Here’s my theory after seeing this for years.

The attractive people are overwhelmed with opportunities when their profiles are up. They go on dates with those opportunities quickly. They find new partner(s) quickly. They are saturated quickly. Then the profiles come down quickly.

When my wife has her profile up, it’s usually down again in a couple weeks because she’s gone on five different dates and is moving forward with one or more new potentials. Not wanting distracted or to lead others on she hides her profile. So I’ve seen this from both sides.

Basically attractive people disappear faster than a $100 bill dropped on a busy city street. You have a very short window to get their attention and you’re competing against everyone else. (This is especially true for women but still applies to good looking poly guys too).

Long story short you are seeing what’s left on the shelves on Christmas Eve and thinking that’s the whole selection. It isn’t.