12 Strategies For Finding A Date On Facebook Pt. 3

Posted by The Marksman at 24 August, at 07 : 25 AM Print

Facebook has taken the lead as the most popular social networking site taking the spot once held by Myspace.  Many people use social networking sites for a variety of reasons, but, there are many other uses, and one of them is dating.  Look it’s simple you have two single people who have similar interests, does it really matter how they meet?

Facebook has opened up the opportunity for people to screen and select a person they may be interested in dating, and much of this can be done without ever saying a word to the person.  With this new found avenue to meet people, there are still some rules and tactics that should be followed.  This is part three of a three part article on strategies you should use when trying to find a date on Facebook.

9. – Appear On Their Page Infrequently

You obviously want to show interest, but people can smell desperation from a mile away. The less you post on their page, the better. It will make them realize you have a life outside of your social network. It will also show that they special enough to communicate with privately and not on their page for all to see.  On top of that is is fairly lame when you see people post things, and you see a person posting things like “I will be over when you get off since you need company”, that is not going to make the person want to talk to you.  Most will try to play it off as joking or what not, but if you do not have that type of existing relationship with the person then you just look lame.

10. – Use the Chat Feature

Many people forget about the chat feature on Facebook. If you want to get more one-on-one with your romantic interest, instant message them when they are online.  You can get an immediate response instead of waiting for them to reply to a message that might take her days to open.

Of course follow the general rules of early contact with a person, don’t start out professing your love for the person right from the jump.  You are trying to win the marathon and not the race, so keep the first chat session short and conversation light.  If you are too overbearing then you may never see the person online using the chat feature again, some people get annoyed with the random hello’s out of the blue.

11. – Avoid Liking All of Their Status’s and Posts

One of the most annoying thing you can do is hitting that like button every time a person posts something.  The same rule applies if it is someone you are interested in, hitting like on 36 of 36 posts is going to get you kicked of their friends list fast.  It gets even more annoying when the person logs in, and see that you have liked their last four status updates all at the same time.  It’s almost like just like stalking, you are sitting online waiting for them to post something and hitting the like button almost immediately.  This is definitely a way to ensure that you will never get a date with that person, so avoid doing it at all costs.

12. – Don’t Try to Woo Them Through Status Updates

This seems to be running rampant on Facebook these days people using their status updates to send messages to their enemies and friends.  I can understand sending veiled messages to your enemies especially when they do something to piss  you off, it’s a great way to let someone know that you know about the foul things they did without making it obvious.  I still advocate the keep your business out of status updates approach, but watching other people do it provides me with great comedy.

An even worse idea is professing your love for some random person who does not even know you are interested in them yet.  If they are on your friends list  and have no clue you are interested in them then they can miss the message entirely, and if you are too obvious about it then you are only going to embarrass them.  The most likely outcome is the person misses that your message is for them, and some other person who you are not interested in mistakes the message for them.  Be direct whenever possible and avoid beating around the bush.

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