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1. SingleGuyInNC wrote:

   I’m b-a-ack…

   I turned matching back on earlier this week. Three days later, I have 30 fresh matches in the queue and most are within an hour drive (as opposed to all over the USA, which is MILES better than I got before). Most have yet to even look at my profile, provided eH hasn’t changed the stages/status indicator, which is disappointing (or I’m being matched to a bunch of inactive accounts, since I’ve been out of the matching database for a while). Anyhow, I initiated with all of them, we’ll see where it goes. One match from several months back responded to my RFC early Friday morning and we are almost to OC. I nudged some of the open matches from a few months back but I doubt I’ll hear from them.

   I changed my profile (again) to be less specific, tweaked a few preferences since they were already about as “loose” as I could tolerate. I changed one self-descriptor based on prior threads here, which I think is what helped the most to get me so many matches.

   We’ll see how it goes. I’ll report back in more details after FCW 11 is over.

   Posted 29 Aug 2008 at 1:11 pm ¶
2. SingleGuyInNC wrote:

   Here is my FCW 11 wrap-up…

   The daily match delivery distribution looked like this:
   [matching turned off for several weeks] 14 8 8 8 5 4 [and it's now turned off]

   47 matches delivered in 6 days. Didn’t keep tabs on a specific time period before but that seems to be better than I recall it being.

   Of the 47:
   Closed me – 14
   I closed – 2

   Of the remaining 33:
   Communicating – 11
   Response rate – 33% initiated or responded to communication

   Of the 11:
   Got to OC – 6
   OC percentage overall: 12.8%
   Useful OC percentage: 19.4%
   (i.e. matches delivered that didn’t close me or I closed them)

   This is far better than the 5% overall OC of closed matches or %5.5 OC of all matches.

   What remains to be seen, is if any of them result in dates, since for a change, they are all located within a reasonable distance.

   Posted 03 Sep 2008 at 9:28 am ¶
3. eharmonyblog wrote:

   Congrats, SingleGuy! Welcome back to the saddle.

   Posted 03 Sep 2008 at 9:32 am ¶
4. SingleGuyInNC wrote:

   Post FCW:
   Two responded to communications after FCW. Temptation to pay and join again, I suppose. One OC’er closed after exchanging pictures. One nudge from “the past” responded (I didn’t nudge as many this time around with all the new matches).

   My main concern is what happens to the ones I’m communicating with after we chat some more and they get to know me better (i.e. I didn’t put as much on my profile as I have in the past) as well as exchanging pictures (I’ve only gotten picture of three of the remaining 5). One appreciates having pictures as part of the “go/no-go”, too. You sort of feel bad going through all the steps only to not feel very attracted to someone but I tend to lean more on personality provided they meet basic requirements (healthy body composition).

   I’m almost tempted to try membership again for three months to see what I can get with the new profile. Perhaps if none of the matches I’m e-mailing pan out…

   Posted 03 Sep 2008 at 9:33 am ¶

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