I'm new around the forums and I'm not sure how much you guys discussed about this topic yet. I have something that permeates my mind regarding 'contact exchange' or I'll call it 'contact closing' because from my perspective 'number closing' is in the past.

I think it is not even near as productive as other methods of keeping in contact. And I even think it is weird asking their number when you are gaming girls of 18-25, I think I feel detached cause it looks I'm older when I ask for a number, it is what people did like 15-20y ago, it is not the way they people do anymore, you only ask the number of really close friends or people you work with.

So I'm playing a gamer where nowadays I never ask for a girls number. Only do IG close, I think it is a lot better cause you have

  • The quick access to the girl, will still have a kind of connection, even if you dont msg her directly she will sometimes see your pictures and stories
  • If you have a fun lifestyle show it on IG and it will help, if you have a passion, show it in your IG and it will help. I’m not the guy that takes bathroom mirror selfies, my passion are my dogs so I share me IG with my dogs and I always have awesome feed to post about them. The account doesnt have to be showing pics of you, it might be a passionate account about something and you are the cool guy behind it.
  • And it is also a lot easier to get from the girl than her phone number, she is already putting stuff out there so people can look at it, so why wont she want another follower ? She has a boyfriend ? Well, it is a lot easier to give you her instagram, even if she digs you that wont be that easy for her to be exchanging msgs at whatsapp with you having a boyfriend. But seems pretty harmless for her to be liking your pictures and watching your stories. When she dumps that boring guy you will still have a connection with her and than you can proceed (if you are the type that prefer not to hit on girls with BFs)
  • You know she is attracted when she is always watching your stories and liking all your pictures. So she will still keep seeing my life even though I might not be persuing them, thus remebering you and keeping you within her thoughts

For these reasons that I think exchanging IG works better than number, what do you guys think ?