[Remington]

(11-09-2014 09:53 PM)kaotic Wrote:  

(11-09-2014 09:09 PM)Remington Wrote:  

Her: Do you have instragram?
Me: I don't own a smartphone.

Subject dropped immediately

Until she sees the blue bubble text aka owner of an iphone

I still own a flip phone so it works like a charm.

[kaotic]

(11-10-2014 07:39 PM)Remington Wrote:  

(11-09-2014 09:53 PM)kaotic Wrote:  

(11-09-2014 09:09 PM)Remington Wrote:  

Her: Do you have instragram?
Me: I don't own a smartphone.

Subject dropped immediately

Until she sees the blue bubble text aka owner of an iphone

I still own a flip phone so it works like a charm.

Sometimes I wish the iPhone or smart phones weren't invented.

People would actually have to talk and have these things called personalities.

[one-two]

Ha, this happened the other night

[Tuthmosis]

(11-10-2014 09:40 PM)one-two Wrote:  

Ha, this happened the other night

Even though I didn't like the semi-thirsty "you're super cute" compliment, I'm a quite impressed with the "no, I'm an adult" line.

Stolen.

[horn]

The main reason to be on instagram for guys is to chat with hot girls like you would on any other online site/okc/fb/tinder/etc.

[xxMarco]

(11-10-2014 09:40 PM)one-two Wrote:  

Ha, this happened the other night
"I'm an adult"

[one-two]

Thanks, but I have to give credit to Louis CK for this one.

Quote:

I tried just jerking off to Girls Gone Wild the other day. Just to re-enter the community that way. Just to feel part of it. And i bought it. Not the commercial on Comedy Central. I paid money like a grown-up. I put my credit card down and waited for it to come to my house. I'm an adult. So i'm trying to jerk off I can't do it, 'cause i'm a father. I'm too old. I'm just getting mad at everybody in the video. I'm like, "you fucking irresponsible bitches. Go back to school. What are you doing down there? There's two wars and a depression. Get the oil off your tits and study, for fuck's sake."

[LeBeau]

Good on you to be honest about giving credit.

"Magic internet points" is a great phrase as well.

This could spawn some funny memes/phrases:

"I invest my time in stocks, not status updates."

To paraphrase Kenny Powers: "I cook real meals, not trying to be the best at Starbucks photos."

[Remington]

(11-11-2014 06:58 PM)LeBeau Wrote:  

Good on you to be honest about giving credit.

"Magic internet points" is a great phrase as well.

This could spawn some funny memes/phrases:

"I invest my time in stocks, not status updates."

To paraphrase Kenny Powers: "I cook real meals, not trying to be the best at Starbucks photos."

Kind of like "I play real sports, not trying to be the best at exercising."

[Saweeep]

(11-10-2014 09:46 PM)Tuthmosis Wrote:  

(11-10-2014 09:40 PM)one-two Wrote:  

Ha, this happened the other night

Even though I didn't like the semi-thirsty "you're super cute" compliment, I'm a quite impressed with the "no, I'm an adult" line.

Stolen.

I use "I'm not a teenage girl".

[No More Mr. Soy Boy]

I would like to bump this thread because it's happening to me several times a month now and I've lost girls just standing my ground, and by using some of the methods here.

Right now, there's this super hot bimbo I asked out, but she just asked for my Instagram and it's like she wants to see if I have 30 000 (and have value as a human being in her eyes).

Now, I'm thinking about responding this to her:

Quote:

No. but I can give you my "snap" where i regularly post selfies in puppy filter

We'll see if it works and if she gets the joke because it's not like I, as a grown man, would do that. But my thinking was that, at least on Snapchat (which I got a registered account I only use for setting up dates), there's no such thing as followers and likes, so it's not like my perceived value would go down then. I don't know.

Would be interesting to see if there are any other, new ways to handle this common problem four years after this thread was made. It's becoming more and more common (for me at least).

[BlackHussar]

My response to this question is the classic response to shit tests - laugh it off, but give a grown up vibe.
You don't need to excuse yourself, appeal to (her) social norms, adopt a neutral stance etc. Be a man.

(Deep voice, abrupt halt to laughter)
"Hahaha no."

(Raise eyebrow, deep voice, mocking smirk)
"Do I look like a little faggot?"

EDIT: I'm more arrogant when talking about things I perceive as degenerate, weak or beta, but I would also commend your humorous way. If my method has a 50-50 chance of success, yours has 60-40.

If she's worth anything, she'll appreciate that you're not an attention seeking crypto-homosexual. I don't understand what could urge a mature man to upload selfies daily. Faggotry, extreme insecurity, wish for validation through likes, general retardation and being a little cunt?

If she's disappointed, it means she's got the wrong perspective about life, manhood and partner prospects. Move on.

[No More Mr. Soy Boy]

(08-20-2018 10:27 AM)BlackHussar Wrote:  

If she's disappointed, it means she's got the wrong perspective about life, manhood and partner prospects. Move on.

Yes sure, that's true but I already know she has the wrong perspectives about all that. You can just tell by looking at these girls own Instagrams that they live in that bubble and are pretty dumb and dull. But I'm just trying to fuck her because she's hot.

[BlackHussar]

Of course. Wait and see what her reaction is. I think the most important thing here is to set up a date ASAP, so that you can meet her in person and game her.

You generally can't charm that type of girls (hot, dumb IG queens) over textgame - MAYBE, if she's really slutty, you'll be able to sexualise it via Snapchat, but just maybe. Otherwise, they grow bored, such chicks aren't really up for any kind of intellectual discourse... they lose interest pretty quickly, even if you're dragging out just pure logistics via texting.

To conclude, I agree with your view on the fact that she's trying to validate you over whether you have IG with 15 million followers - since you, as a self respecting man, don't - the best option is to quickly spark her interest by being cocky/alpha/etc. (like you did) and take her out on a date. Actually, it appeals to me that it's the only option with reasonable chance of success.

Do you guys have some other ideas on this issue?

[jacknap]

The only definite value I get from IG is knowing which photos are my best ones to use for tinder. It's also useful because sometimes girls forget what you look like so they review your pics and keep the lead 'warmer'.

80% of girls I hookup with though I feel like the gram was not necessary. So I try not to let it suck up too much time.

[AlwaysTired]

Social media isn't going away anytime soon, why not just beef up your profile and use it to your advantage? Demonstrate you have an active life. That you associate with higher value people, and party with attractive girls/follow your passion. Most people fuck this up, so I don't blame social media for having negative shade in the pickup community.

[No More Mr. Soy Boy]

Yeah, this chick flaked in the end now. I suppose she wanted the Instagram to better see my height too cause when I didn't give it, she asked about it and I've experienced that twice before. She looked pretty tall and I'm 5'9, by the way. If I had some really pimped up online profile she would have probably seen me anyway though.

Never mind, I have a couple of other upcoming dates with hot (and some taller) girls that actually showed some personality too, guess it's part of the game to get flaked sometimes.

(08-21-2018 04:07 PM)AlwaysTired Wrote:  

Social media isn't going away anytime soon, why not just beef up your profile and use it to your advantage? Demonstrate you have an active life. That you associate with higher value people, and party with attractive girls/follow your passion. Most people fuck this up, so I don't blame social media for having negative shade in the pickup community.

Sure, I'm trying. But it takes time to "beef up" profiles online. Unless you buy fake followers (which can be revealed) it's not done overnight, it takes time. Meanwhile I guess you have to try and handle these situations as best as you can.

[Barron]

I'm almost to 23k followers using Vinny and Ragnar's Instagram guide.
I give them my account info and say "send me a DM so I remember you" before leaving.

Doing this I get around 50% of the girl meeting me again.

[Irish]

(08-21-2018 04:07 PM)AlwaysTired Wrote:  

Social media isn't going away anytime soon, why not just beef up your profile and use it to your advantage? Demonstrate you have an active life. That you associate with higher value people, and party with attractive girls/follow your passion. Most people fuck this up, so I don't blame social media for having negative shade in the pickup community.

Most FB/IG haters in the pickup community are haters because they don't have an active life, they don't associate with higher value people and they most certainly don't party with attractive girls.

Hence the need to hide behind a long, hard thought out witty response to try hide from the fact that the only reason they don't have social media is because they've nothing to put on it

[Bacchus]

(08-22-2018 09:17 AM)Irish Wrote:  

(08-21-2018 04:07 PM)AlwaysTired Wrote:  

Social media isn't going away anytime soon, why not just beef up your profile and use it to your advantage? Demonstrate you have an active life. That you associate with higher value people, and party with attractive girls/follow your passion. Most people fuck this up, so I don't blame social media for having negative shade in the pickup community.

Most FB/IG haters in the pickup community are haters because they don't have an active life, they don't associate with higher value people and they most certainly don't party with attractive girls.

Hence the need to hide behind a long, hard thought out witty response to try hide from the fact that the only reason they don't have social media is because they've nothing to put on it

First, let's recognize this question for what it is, a shit test. And just like any shit test. There's more than one way to pass it. She holds a stick out and says, "jump over the stick." You can either jump over it or walk around it and give her a wet willy. Chicks will continue to create new shit tests. It's communities like this that help men evolve responses to them.

Second, let's understand why the girl is asking this question. She's interested, but not yet sold (i.e. kicking the tires). She's testing your mettle. Or put more charitably, she's giving you an opportunity to shine. One way to do this is to have a top 10% Instagram account (an option that is not available to 90% of men, by the way). The other is to defy the whole premise of the shit test.

Third, let's call bullshit on the if you're not on social media, you're not legit. That's a chick mentality. Plenty of men avoid social media for a variety of reasons. One is that our tech overlords hate us, and some men want to avoid feeding that beast. Another is privacy, whether for career or family, some men don't want to distribute pictures of themselves to the entire world. And some men would rather enjoy the sunset than take a selfie in front of it.

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Fourth, the shit test has evolved since I first started this thread. It's not "What's your Instagram?" not "Do you have Instagram?" This means that the starting premise has shifted to having Instagram as the default. So that answers like "No, I'm an adult" might not work as well as they once did.

Finally, to all the Instagram wizards, if Lord Zuck personally banned you from Instagram, do you think you could still pull tail? Or would you react like this girl?

[zoom]

(08-22-2018 09:22 PM)Bacchus Wrote:  

Third, let's call bullshit on the if you're not on social media, you're not legit. That's a chick mentality.

Instagram is for chicks and 'ig casanovas'.

[Kobe]

Ehh, to be honest, if I'm running online game, I can get MUCH better girls through my insta which shows my value much better than just through 5 pics on Tinder. Insta >>> Tinder, etc

[Mr_furly]

If you aren't using IG for business, networking, what's the point of having one? If you want to talk to girls online you can do Tinder, match.com etc
To me social media is a waste of time for picking up women because you are so concerned about impressing girls you will do shit for attention, some people go so far until their whole life becomes a lie. If you are a dope person women will discover it when they meet you, if you have money its probably better they discover it over time instead of knowing your whole lifestyle before they actually "know" you

[selfreliantman]

(08-21-2018 04:07 PM)AlwaysTired Wrote:  

Social media isn't going away anytime soon, why not just beef up your profile and use it to your advantage? Demonstrate you have an active life. That you associate with higher value people, and party with attractive girls/follow your passion. Most people fuck this up, so I don't blame social media for having negative shade in the pickup community.

This agreed. Guys I'm new on here but am surprised to see this social media aversion thread. It seems to me the major objection is that she'll see you don't have followers and thus you'll have given yourself lower value?

I couldn't disagree with this more, in fact I'd go as far to say follower count doesn't mean shit unless it's really high (tens of thousands) or really low (12) in terms of a girl's reaction. Anywhere in between and she won't notice BECAUSE SHE'S NOT LOOKING FOR FOLLOWER STATS.

The reason in my humble opinion that girls love social media is that it allows her to check out your life on your own terms. We love social media because we can see in detail how a girl looks, what her body is like etc. Girls love social media because they can see what your LIFE is like, do you have awesome friends, do you go out and do shit you love etc. etc. are you a normal human being. These are all perfectly valid questions she SHOULD have if you just met her on the street or in the club, and especially if you're just a profile online! It's a huge red flag if a guy doesn't have instagram or dodges the question.

Not that it'll kill your game obviously but why not just play the social media game to win?

And all of this is just for an initial view, we're not even talking about the incredible possibilities for retention and management of multiple girls attention via a platform like instagram. Its where she spends her time, its where her attention is constantly, so why would you not want to be on there and be seen by all the girls you've picked up/met/pulled? It's crazy not to!

I'm gonna write up a bigger post on this for one of my personal blogs, and i'll copy the content here this week. Get in the social game if you haven't! Don't let follower counts be a barrier to entry, just start, post up content (it doesn't all even ahve to be of you) and use a bunch of hashtags. Then follow a ton of people and you'll get to 200 follows in no time, which is really all you need...

Cheers!

[RDF]

I don't really understand the aversion to social media either.

The phrase "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" applies here. If you are getting plenty of hot young girls today without being on Instagram at all, then there's no need to play that game, just keep doing what you're doing. However, if you AREN'T getting the girls you want, you should seriously look into whether a lack of social media may be the problem.

At least in my city, the truth is that basically all 18-22 y/o hot girls have Instagram, spend a shit ton of time on it, and are sometimes even willing to disqualify guys who don't have IG (or who have a crappy profile). Meanwhile, there are plenty of guys who have mastered the "art" of social media and are getting lots of passive pussy from it, much more than from Tinder/Bumble/etc.

Here are the benefits of social media as I see them:
- IF you're wealthy/famous/popular/good-looking, you're getting laid anyway, but IG provides an additional avenue to meet chicks and to show value. It is easy to create a good profile because all you have to do is take selfies, pics w/other chicks, and generally show off your life.

- IF you're not especially good-looking/popular/famous, but live a unique and exciting life, IG can be a great tool to get yourself into the game with girls that wouldn't be as accessible without it. Say that you're a traveling surfer or skier. You meet a girl at a bar and tell her about it. What is more likely to impress her... showing a few pics on your phone (could easily be fake)... or showing her your IG with 1,000 followers and dozens of dope pics of you surfing/skiing. It is the latter.

Note that in both of these cases, you are not "faking" anything; you are living your life, and showing excerpts of it online.

- IF you aren't any of the above, and don't live an exciting life, then it becomes much harder to be successful on IG. You can either fake it, or just go crazy with pics when you actually do something exciting. The simpler solution though is to actually live an exciting life.

I fully acknowledge that social media has downsides (LINUX wrote a great post in another thread on negative aspects of IG), but the upside is that it is a great outlet to show value, as well as a passive pussy funnel.

If you live an exciting life, you don't even need to spend a lot of time on social media, just post a pic every week and a few stories here and there. It isn't as complicated as people make it.