This is something new I'm going to try. Some websites like okCupid that allow you to see your recent visitors (or give you notifications on current visitors). My idea, is instead of me being the one to initiate sending the message, is to just visit as many profiles of people I find attractive as humanly possible. Which, with how fast you can load internet pages, I can visit several hundred profiles in the time it would take me to write ten messages that stand out. It'd be interesting to see what the conversion ratio is.
The theory is, if my profile is enticing enough - they will initiate the conversation. Really, I initiate the interaction by pinging their visitor notifications, but I set myself up as more valuable from the get-go. And I also theorize that a woman would more likely be interested in a man who viewed her profile, but didn't send a message!
I'll report on my findings.