Should I Take it "Personal"-ly?

For those who don't know, I have a profile on Yahoo Personals. It's been up there for a while, just the free one, waiting for someone interesting to come along that will make me think it's worth the $25 a month to e-mail them back or whatever. Hasn't happened in a while, which is just as well because I couldn't really spare the $25 at this point.

But can I just tell you that like EVERY DAY I get e-mail alerts telling me that someone has viewed my profile? EVERY DAY. Often multiple times a day. "Kim, 1 person has viewed your profile!" "Kim, 3 new people have viewed your profile!" And that's it. They viewed, and MOVED ALONG QUIETLY. It's not like these profile-view announcements are followed up by "Kim, you have three new messages!" Nope. They looked... and they passed.

Why do I need to know this? Why on EARTH would I want to know how many people took the time to check out my profile and then went, "Nah..."?

Now, I'm sure there's some setting that will enable me to stop receiving these updates, but then I wouldn't have had anything to blog about, would I?

No, seriously. I'm gonna look into that and totally change it.

You know, it's depressing enough not to get any good hits when I get hit. The last thing I need to know is how many people aren't even bothering.

Of course, I would honestly rather they not bother than be THIS guy:

"Hi , My name is Sketchy Loser (name changed),

I am currently married but looking foward. I have 2 daughters and I do not want to hurt them .I know when people get divorced it doesnt help the children at all. So I guess you could say I am married and looking.

I know this is not what you are looking for but i was attracted to you and thought I would say hi anyway.

I like to cook, like rock to country, non smoker, greast sense of humor, love to kiss and cuddle.

I hope to hear back from you , Sketchy Loser"

Okay, let's forget for a moment that his spelling and grammar are atrocious, and right there I am pretty much turned off. Yes, I admit it; I want an intelligent man, capable of capitalization and proofreading. WHAT about my profile (and I'll tell you right now the answer is "nothing") would lead this ass-hat to believe that I want to date a MARRIED GUY? I mean, he puts it right in the second paragraph: "I know this it not what you are looking for..." But I'm a player and figure I'll take a shot and see if I can get some action. You're a big girl--you might be desperate...

*Shudder!*

Meanwhile, I love how Yahoo is always like, "Not getting enough profile hits? Maybe it's time to change up your profile! Change your picture! Blah, blah, blah!" I mean, seriously? Changing my picture is going to suddenly get me more action? I don't see it. I mean, sure, if the picture was bad or something. It's a great picture. I like my profile. It says the things that are true about me, with humor, and gets across what I want to say. If I can't find a match based on reality, then do I really want a match? Not so much. But it makes it all sound a little suspect. Like Yahoo somehow pushes you back into the top of the search engine based on how recently you've updated things instead of based on your actual criteria fitting with the criteria of another person.

Anyway...