Interest in your Internet profile over time

OK, you have gone to the trouble of signing up to an online dating site and crafted a wonderful profile highlighting your quirky sense of humour and your love of romantic walks on the beach. Now, you sit back and wait for the admirers to roll up. The first week or so, life is marvellous as you're inundated with mail from gushing suitors. Then, just as soon as your confidence has started to build up again (from whatever drove you online in the first place!), the torrent slowly and inexorably turns into a trickle. This classic exponential decay is shown in the graph above.

You can't understand it. Your profile is still as impressive as ever, but no one seems interested anymore. It's not as if you've ploughed through all the potential dates in your locale (is it?!). You begin to wonder if one of your ex-amours has found your profile and has been badmouthing you online or that your BO* is detectable through the ether! However, the real reason usually is that you have allowed your profile to slip off the radar.

*Body Odour