How do you focus your settings to prevent so many bad matches? I thought I had focused my interest in women who actually danced, rather than said they did, liked to do mountain hiking and do adventure travel rather than said they thought they might want to. Apparently, the eHarmony database engine just does keyword matches so any woman who puts “dancing” or walking or hiking in her profile is sent to me. I have spent dozens of hours reading and closing more than 250 “matches” during the past 3 months; how can I prevent that and increase the probability of receiving more compatible matches?
How can I set preferences to avoid receiving so many matches in my inbox at once–10-15 a day are too many to cope with?
To be frank, how can I set my preferences or settings to avoid receiving matches from unattractive, overweight women with whom I have nothing in common?

What I can add is that Customer Service can tweak certain scores in your questionnaire results. I suggest that you contact them, tell them that you're getting ladies who are physically inactive and ask them to max your athleticism score, or something like that. This ought to help you get matched to …
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