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Roughly ten to fifteen messages, or day two to three. The signal that matters is not the count - it is whether they are adding things you did not ask for.
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When someone volunteers detail beyond the question, they are engaged. That is the moment. Waiting past it is the most common way a good thread turns into nothing.
If replies are short and purely responsive, asking will usually get a soft no. Fix the conversation first.
Asking in the first three messages tells them the profile was irrelevant, which is not flattering even when it is meant to be.
After a week the thread becomes a habit rather than a prelude, and asking then feels like a change of terms. Most threads that run more than a week never convert.
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