Maybe 6 out of 600 would make the cut. Others were nice to horrific - read: pic with ex, all pics smooching dog/harley/truck/beer bottle, obviously pics from 80's, lying in bed undressed!?!?, obviously lying about their age by 20 years, etc. If the pic is that bad, not wasting time on profile. If the pic is interesting, would be nice if the profile was at least half filled out. Sorry if I offend the sensibilities of some of the men here, but really you gotta see what us ladies get some times - of course this is limited by distance setting being pretty low....

Boy, I can relate to that!
I wonder about that too - I find the vast majority of women (who post their pictures) to be at least fairly (physically) attractive to me; I wonder if my standards are just unusually low or what?

Hmm. . .I always made a point of reading the profile before looking at the pictures, I guess so that I was looking at the pictures in some sort of context, if that makes any sense. I have a really hard time being attracted to anyone just from looking at a picture. . .repulsion is much easier to judge, but I don't recall most matches automatically falling into that category.

For the most part, I was turned off long before I got to the pictures. . .sometimes because what was written was just plain scary, and sometimes it was impossible to decipher, but mostly because it just didn't fit me. I couldn't picture myself spending mass quantities of time with someone who wrote what these guys wrote. That doesn't mean there was anything wrong with them - I just simply couldn't see me with them.

I found one match whose profile was short as could be, but it was straightforward, heartfelt, and I knew it wasn't written to try to impress anybody. He had three pictures, and in two he had some kinda goofy expression on his face, but the third was pure happiness. That picture was with his dog, and he wasn't wearing any pants. . .but after reading his profile, all I saw was a really happy guy with kind eyes, and that was a guy I wanted to know.

It was the only match (out of I don't know how many) that I was ever attracted to, the only one that I ever initiated contact with, the only one I ever met, and the one I'm still with now. I've come to love him, his dog, and all his goofy facial expressions. And he almost always does wear pants.

So, no, I don't think it's uncommon to not be attracted to a ton of your matches, or even a few. But, I also don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. I mean, you only need to scrounge up one, right?

except for the lucky top 5% of good looking guys, the majority of how attractive a guy is comes from how he acts, holds himself, talks, and other things that you just cant see in a block of text.

Most people just dont know what to say about themselves in a profile, not to mention the fact that NOTHING bad should be making it into the profile anyways.

If you have a free day, meet some of the people, even if your not attracted to them. Make sure you tell them its a "drink only" or "coffee only" meeting, and that your not planning on having it run over 10-20 minutes and its definatly NOT a date. Just a meet and greet...mayby just mayby sparks will fly.

If not, youve only wasted 20 minutes.

I do it all the time, 20 minutes of my life to give them a chance... but then again, im social and i dont mind meeting new people. Ive made quite a few really good friends but ive not found that special somebody yet. But at least im having fun trying.

The things that im attracted to, i cant tell on eharmony. honesty, caring, loyalty, quirkyness, spontenaity... you really just cant see in a profile.

the only thing i can see from a profile is if they are much larger than myself, and thus wouldnt be able to keep up (usually) to my active lifestyle. I dont mind dating larger women, but it always comes down to the difference in activity levels if they are too far above my weight. But then again, i dont like dating athelets that leave me in the dust either, skinny isnt an attractive quality to me...

The best way to tell if they are worth meeting is to make a list in advance of your CANT STANDS and compair it to the profile.

For example, if you dont want to date someone whos bald (my biggest downfall personally) then DONT.

but if you cant tell if they are bald, go out with them, meet them once see they are bald, and let them know politly that your not compatable.

But if you have something like "must have sparks" on your checklist, you will NEVER find someone because sparks only happen when you actually meet.