Prefabbed PM's

They are seemingly sincere and send totally the wrong message. Do not get me wrong, the idea of a greeting is a completely genuine thing -- it is a great way of saying "Hello, I have noticed your presence, find _______ interesting, and would like get to know you a bit better!"

Consequently, the entire purpose of any such outreach is totally undermined when the individual you are extending a welcome to realizes what was received is nothing more than a generic paragraph transmogrified to mesh.

What makes for the more genuine statement:

A swift control + v keystroke coupled with the replacement of a name

OR

A short sentence or two, written ad-hoc in earnest?

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Personally, I'd rather have a short pm written to me in earnest. In the past couple of days I've received at least least 2 prefabbed pms - one offering me "a challenge" and the other, presumably, the ability to be a travel companion of a well-endowed man with whom I had a lot in common.

The second one pissed me off more than the first one, as it was so lengthy and kind of insulted my intelligence. Like I'm not going to notice it wasn't an actual personal message. Ick.
 
LaFemme;bt35366 said:
. . . and the other, presumably, the ability to be a travel companion of a well-endowed man with whom I had a lot in common.

The second one pissed me off more than the first one, as it was so lengthy and kind of insulted my intelligence. Like I'm not going to notice it wasn't an actual personal message. Ick.

That was fuel for my bonfire!
 
I personally prefer the emoticon stories...

:wave: :You_Rock_Emoticon: :flirt: :phone: :fing02: :boobies: :naughty: :clap: :arms: :lmao: :wave2:
 
That entire PM was the worst sell I could have imagined for becoming someone's fuck-doll and part-time suitcase ornament.

"Ohhh, like, wowwww! You're, like, offer, yah, it's sooo enticing! I totallly have nothing better going on in my liiiife, of course I'd, like, travel with you for sex"

/feigned airhead response
 
JenniTalia;bt35371 said:
That entire PM was the worst sell I could have imagined for becoming someone's fuck-doll and part-time suitcase ornament.

"Ohhh, like, wowwww! You're, like, offer, yah, it's sooo enticing! I totallly have nothing better going on in my liiiife, of course I'd, like, travel with you for sex"

/feigned airhead response

Lol, I know, right? He just pissed me off - someone will go for it tho. Wonder if his educated self will find this blog.....do women actually talk to each other? nah.....well, at least not the women who'll fall for his pms.
 
Hi [insert user name], I'm interested in [item mentioned in profile] and want to converse at greater length with you about [shared interests].

-- [First name here]
 
volvo;bt35375 said:
Hi [insert user name], I'm interested in [item mentioned in profile] and want to converse at greater length with you about [shared interests].

-- [First name here]


Crap, forgot to fill in the blanks...
 
Im so glad im not a woman. All the shit you have to put up with. I just figured out bra clasps not too long ago. Makeup today requires you to be a cross between a chemical engineer and mad scientist. F that. Ill stick to being a neanderthal, but I promise to keep my PMs to myself.
 
volvo;bt35375 said:
Hi [insert user name], I'm interested in [item mentioned in profile] and want to converse at greater length with you about [shared interests].

-- [First name here]

That would actually be a step up! You would have actually looked at my profile to mention something! :biggrin1: Most mass mailers find that would slow them down......
 
I personally think a well thought out response is better than both. Take the time to read the posts of the individual. It will give you a greater insight into what they like, what they look for @nd maybe what they would like to talk about. Then craft your response to the individual. But some may find this creepy, in the fact that a person was "researching" them buy maybe I'm just being overly paranoid about a hypothetical situation. My wife recently joined and I'm actually helping her to weed out the flotsam that will eventually drift into her path. I'm no time at all I'm sure a signature of "please get to know before sending friend requests" or something to that effect will be forthcoming. In the meantime its funny to see the random friend requests all because she has an awesome validation photo. ( My opinion may be biased as I love the bejesus outta her). *-*
 

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