1) Don’t rely on overused adjectives to describe who you are.
If I had a nickel for every time someone wrote, “I am trustworthy, down-to-earth and laid-back” in their profile, I’d be rich enough to buy everyone I know an Angelina-Jolie-plastic-surgery makeover  (not that I the need the help of course). These adjectives have been overused to the point that they now mean nothing and are just a waste of page space.
2) Don’t create egotistically long lists of your favorite things.
Endless lists—the soundtrack of your life, your favorite foods,  your favorite …

After running The Stranger’s Lovelab and Lustlab online dating and kinky dating sites for over three years, I have met hundreds of members and one thing that never ceases to amaze me is how much better online daters are in person. I know that this statement runs counter to what you’ve heard about people commonly misrepresenting themselves online.
While there are people out there who post pictures of themselves as a shaggy-haired virile 24-year-old, while they sit at their computer as a matured and shiny-headed 40-something, my experience is that this …