Saturday, June 2, 2012

First impressions and initial setup of my profile

One of the first things that I had to do after registering for RomanceSecreto was to fill out my profile. While it is not necessary to enter in any additional information more than the very basic information required to register, the site recommends very strongly that each user write a description about themselves and place photos on their profile. It seems logical that if I want to maximize the results from my efforts, that it is a good idea to create a good impression of myself through my profile. It also seems that profiles that are more complete show up higher in the search results.

So, I have entered in a two paragraph description of myself, including my situation, what I am looking for, how I feel, etc. (very similar to what I wrote in the last blog). I have also placed some public photos with my face blurred and some photos of trees and other stuff that I find interesting, as well as some private photos in which my face is visible, but only to people that I authorize to view my private photos.

As a free user of RomanceSecreto.com, I am allowed to send messages to two new people per day (people that I have already sent messages to don't count in this limit), as well as to  invite up to 5 people to be "chat friends" (these are people that you can chat with one-on-one using the RomanceSecreto chat functionality - similar to Facebook chat), as well as to send as many free winks and kisses to as many people as I like. The site claims that the limits on the number of messages per day are in place to prevent Spam messages from being sent, but I suspect that it is just a ploy to get people to move up to a VIP registration after testing out the site. In addition to the above forms of contacting people, there are also free group chats available, that usually have between 10 and 20 people joined in each group, and around five to 10 people actively chatting (in Spanish generally - my Spanish is quite good) at any given time. In the chat groups if you click on the username of each person, you will be shown their profile - which is a great way of seeing each person that you are talking with.

One interesting aspect of RomanceSecreto is that people can mark their photos as "private" which means that it is necessary to request a key from that person in order to see the pictures that they have marked as private. How do I ask for a key? -- I have to send them a message, talk to them in a private chat, or ask them in a group chat - and literally say to them "hey, can you send me your key?". If they agree, then they can then view my profile and click on a key symbol (thereby giving me a key), which means that the next time that I view their profile, I will automatically be shown their private photos.

I have now sent messages to two different women, whom appeared that I might have a mutual attraction, and I am now waiting for responses ....  the adventure begins.

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