Ever tried a dating sight?

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I've had bad luck at dating sights. I don't have any decent pics to put up and apparently I don't write interesting profiles about myself so I never get any replies.

Photoshop will help out with the profile picture or you could use a fake pic.
Profiles online can be copied and pasted. The more information you have in it, the better it sounds to potential partners who may want to talk you.

Long list of interests will give you more chance of being linked to someone with shared interests.

It's not that it's a poor quality photo, it's just boring. It's just a pic of me sitting in a chair in the living room. Unfortunately, it's the only pic that I'm aware of that anyone has taken of me for several years. For me, photos aren't important so I never take them myself. It's always been something I've found puzzling. I see other people with lots of pics, especially on Facebook and stuff like that and I just don't understand it. For me, I like taking pictures of trophies and accomplishments. If I catch a big fish on a fishing trip, you're damn right I'll want a pic of me holding it. If I'm having some friends over for a BBQ, why would I want a pic taken of me just standing around with them? For me, it's meaningless so I don't bother.

Fake pictures aren't good idea. I don't think I've ever heard of any relationship that has gone anywhere that started with fake profile. Digital cameras almost all have 10 second timer function, so with that and bookshelf or other furnitures you can take some pictures from yourself.

I'm going to try to be as objective about this as possible (I don't much care for joining a debate about fat girls versus skinny girls), but it is (common?) knowledge that guys, boys and men generally are 'more' attracted to physical appearance than their female counterparts. This means that as a fat, or overweight woman you'll have less of a chance attracting people at an online dating site (in particular, because the pictures give away sooo much of a first impression when finding matches online). This is obviously only true for guys that are attracted to skinny girls (which seems to be the 'norm' in the western hemisphere, whereas in say Africa girls are fattened up by their families and subsequently their husbonds because being fat is considered more attractive (probably because it indicates a higher chance of survival, as there's less food to go around)).
I've also noticed (mostly from looking at profiles on Facebook and dating-sites) that fat girls tend to be very ashamed of their body, which means they will consequently NOT have a fullbody profile-picture (or at all). On dating-sites, this is bad, bad, bad, because it means that these girls will not attract the guys that might otherwise be interested in them. It also gives away a sense of bad self-esteem, which is a bad thing. That's not neccessarily something these girls can do anything about, but posting a full-body picture is at least a start.