I have addressed this issue in a post. There is no way to say "hello" without initiating a private coversation. I asked @admin to give us a way to "like" or a "hello" button when we look at a profile....or comment on the profile even with the poster retaining control of being able to delete comments if they want.

Hello? I hold the record of 112 and no hellos ?

Hello and welcome to the madhouse. ? I actually don't like that we're told who visited our profiles. I sometimes want to visit a profile to get a better understanding of where someone is coming from in the public discussions, or to jog my memory about other things they've commented on, but I'm hesitant to visit because I don't want to make it seem that I "rejected" anyone based on something I saw on their profile. In reality I just don't contact many people directly but, because there's a public component to the site, I think the profile visit log confuses things a little if anyone is here primarily for the public forum and isn't looking to do a lot of private messaging.

After reading / answering your post I went to my profile and I found out that 278 members visited it since I joined. Guess what? No one said "Hello" to me. Should I cry and get depressed?

Hey there.... how the heck are ya?

I tried to say 'Hi' but you have to put in at least 28 characters, .........really?!

Hi baby girl. It's never my intention to be rude. Get at me. We'll talk.

Hi Jayne.
Yes I confess I visited your profile. I spotted a comment from you about being plain and ginger. I went to form my own opinion. You're not plain, and what's wrong with a passionate redhead?
Dave.

Say hi to them. Works both ways lol.

I'm not sure your comparison to sitting in your front room and not saying a word , is accurate. And that might explain your disappointment of the lack of Hello's and at the same time relieve that annoyance. Your profile is PUBLIC, in this forum and so I'd suggest that it's more like someone sitting in a Restaurant next to your table and hearing your conversation. Would you expect/want them to butt in and say "Hi"!

If you can agree with looking at I to his ways, he noted I hope that solves your frustration

It's not possible (yet) to leave a note on a profile that would be publicly visible so those "hi" greetings would all come in the form of private messages. I think a lot of folks feel they are violating some ettiquette by initiating a PM without permission. So my guess is this may be part of the reason. I've had 157 visitors peek at mine and only one person has messaged me as a result. I know this because she specifically mentioned the profile. All of my other PMs were the result of post/response engagement. Hope this helps.

Hey I messaged you .. I you must have a billion notifications now lol !!

I think I may have been one of them. Your right. I am going to re-visit and say hi.

I can't speak for anyone else, but sometimes I visit a profile to find out more about a person - usually after they've posted something - and for a variety of reasons. I may just want to read some of their other posts, find out where they're from, or get a better look at that tattoo. I may find out they're a troll, not looking for the same thing as me, into something weird or have written no profile at all. I don't always think a greeting is appropriate and you are anyway asked not to simply say "hi". Since you are UK-based, I expect a lot of visitors are American, see that, and decide not to pursue matters. Don't take it personally, I may even have been one of your visitors as I remember you commented on my TYT thread.
And a warm, and very British, "Hello".

The visiting is kind of saying 'hello.' Looking at people's profiles is the human digital equivalent of dogs sniffing each other's bottoms.

Hi

Salutations !

'Ello gov'na!

Hello...

Hello.

I will talk to you

Eaye up and ecky thump lass

I did mean this tongue in cheek really...maybe British humour doesn't translate

Hello from Colorado. By the way, I'm new, too.

Pardon me for the intrusion