So if you meet three, five or even ten people of a different race/colour/sexual orientation, and all of those people happen to be unpleasant, it's not "judgmental" to assume that all people of that race/colour/sexual orientation are unpleasant as a result of your limited experience/observations?

Oh for goodness sake, dont be so pedantic. This is a dating site! We all 'make judgements' - and the nature of the game is that it is done swiftly and not always accurately. In the scenario you present, it would be entirely correct to make the judgement that "Every person of this color/creed/whatever has been unpleasant, therefore from now on I will not bother with these people". What the heck is wrong with someone making their own hard and fast rules on a dating site, whether or not based on their own experience, observations, or purely blindly biased? We all do it conciously or subliminally one way or tuther.

He didnt intimate that he was tarring them all with the same brush - he simply stated that so far he's found they have summat to hide and is therefore no longer interested in pursuing those with no photo. I am not going to comment anymore.

Oh that's a shame because I was really enjoying your measured and even response. My point, obviously poorly made, was that keeping an open mind is probably a good thing on a dating site. But judging from your reply, perhaps not.

I like to see who I'm talking/messaging to, but as others have said previously, that for some people in sensitive jobs there are many good reasons as to why their profiles don't have a picture up.
To be fair, many will send photos privately so that you can see who they are, but the others do have dodgey things about them, like already being in long term relationships.
I spoke to one guy who only had his picture up for a couple of hours as he was really handsome and got inundated with messages!! Plus, I've met a few men who didn't have pictures up and they were lovely. So I guess it's up to us to decide how important this issue is for us personally.

It is strange but as I get older I’m getting more fussy, …I’m probably guilty of rejecting a lot of people purely for the fact I’m looking for a so called “type now” as a good friend has pointed out I’m most likely suffering a mid life crisis lol …so I’m going for the younger age group, slightly exotic looking (and the long dark hair is a definite must ) Web site dating is difficult at the best of times though and I’m craving the days I had the time to go to pubs and clubs and actually interact with people face to face and find what makes them tick rather than go through the routine of MSN questions and try to pick out the truths from the what they want you to believe stuff. Dating ( I think) is all about communicating and you cant always get a true representation of someone over the internet, ..so of course it’s very easy to reject someone simply because you just don’t want to put all that effort into finding out if they are genuine. I went through this stage of settling for what I could get rather than what I wanted and I’m trying to change all that now, …shallow or maturing? Or just a phase ? I don’t know but if it’s a phase I’m sure it will pass soon, ..but I’m actually getting fed up with love just for the sake of having love (yes I cant believe I’m saying that too) it could be the wine talking lol

" Beauty only gets attention but personality captures the heart."

Sorry I didnt mean to sound offish with that remark, I have chatted with several with no pic & you are right if they sound interesting enough & have a good personality then I would ask the question "why no pic" depending on the answer I would continue to chat with that person.

You cannot go by looks alone, but it does help..........to get personality as well would be a bonus.......