Bad OkCupid Profile Examples For Guys
Bad OkCupid profile examples include negativity, bad grammar, and a lack of depth in bios. You must put effort into your dating profile on OkCupid.
This post shows you 10 profile mistakes men make on the OkCupid app. If you make any of the blunders on the post, fix them immediately. It may make the difference if a woman connects with you or not.
1. Bad Grammar.
The first example is grammar errors in the bio. When a man's bio has spelling mistakes, women will think he's uneducated, lazy, or just doesn't care.
Intelligence is very important to women. OkCupid found over 75% of people say they're less likely to respond to someone who has spelling mistakes in their profile.
Do yourself a favor and check your bio for grammar. There are several tools you can use to find mistakes. I recommend Grammarly.
It takes a minute or two to check and fix your profile. Correcting grammar mistakes may mean the difference if a woman contacts you or not. It's worth it.
One misspelled word may cause women to ignore you.
2. Showing Negativity.
A huge turnoff for women on OkCupid, and all dating apps, is negativity. Here are a few facts:
- EliteSingles found 22% of members found negativity to be a turnoff.
- 36% of women polled on the website Word Tips found negativity to be a turnoff.
- Plentyoffish surveyed over 2,000 singles and found negativity was one of the top
"buzzkills."
No woman will connect with a guy who tells her not to contact him for a variety of reasons. Instead, write what you' ARE looking for.
POF recommends "stop writing checklists on what you’re not looking for in a partner, instead focus on the positives and what you’d love to do on a first date, or what you’d like to chat about."
Don't share your turnoffs on OkCupid.
3. Ignoring Profile Settings
A huge blunder on OkCupid is overlooking the profile settings. A lot of guys blow through this section or ignore it completely.
You're profile traits matter. OkCupid matches you with women based on this setting. Women can include (or exclude) you through their preferences and see them on your profile.
Below, the guy shares he's open to monogamy or non-monogamy. He also shares several things he's looking for; friends, short-term dating, long-term dating, and hookups. In his bio, he writes he's looking for a relationship. Do you see the mistake?
Don't ignore your profile settings.
The guy above is all over the place. A high percentage of women bypass this guy because he isn't aware of this mistake. Pay attention. Remember, everything on your profile matters.
4. Showing a Lack of Depth.
When it comes to your bio, be sure to write about yourself in an engaging, friendly, fun way. Also, add depth. Too often, guys make the mistake of listing facts.
The profile below is a bad dating profile example because the guy just shares what he's doing. There's nothing but factual statements. He's a Graphic Designer and Venue Director.
Add some depth - write about who you are and avoid boring facts.
The guy above loves his job. Great. But why? His mistake is not writing about why he loves it. For example, how it's fulfilling, a challenge, allows him to express his creativity, etc.
Whenever you write about yourself, make sure you add depth behind it. You like traveling? Share a recent travel adventure. You enjoy fitness. Write about how it makes you feel? Make sense?
5. Not Looking at The Camera.
The first thing women look at in your photo is your smile. The second thing is your eyes. Unfortunately, a lot of men use fake poses like the one below. These don't help you one bit.
Looking away from the camera doesn't help your results.
Here's a fact, tilting your head down is NOT attractive to women. Why? Because hanging your head down conveys "shame," which is never a good thing.
In one survey, 88% of people viewing photos viewed the hottest pictures as those with the subject making eye contact with the viewer. It's important you look at the camera and smile in your photos on OkCupid.
6. Lack of Effort.
Writing little to nothing about yourself on OkCupid shows women you aren't serious about meeting someone. A bio like the one below shows laziness. If you can't put effort into your bio, women will think you won't put effort into a relationship.
One of the top bad OkCupid profile examples is a lack of effort.
Your bio is a way to market yourself to women. A well-written bio sharing your interests, hobbies, and passions helps you stand out. Add little quirks, some humor, and confidence, and you'll get more responses, right swipes, and "Likes." If you half-ass it, you will get half-ass results… always.
7. Bedroom Photos.
A huge blunder is using photos taken in the bedroom. All too often, guys lay, typically shirtless, gazing into the camera with their "come hither" look.
When you use this type of photo, you aren't respecting the boundaries of women who look at your pictures. The website Photofeeler found photos like these come across as "predatory" to women.
A bedroom photo puts women viewing it in an awkward position. It can come across as being overly forward and aggressive. So, remember: using that picture you took in bed is not without real consequences.
Bedroom photos are a turnoff for women.
8. Writing Lists.
Listing every TV show, movie, book, and musical act you enjoy is a mistake. A profile like the one below is too much for women to process.
Listing all your favorites is a mistake.
You may think listing everything you enjoy is a great way to find a match on OkCupid, but the reality is it's a bad idea. Listing more of your interests makes you less desirable to women.
That's right: "The MORE a woman knows about you in terms of your likes and preferences, the LESS she will like you." Studies show that when people exchange a lot of information, they find more reasons to believe they are very different.
When you start listing your favorite TV shows', music, books, movies, etc., the women reading your profile may turn away. The reason is they tell themselves you both have less and less in common reading through your interests.
Why? Because when you start listing everything you are into, you are going to list some things women may not like. It could be an specific movie, musician or TV show. You don't know what might turn women away. You need a little mystery.
TV shows, movies, and music aren't necessarily deal-breakers. You don't want a woman to see anything in your profile that makes her think: "I'm not into that" or "I don't like that."
It's better to list one or two shows at most. You can also write genres. For example, instead of "The Walking Dead," share that you enjoy "any show with zombies."
9. Bathroom Selfies
It's 2021, and I still have to write how using bathroom selfies is a terrible idea. It's tacky and one of women's biggest pet peeves for men on dating apps.
Next time you're in the bathroom and feel the need to take a picture... don't! Ditch bathroom selfies.
Bathroom selfies in 2021? Really????
10. Writing You Can't See Likes
There's no reason to write that you "can't see likes" in your bio. It serves no purpose. You get no benefit from including this overused sentence in your bio.
The only way you can see likes if you use the premium version of OkCupid. Writing a great bio will get women to send you messages first. This is a fact. So stop worrying about counting "likes."
Writing how you can't see likes serves no purpose.
Final Thoughts
The bad OkCupid profile examples in this post are common for men. Making one of the blunders can dramatically hurt your results on the app.
The good news is if you make any of the mistakes, they are easy to fix. For more profile tips for OkCupid visit these pages: