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Within the first few messages, both people quietly decide if this is worth their time. Those minutes are everything.
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Warm, curious, and present in your first message tells the whole story. People match the energy you arrive with.
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"Hi, asl?" wastes your golden window. Lead with something specific and the conversation has somewhere to go.
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Replying with attention — not one-word answers — in the first minutes signals you're worth talking to.
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Nail the first five minutes and you've bought a whole conversation. Make them count.