Don't go askin' for naked pics right away. Trust me.
No, I would never.
My basic problem is that I'm a nice guy: I'm upfront, honest and very down-to-earth (all cliches, but all true).
So far I have contacted about 10 women online at Match and Nerve. In each instance, I started politely, complimented them on their profile; specifically listed why I thought their profile was interesting; thanked them for reading and gave them my email address where they could get in touch with me if interested.
To my surprise, none of them responded, not even with "sorry, not interested". Basic manners would dictate at least a response.
Which leads me to 2 possibilties: they are pricks, and I'm better off without them (a possibility).
Or that my initial contact message somehow lacked something in the "protocol", which is what brought me to this forum, wondering: is there some formula that's supposed to be followed for such contacts?
PS: thanks for the VolunteerMatch suggestion; I'll be putting that site to good use!