Rules for MFP DMs
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Don't send a DM when you could have made the same comment on my feed. Ex: person sees pic and dives into DM just to say how "great" the pic is as though they are afraid for someone to see what they have to say.
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no, I don't want to snapchat.4
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My rule:
If you feel like sending a woman a message here because you think she wants to hear from you, she probably doesn't.8 -
GymGoddessGoals wrote: »Don't send a DM when you could have made the same comment on my feed. Ex: person sees pic and dives into DM just to say how "great" the pic is as though they are afraid for someone to see what they have to say.
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »no, I don't want to snapchat.
Haha, to whomever disagreed... It's true. I REALLY hate snapchat. Lol
I've given the benefit of the doubt a few times, and yeah... Nope.2 -
I reserve DM's for conversations that are too long or specific for a post or feed comment. Ex: discussion about tens unit recommendation and where to buy it. Or the ingredients/prep of my lunch bowl (ground turkey, broccoli, onion, tomato, and brown rice).
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messages require too much of a commitment. you'll expect a reply and then I feel bad if I don't reply, and then you'll reply back and expect ANOTHER reply and really. its too much. LOL
I don't even like TEXTING
*kitten* I'm old.
in all (other) honesty though... I don't care if people have a (legitimate) question and send a DM asking. I feel I post enough and have enough on my profile that people can get a feel for me or get to know me that way.
I had a guy who had sent me a message after we became 'friends' and wanted to know about me. dude its all on my profile. married, happy. live on a farm. in Virginia. what more do you want to know? kept asking me what I was here for, or what I wanted from him as a friend. now, it could have been innocent but felt like he was fishing.
he's no longer my friend.
and that's how I deal with that LOL3 -
the most important thing is to be respectful4
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also whatever happened to that guy who used to message all the girls asking if they wanted to kick him in the *kitten* and stuff?6
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Don’t be a creep. Send encouragement if you are sincere. Words of encouragement are so powerful. People honestly need so little affirmation to help get through some of the darkest of times. Maybe a person needs that, or a laugh. I’m always open to send and receive if it’s coming from a place of sincerity. Who knows the power it might have. If the person doesn’t respond back don’t take offense, move on and know you might have helped.2
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and never be afraid to tell them that "its kinda hard to message here isn't it haha"11
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Don’t be a creep. Send encouragement if you are sincere. Words of encouragement are so powerful. People honestly need so little affirmation to help get through some of the darkest of times. Maybe a person needs that, or a laugh. I’m always open to send and receive if it’s coming from a place of sincerity. Who knows the power it might have. If the person doesn’t respond back don’t take offense, move on and know you might have helped.
All of that can be done with a post or comment on the profile. If this is your sincere intention then a DM is completely unnecessary.7 -
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GymGoddessGoals wrote: »Don’t be a creep. Send encouragement if you are sincere. Words of encouragement are so powerful. People honestly need so little affirmation to help get through some of the darkest of times. Maybe a person needs that, or a laugh. I’m always open to send and receive if it’s coming from a place of sincerity. Who knows the power it might have. If the person doesn’t respond back don’t take offense, move on and know you might have helped.
All of that can be done with a post or comment on the profile. If this is your sincere intention then a DM is completely unnecessary.
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Its all downhill after the first PM
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I think I've gotten to old to DM. I'm not interesting and I don't play along with the flirt/recipe exchanging game. Booooorrrringg.4
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Do not initiate or fall for the "If I was there right now" scenario4
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make no effort whatsoever to remember their name and just give them a nickname instead because lets be honest a fake name is good enough sometimes anyhow9
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GymGoddessGoals wrote: »Don't send a DM when you could have made the same comment on my feed. Ex: person sees pic and dives into DM just to say how "great" the pic is as though they are afraid for someone to see what they have to say.
For what it's worth... I've done that before (not sure if to you or not, just speaking generally) with exactly ZERO intent/inferences "between the lines". I did mean it as only a simple compliment. I've since stopped though, because interweb.4 -
BEASTFIELD314 wrote: »Would be nice if someone sent me a message... I think I count on one hand and divide by 2 the number of messages I have ever received. :flowerforyou:
Good Morning, Hot Stuff
Do you want to dance?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQl0r0DODcE1 -
GymGoddessGoals wrote: »Don't send a DM when you could have made the same comment on my feed. Ex: person sees pic and dives into DM just to say how "great" the pic is as though they are afraid for someone to see what they have to say.
For what it's worth... I've done that before (not sure if to you or not, just speaking generally) with exactly ZERO intent/inferences "between the lines". I did mean it as only a simple compliment. I've since stopped though, because interweb.
Sadly, the number of negative experiences that many experience has outweighed the number of positive, that unfortunately the worst is often assumed.3 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »GymGoddessGoals wrote: »Don't send a DM when you could have made the same comment on my feed. Ex: person sees pic and dives into DM just to say how "great" the pic is as though they are afraid for someone to see what they have to say.
For what it's worth... I've done that before (not sure if to you or not, just speaking generally) with exactly ZERO intent/inferences "between the lines". I did mean it as only a simple compliment. I've since stopped though, because interweb.
Sadly, the number of negative experiences that many experience has outweighed the number of positive, that unfortunately the worst is often assumed.
Yea... that's why I stopped. Unsolicited compliments from and unknown man, via the internet... even if my intentions were sincere I doubt things were received that way.
And even someone wasn't as jaded and skeptical as me, I've come to realize that the person sending the message is more important than the actual message. A message sent from someone you know/like can be interpreted very differently than that same message from someone you don't know. So I pretty much just keep my keyboard silent these days.5
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