will find that most guys are not turned off by physical appearances at all.  There are male lovers of every physical imperfection, from big beautiful women to even French women that don’t shave.

However, there are ways to turn a guy off and these scenarios usually have more to do with emotional and mental turn offs, rather than strictly physical.  You may want to use this article as a reference on what not to do, or at least for ideas on to scare away Don Juans from Egypt who can barely spell the word “beautiful.”

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So, was your last profile description a disaster?  Did you notice all your new friends suddenly went invisible every time you showed up?  This is what you call virtual BO.  And that usually results from a bad profile description.  We’re not even going to discuss a bad profile picture, because you should know by now that pictures of ALF are not going to win you any points.  Your dates want honesty, attractiveness and a nice image showing success. 

Why Are Profiles So Hard to Write?

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