Ice breakers and Yahoo

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Registered: 03-27-2004
Ice breakers and Yahoo
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Thu, 11-09-2006 - 4:57pm

Country Girl Up North got me thinking with her post on who's viewed you recently on Yahoo (by the way CGUN, your hair looks fabulous in your picture!! You look very pretty!), anyway, I'm sounding like I have ADD here...I have questions about ice breakers on Yahoo. I emailed a guy who had his profile up with pictures. He can't be getting a ton of emails. He's a hefty bald guy who lives in the middle of nowhere, but his profile is really funny. He sent me back an ice breaker, something along the lines of "tell me more about you".

Does that mean he might not be a subscriber? I think I'm finally getting it. Can you have a profile up and not subscribe? Can a non-subscriber read my emails? Maybe what he wanted me to tell him was my email address. But I'm not too interested in someone who is too cheap to join.

Don't mind me, I'm kind of a ding bat about these things...just thinking maybe that's why I got the oddball ice breaker and not a real email.

Chick

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 11-09-2006 - 5:02pm

Yes, you can have a profile and not be a subscriber--I'd venture to guess that the vast majority of profiles on OLD sites fit that description!

A non-subscriber on Yahoo can read your emails (or at least that was true the last time I checked), but you have to hide your email address or it will be stripped out (I think if you don't use the @ symbol or .com you should be ok but am not sure).

And you can't assume that someone who isn't a subscriber is too cheap--they may have been a subscriber in the past, perhaps, but they are taking a break at the moment and waiting to subscribe again until they get a few people they are interested in talking to, for example (can you tell I'm speaking from my own experience here, LOL?).

Sheri

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Registered: 10-17-2002
Thu, 11-09-2006 - 5:48pm
Like Sheri said, don't assume they are too cheap just because they are not a paying member.

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Thu, 11-09-2006 - 8:47pm

Ok, thanks Vexer and Sheri, that's exactly what I needed to know. This happened about 2 months ago and I was really puzzled because I sent him a funny email and all I got was the ice breaker.

Yeap, I'm being too judgemental thinking it's cheapness that makes people not join. I dated a guy I met OL about 5 years ago who prided himself on meeting women on Match without joining. He was thrilled if he got a double coupon on stove top stuffing and got it for free. He was so cheap he squeaked!

Chick

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Thu, 11-09-2006 - 10:12pm
Thanks.

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Thu, 11-09-2006 - 11:22pm

Well it looks really good on you. Keep us posted. I'm a dark brunette and could never be a blonde, sometimes I wish I could try. I suspect with your new color you are going to attract a lot of dudes!!

Chick