Dating experts explain how to slide into someone's DMs respectfully and effectively, so you can exchange numbers and meet up IRL.

Instagram is fast replacing dating apps as a flirting hotspot. Here's how to slide into someone's DMs and get chatting on social media.

Ilana*, 24, who lives in New York City, met her boyfriend because he slid into her Instagram DMs. As the story goes, she listed her Instagram handle in her Bumble dating profile, and he found and ...

TikTok influencer, Fiona Shea, also known as @baddgal_fifi posted a video letting viewers know her three step method to snagging a date with a famous man via Instagram DM.

Here's how to slide into DMs the right way since so many wrong ways exist that the concept has basically become dating folklore. An expert is here to help.

Here is Love Sync's guide to the DM slide. When to slide Ideally, the DM slide is something of a last resort. It's a way to make contact when you don't have many other options available.

Excerpts reveal how to slide into someone's DMs like a pro.

If that sounds like your pattern of interaction with someone – sending a lot of messages with very few responses – it might be time to slide on out of those specific DMs and into the messages ...

I never received a response from Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and everything turned out just fine for me. To slide into our DMs, be sure to follow us on Instagram @lifehackerdotcom.