When it comes to Hookup Site Deal Breakers, there are many. Too many to fully cover, but XXXConnect looks at the worst things to find in someone's profile.

Hookup sites are one of our absolute favourite things that the technological age has given us. They make it so much easier to get a little action on a Wednesday night. We don't have to go out to a bar later than we had intended to, and then roll into work tired and late. We can just scroll through some profiles, find someone who we're attracted to, let them know, and they can be on their way over minutes later. I'm sure our great grandparents would never have thought that that's how we hookup in the future. With the new speed that we find hookups with though, there's a tonne of deal breakers to look for when you're trying to pick who to hook up with that we think everyone should know like the back of their hand, so that when you're making quick decisions, you're also making smart decisions

We typically don't trust people whose pictures are all taken by them with their cell phones, or if they're professional photographs like a headshot or modelling gig. Of course if they're really, really hot, we're sometimes willing to make an exception, but it has early paid off. Our thinking behind this deal breaker is that they surely have to have at least one friend who's taken a picture before. You can blur out your friends' faces, but being sure that someone you hookup with has friends is VERY IMPORTANT to us.

Selfies also hardly ever show a person's full body. We don't need 'top of the head to the tippy toes' pics, but if we're hooking up, a picture of your face doesn't cut it.

Modelling gig photographs are also something that's fairly common on profiles, but they don't really give an accurate representation of what you look like. You're likely wearing a tonne of makeup, are under the very best lighting, and are more often than not sporting an outfit that doesn't even belong to you, so the person who's viewing your profile doesn't know what sort of style you rock in your everyday life. The pictures are surely lovely, but hookup sites are about accurate and candid profile pics so that we know what we're getting into.

You've probably experienced this one, so you wouldn't do it, but the number one first message mistake is playing it waaaaaaay too casual, and just sending, "S'up?" to someone, expecting them to do all of the message heavy lifting. When you message someone, you're trying to make them interested in having sex with you. We're confident that there has never been successful foreplay or dirty talk that started off with, "S'up?"

If we're just hooking up, we'll go so far as to say that if you DON'T compliment us on our appearance in some way, you're moving to slow. We're of course not saying be a pig about it (that's a great way to get blocked) but be confident and and forward if you're looking to hook up. Save your getting to know you stuff for a relationship site. Suggest a plan, and we'll let you know if that sounds good to us.

Why do you have old photos on your hookup site profile? The first thing we assume if you've got old pictures, is that all of your pictures are old, and you've probably gained a lot of weight since those pictures were taken. Not being skinny isn't an issue. We don't always want to hookup with the same sized people. But if you're not putting up current and accurate photos of yourself, you're trying to trick people into hooking up with you based on what you USED to look like, and they're going to get a surprise when they see what you look like now. There's one thing that everyone feels the same way about when it comes to hookup sites; they don't want any surprises. Don't try and put people in uncomfortable situations. Be confident with how you currently look, and let the world see you. Hooking up with someone who's ashamed of the way they look isn't a very attractive proposition. Even if you're not in peak condition right now, you're more likely to have better hookups with your current pics.

If you're racist or homophobic, please let us know somewhere in your profile so that we can block you forever. Sometimes there's a hint in someone's photos, or a hint in their Favourite Movies section, where they include "American History X" in their top 3 films of all time. However you do it, we really want to encourage you to be as straightforward with your bigotry. This way you can hookup with another bigot, and everyone else can block you.

We've already talked about how important your opening message is, so it's infuriating to us when someone puts so little effort into chatting with people, that they simply copy and paste canned messages. We're not sure what the purpose of it all is. If maybe they're trying to save time, and get to the hookup as quickly as possible, but we find it to be a big turnoff, and a little too similar in tone to the scammer bots that are using fake dating site accounts to scam people out of money.

Just the fact that people could mistake you for a scammer should be reason enough for you to stop using this form of messaging. Hookup sites are great, but they still rely on the person on the other side of the connection trusting you. If they've thought for even a brief moment that you could be a scammer, the trust required for a great hookup is going to be compromised, and your night isn't going to be half as fun as it should have been.

Be attentive in your messages, and try to be at least a little bit charming.

If you give "bad message" or are a terrible hookup, you're going to start getting a reputation for it. Not from everyone of course because not everyone in a city is friends, but the song and expression, "It's a small world" is full of truth, and friends share profile links with other friends "I hooked up with this guy/gal last night, and I would not recommend it". They screen grab hilariously inept messages, and group text them to their friends. We even have friends who post them up on Instagram and Facebook. Sometimes the person's identity is blurred out, and sometimes it isn't. It all depends on the person. This may result in undeserved bad reputations if you send a sincere message to someone who's really snarky, or who's only on the site to make fun of people. That's all part of the game, and you can't avoid them other than with some luck. But actual bad behaviour on hookups, dates, and in messages is something you can avoid, so be sure to not treat online hookups like consequence-free sex fests, because what once seemed like a never-ending sea of potential matches will soon dry up, and you'll find yourself having to desperately text exes to see if they want to go out for drinks.

You can substitute dogs for cats, or rats, or birds, or potbellied pigs, but if you're an animal lover, you know that the idea of hooking up with someone who hates animals isn't very desirable. It's an interesting thing, but there's something about knowing that someone loves dogs that can effortlessly put you at ease that you're spending the night with someone of strong character. That they're someone you have at least one thing in common with. Knowing that someone is an animal lover lets you know that there's at least a little bit of kindness in them, and a capacity to care for something else. It's weird to connect to sex, but we find that animal lovers tend to be more generous as lovers as well.

There are of course exceptions to the rule, but in our experience, the men who go out of their way to tell people that their feminists when nobody asked them, are typically anything but. In a perfect world, everyone that we ever hook up with will be a feminist. That's just part of being interested in equality between the sexes. But if a guy can't make himself look like someone you'd want to date without saying, "BTW, I really respect women," there's about an 80% chance that he's either too much of a dork to hookup with, or he hates women. We're sorry to the remaining guys who are genuinely great guys, who just mistakenly thought that was something they should include in their profile. Hopefully not all of your dating prospects read this article.

Vegans can be a deal breaker both ways. If you're a vegan, you're probably looking to hookup with someone who has similar views as you, and if you're not a vegan, you very likely know a couple vegans, and know that even if you're just looking to hook up, there's a good chance that your hook up partner's vegan diet and philosophy is going to come up in small talk or pillow talk. We love you, vegans, but we don't want to hear about inhumane farming practices within an hour on either side of having sex.

Another deal breaker that can go both ways is religion. Some people are freaked out by religion, and if they're going to show up to your place and find a crucifix on the wall, and some rosary beads around your bedpost, they're likely to not want to hookup with you if your profile says that you practice a certain religion. Others are extremely spiritual, and would rather hookup exclusively with others who believe in a higher power. Sometimes the same one they believe in, but sometimes it only matters that they have the capacity to believe in a higher power whose teachings and energies they can put into everything they do; including a hookup.

Of course not everyone feels comfortable mentioning their religious beliefs on a hookup site because it can reduce the number of replies they get, and also, many religions are rather conservative, and frown upon casual sex before marriage. Unless it's important for you that you hookup with another spiritual person, we think it's probably easiest (and most beneficial to you) to not talk about your religion when you're trying to hookup.

We know that this isn't as offensive to everyone, but if you have a photo of yourself holding up your shirt to show your abs in a bathroom mirror (though, bonus points for being hilarious) if it's obviously a public bathroom), it isn't a great look. Your abs are very impressive, and we're sure you worked very hard to get them, but we can wait to see them when we hookup.

On dating sites especially, one of the most popular things for people to do is talk about how much they love to travel. They'll use photos of themselves in Paris in front of the Eiffel Tower, or in Chicago at that big shiny bean sculpture, as their profile pictures. It's maybe relevant on dating sites, but on a hookup site, we don't care how well traveled you are. We're not going to talk about your trip to Iceland last year (or at least we hope we aren't) when we meet up.

You may not agree with all of our hookup site deal breakers, but keep them in mind next time you're online looking for action.

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