[QUOTE=DreplyNow;7025512]Started using this message template a few days ago with really good results. Not 100% perfect, but, got some good data points.
Message Summary:
OMG, you won't believe this! There has been an influx of fake profiles on the site. It's political season.
Are you willing to do a 2 or 3 minute live, real-time call (Snap, WhatsApp, or Facetime) just to have a quick hello?
You can send a short, live video if you want.
Since we the hope is that we are going to meet up anyway. Might as well get it out of the way.
By the way, how's your Summer been?
Add maybe 1 line about their profile on something interesting. Ex. "Wait, your profile said some college? What Uni do you go to?
So, with this new message, I've been able to cut down on:
1. Incoming messages "Hey / Hi" profiles that were fake.
2. Outgoing. They see the message & quickly either block / remove / delete their profile.
3. Follow-Ups -- The ones that are real have actually been responding quickly if I haven't spoken to them in at least a month.
Overall, this message has been a quick filter to kind of quickly weed out some of the ones that I aim to go for, but are on the fence. It allows me to not waste time.
If you use it, recommend to have two two tabs open. 1) one for the profile search, 2.) one on the SENT EMAILS -- so you can quickly see the opens, and which ones have either blocked or hid themselves. LOL.[/QUOTE]I ask questons like how long they lived there and what their favorite restaurant is. When they reply back and totally ignore the answer you know they are bots.