One word greetings

If I’ve never interacted with a user out here in public and suddenly get a PM saying hi, it’s just awkward and puzzling and I delete it. It’s like someone showing up in my living room when I’ve never even met them.

But you can get to know them first on posts via interaction/commentary and feedback. Then at some point it's not so awkward when and if you do that. I mean look you wrote out an entire paragraph so you can do better than a "hi". 🙃
Pm's from a stranger are generally a sign someone wants more. Most of us aren't here to date.

If they block it tells you all you need to know about their social skills.

I love profiles that outline specifics. Tells me to not make any effort. If you advertise you are that broken, I have no interest.

I don't date or chase so it makes life a lot easier.

When they message me, I review their profile. If it says they don't talk to ***criteria*** I don't bother.

"Hello, I just saw your profile, and I wanted to tell you how much I like it. Looks like we have many groups in common. Are you very active on the site?
Best wishes,
N.N."

That would be more than enough...
First sentence is flattering, second sentence makes a connection, the question at the end is an invitation to reply.

Women can be wordy but perhaps hi is a little too condensed? Certainly you can explain what interested you enough to say hi.

I don't DM random people on here. I often invite people to DM me first. When I do DM, I always add a few words to why I am starting a conversation.

I make one word replies,cardinal sin, I guess.
I'm not looking for male companionship.
Married.
And, since I am neither genius nor entertainer I don't chat in DM's.
I just reply on the forums.
I'm not going to bolster some strangers ego, because he may feel rejected,either.

I usually say hi back 👋
I only block if they send dick pics or say something discusting. ☺

I would never block a man for such a message - but I may not answer it. Surely he could add a few more words, and I don’t mean “darlin”.

I have tried longer messages, my friend, and it has hardly ever got responded.

Well put!

Well

Your point of one-word replies is not restricted to the PM's guys send to women. You'll find that a huge percentage of people who regularly use this website (men and women) will reply to a post using one-word answers... IF you're lucky to get that much out of them!

What the vast majority of people do on this website is respond with a cursory 'push' of their heart button instead of using words. The heart button can mean anything, but for the most part is means as much as a one-word texted answer.

So before you go off again accusing women of being too wordy and not understanding how the male mind works in social settings such as these, I think it's incumbent upon men to acquire enough social skills early in life so that when placed in social settings of any kind, they do not shoot themselves in the foot by coming across as being either socially inept or functionally illiterate.

You have absolutely no idea about anyone else's ability except your own.

Therefore, those men you are referring to in your post from start to finish is actually yourself. Don't project your social misgivings onto the men around you, but instead take ownership and do something about it.