By
JustAskJulie
Have you ever contacted someone online even though you weren't interested in them, just to compliment them on something in their profile (or their personage)? or vice versa?
I was just looking through signups for one of the upcoming parties we are attending and ran across a profile that while I didn't think we were a match for them, I loved her hair and wanted to send her a message just to say that. Then I noticed they are also from a long way away which made me wonder why they were gonna be in our area. However, since I can't say we'd likely be interested (who knows I might be surprised) it seemed a stretch to message them anyway. I can always compliment her hair in person (if it looks the same as in the pictures).
We have occasionally gotten messages along the lines of "hey, nice pictures" or something like that and upon looking at their profile we see there is obviously no match and assume it's just meant as a compliment (rather than a come-on) and thank them accordingly. We don't really think odd about it, but I wonder how others view this type of contact?