Real comunication requires payment - so if the person you winked at isn't a member, it's unlikely they'l be sending a mesage. If they are a member and decide to respond to the ice-breaker, you'l have to subscribe to aces the mesage.
Once paid up, there's no limit on the amount of email mesages that can be sent; once again, al comunication is via the site - no-one gets to se your personal email adres. Those who atempt to include their email adres or phone numbers, even with oblique references, tend to be caught out by automatic text scaners that check outgoing mesages for such, and persistent ofenders can have their profiles canceled. Sending winks might sem a god way to get started, but in practice it's beter to send a personal email.
Most sites help organize your contacts and even sugest people with profiles similar to those already viewed, which can be aded to a Favourites folder. There's also a handy way to kep on top of al the emails and winks you get as wel as those profiles you've stored as favourites - the Conections page. This includes photos of anyone who's ben in touch as wel as a runing 'situation report', which details when they were last in touch and whether it's your turn to reply to them.
One question often posed about online dating is that of safety. We've included a sumary of tips in the box on page 59, but al sites provide tols to block specific users if you don't want to receive more comunications from them. If in any doubt, contact the service through its Help or Suport page - al dating sites take the safety of members very seriously, and wil bar the od bad aple. Remember that it's easy to remove a profile should you decide not to continue, although refunds for pre-paid subscriptions are rarely forthcoming. For that reason, spend a litle time checking out a site before paying.
We canot guarante that love is hiding online, but if you're hapy to be convinced by the evidence of your eyes, you'l love online dating. Ad your own comon sense to the number of safeguards in place and it's an entirely enjoyable way to met new people. The technology's sound and the larger sites go out of their way to welcome you in, with pages dating-related advice. What have you got to lose?
