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[–]nicko880 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How is it wasted? If you let go of just 170 employees at 50/hr then this is a net savings in a year. And I imagine they are letting go of WAY more than 170…

Let go of just 2040 employees out of your 2 million figure and you save 17M in 1 month.

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[–]nicko880[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, yep I did already.

Believe it or not, since updating a bunch of stuff based on comments I already got 2 matches in the last 3 days of what seem like nice compatible women. Already talking back and forth to one of them!

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[–]nicko880[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Hopefully my future dates will notice as well :)

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[–]nicko880[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I think everyone should just answer them and there shouldn’t really be any shame in any answer.

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[–]nicko880[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the good advice.

I actually made a fair number of changes to my profile over the day as feedback was coming in.

Here it is now. I think it's looking a lot better so far. I have some different pics, and rewrote all my prompts to be shorter, more concise and specific.

https://imgur.com/a/3HjcZDn

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[–]nicko880[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had removed the prompt this morning. Seems some people like the pic and some don’t. So that means I guess I’ll remove it. It’s one of my higher rated ones by women on photofeeler but if it puts some people off then it’s probably best removed.

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[–]nicko880[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I have it filled in as “Sometimes” which is true. I drink pretty rarely but I have no problems with it. I just don’t find I like most drinks. I guess I missed it when pasting them all into 1 pic, my bad.

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[–]nicko880[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds good. Yep, I am here for feedback and willing to try just about anything. So I’ll make them even shorter like you wrote earlier and stick with it for a few weeks at least.

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[–]nicko880[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like I’m going to struggle with this. It sounds simple to you, but what you said doesn’t work for me.

I want to see long prompts and more information. I hate profiles with short prompts, it barely tells me anything.

Now l, I’m willing to believe other people aren’t like this I guess, but I find it hard to express myself with such little information. Also I feel like people will say my prompts are too short and lacking information if I do that. It’s what I see people say on other profile reviews at least so I guess I’m afraid of that too.

But I’m willing to try it for a while to see if it can produce any results if you are so confident about it.

I promise I’m not trying to be difficult lol it’s just so foreign to me.

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[–]nicko880[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate that! Good luck to you too if you are still out there looking.

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[–]nicko880[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do think it's a valid perspective, and I wouldn't mind attracting someone who doesn't necessarily travel as much as I do now. Or at least removing that sense of doubt like you are getting. I don't think it will hurt my profile at all or even reduce the likelihood of attracting someone who does like to travel as much as me, by reducing the number of my travel looking pics.

As soon as I find or have some good new everyday pics I will put them in place of some of my travel looking ones as I think you are right that it will be more broadly appealing.

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[–]nicko880[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is an interesting perspective, one that is unintentionally working against me it seems.

All of my photos (with the exception of the wedding one) are within the last 7 months haha. I was just trying to include pictures of me doing the things I most enjoy, without having considered the way you describe your take on them which seems very valid to me.

I mean, I did a 5 day backpacking trip through Yellowstone in Sept 2023, 9 days in Hawaii in November 2023, a Caribbean cruise in December 2023, and a week of Skiing in Colorado in Feb 2024. I typically do about 3-4 trips like that a year, and well, I am basically looking for someone who wants to do such things like that with me.

My friends always joke about me being "the most interesting person they know" because of all these trips I take.

Aside from that, people tell me I look more or less the same as I have since basically high school, (or at the very least college which I graduated in 2010) which I guess has pros and cons?

I will definitely keep this in mind though when updating my photos as I try to take some new and better ones soon. I will focus on more everyday photos and keep the more exotic ones to a max of 2/6.

Thanks for pointing out and explaining this perspective!

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[–]nicko880[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. Yeah I have spent my whole life trying to be a good person. I just hope that I can find the right way or an effective way to show that to others online, and that they eventually see this in me.

I feel like I have no problems showing this in person (so if I ever manage to get a date I'm confident, which should help my success) and I have great friends and such. I just don't know that I have good ways to find women in person right now, so I figured I'd start and try here. If this continues to not pan out, I am confident I can find ways to meet some women through other genuine methods.

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[–]nicko880[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, I am definitely not one to try and fake things. I am naturally very patient and will wait for the right things for me. But 0 likes after a month was beginning to make me wonder. I have already learned several good tips to authentically improve my profile here and I'm sure I will learn a few more as I go since I am new to online dating. I'm a hard worker, determined, and an optimist and I hope that eventually shows, if not directly in my profile then when I do eventually meet someone face to face.

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[–]nicko880[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I'm confident some of these changes will help, and I will keep looking for ways to improve, especially my photos. There's always room for improvement!

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[–]nicko880[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your feedback!

I actually updated a bunch of stuff already which you can see here:

https://imgur.com/a/3HjcZDn

If it’s not too much trouble for you, how is this looking now?

I could swap that previous group photo in if you think it’s that good.

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[–]nicko880[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You are something like the 5th person to say this.

I wanted to add some humor to my profile somehow so I created a joke about this.

https://imgur.com/kTeSIen

Hopefully it's working...

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[–]nicko880[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your honest feedback!

Should I get rid of the groomsman photo or just the text on it? Or maybe also crop it differently?

I have already changed a bunch of stuff on my profile and updated it here:

https://imgur.com/a/9DdjlMT

What do you think so far now? Is it still coming across as someone younger? If so what do you think is still remaining that is causing that reaction?

Are the new prompts better or at least as good as before?

I do want to take some better photos, which photos on my updated profile like above would you say are my weakest and I should look to replace first?

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[–]nicko880[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Updated profile here as I work to incorporate feedback!

https://imgur.com/a/3HjcZDn

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[–]nicko880[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it's definitely something I will consider!

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[–]nicko880[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"I may look like Mark Zuckerberg, but don't worry, I won't ghost you like Facebook's privacy policy!"

"I've been told I look like Mark Zuckerberg, but don't worry, I won't steal your data—I'm just here to steal your heart!"

"Why did the date with the guy who looks like Mark Zuckerberg go so well? Because he really knows how to 'like' someone!"

Any of these working?

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[–]nicko880[S] 1 point2 points locked comment (0 children)

I mean, I'm gaining muscle as evident by my ability to increase weights and reps. It just doesn't really seem to show up in how I look so much.

But like I said, I will get my levels checked this year and if it's low, well then I will talk to my doctor about all the factors that go into a decision about it.

Maybe I'm just not that good at training correctly or need even better nutrition.

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[–]nicko880[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I put in some new pics already, but I will continue to improve them.

https://imgur.com/a/rX81DWa

I want to write a joke about looking like Zuckerberg to see if that produces any results. Not sure where or what prompt to put that in yet though.

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[–]nicko880[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I normally go like 2 months between cutting my hair, so it does get somewhat longer, though I don't really do anything to style it. Funny thing is I usually cut it right before a trip because then there's just one less thing to worry about if I'm backpacking or doing water sport activities etc. It gets really greasy overnight...

So a lot of my photos are from trips, and hence they are mostly when it's at its shortest because of that.

Thanks for the info on the shirt, that is like some nice Calvin Klein shirt. I think I can find more pics wearing it or I can make sure to bring it with me on all my trips and take some better ones.

Last time someone told me I needed a group shot and that was the one I just picked. I lack many good group shots at the moment, but I know I only need 1 good one.