What kind of messages are you sending? Ones that say 'Hi' or 'Hey' or don't seem like they've read the profile, or ones with long rambling cut and pasted gener

What kind of messages are you sending? Ones that say 'Hi' or 'Hey' or don't seem like they've read the profile, or ones with long rambling cut and pasted generic rambling letters about how they are 'good people and want to treat you XYZ' don't really deserve replies. Do they just want anyone? Or are they looking specifically for something more? Some message sent do deserve replies, but the people receiving them might just have a full schedule of work/life/ect. Not everyone who is on a dating site is actively searching daily. Additionally, you can't know who is participating, only who is not participating with you. You may have really lovely words to share, but the recipient might be tracking 3 other message threads. No one is obligated to respond. It's not really plausible to punish people for not being the right level of active on these sitss. The search results do tend to favor more active/updated profiles. That said, if you can come up with a great way to improve engagement across a new dating platform, you may find some measure of success. The IAC owns Match.com, OKC, Tinder and recently bought PlentyOfFish. Maybe you can make something new in a space that seems saturated, but is rapidly becoming more consolidated.