hi, having only been here a little while i would like to share my views, albeit limited i add.
Firstly, if you insist that ppl Must fill in profile details then i think it will become even more frustrating for users trying 2 find something out about them, because those that don't want to fill it in may give false or misleading information. whereas no profile is hardly misleading, it is what it is!
secondly, i agree with ca in that i'd like to know more about those ppl i'm talking to or like to talk to, to see if they maybe of interest to me, ect.
But the complexity of this, is not easy task to overcome.
However this would not stop me from chatting to anyone who has no profile, i just think that on a site such as this, where trust and honesty needs to be of the utmost, due to its nature and the reasons we are here.
If it isn't.... then things GO Inevitably WRONG.