Flirting in an online dating service is pretty much just the same as it is in the offline world, except for a few great points, when you are flirting online you can do it with much more confidence and you do not have to worry about things like stuttering or saying something silly because you type everything you say and you can take as long as you need to reply to something.

Here are a few tips for flirting online:

Be pleasant. Try to be as pleasant as you can about everything you say, you aren't going to make a friend by saying a bunch of negative comments and making remarks about something in an unpleasant manner, just be pleasant when you talk with someone. If you feel as though you really want to say something unpleasant, just don't say anything at all, you know the saying "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all", well it's true, if you need to you can just say that you would like to change the subject of conversation.

Listen to the other person. When you are talking with someone, you should not hold the entire conversation yourself, let the other person put their opinions and views across and make sure they know that you are listening. It can be very frustrating when you say something and the person you are talking to completely ignores your comment, don't make others feel like that and they will like you more for it.

Compliment. Compliments can be very powerful for letting someone know that you like them and enjoy talking with them, try to compliment the person you are talking to about things like their profile picture, comments they make or anything that you feel deserves one.

Be fun. Make the conversation fun for both you and the other person, you can do this with simple little things like making short jokes or talking about funny things, just don't let the conversation become to serious until either you both need to talk about something serious. When you first meet someone it would be best to try and keep the conversations fun and light hearted.

Follow up. When you have a good conversation with someone and you would like to talk to them again, it is a great idea to send them an email or a message thanking them for the chat and to ask if they would like to chat again sometime, if they do want to, you should also initiate the next chat as this will show them that you are interested.