Doesn't matter whose profile you look at just about everyone seems to hate and detest winks. If they are so unpopular why bother having them on the site.
Do you know Steve, I've actually wondered that myself.
Seemed like a good idea at the time, I guess. It's a convenience tool.
To the recipient it also seems to mean 'I can't be bothered to think up something original and personalised for you but will you shag me anyway.'
Doesn't take much to figure out what the answer is likely to be.
The reason why they're there is probably because Admin haven't taken them off.
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I never know what to do with winks I receive on this site or any other, like alot of people it lacks a little bit of imagination on the part of the sender, if they can't string a couple of sentences together as an introduction what are they going to be like when you meet them.
On here we have the automated response turned on, other sites we tend to ignore them as it clearly states not to send them, it kinda reminds me of the old playground thing "my friend likes your friend" kind of thing, where you don't want to make the 1st move for fear of rejection.
We tend to answer messages even if it is a no thank you...
Sam x
For a "free" member who has joined the site but not yet paid the subscription they are the ONLY way of communicating with other individual site members apart from the ads. In that context, they do indicate that someone has looked at your profile and shown some interest. If you are interested in them I guess its down to you to reply with a message that persuades them to cough up at least the first month's subs so they can write a proper message.