Ever wonder why people aren't responding to those initial shout outs? Maybe starting to wonder if you're doing anything wrong? Well, another 'dating' site out there has done some analysis for us, and provided some well reasoned advice:
Exactly what to say in a first message

Mind you, I've never used said dating site, and am not suggesting that anyone here consider it. Seems like doing so would be genuinely antithetical to our general purpose in being here.. This is my way of saying I'm not trying to do any kind of promoting.
I'm just a data guy, and analytics puts food on the table. Those among you who are interested in other data and/or statistics, feel free to hit me up. I do intel on stuff just for fun ( .. no, it really isn't any wonder that I'm single, lol ..)
Exactly what to say in a first message

Mind you, I've never used said dating site, and am not suggesting that anyone here consider it. Seems like doing so would be genuinely antithetical to our general purpose in being here.. This is my way of saying I'm not trying to do any kind of promoting.
I'm just a data guy, and analytics puts food on the table. Those among you who are interested in other data and/or statistics, feel free to hit me up. I do intel on stuff just for fun ( .. no, it really isn't any wonder that I'm single, lol ..)