Day Nine-Who Are You?

I was thinking that it might be a good thing if online dating profiles were created by friends of the potential dater rather than the dater themself. For instance, I wrote myself a profile that sounds a bit odd...quirky...funny because that's pretty much how I view myself. My friends may have a different opinion. I've already been told that I need to take down some of the pictures that I posted because they're not particularly flattering (I thought they were just fine) and that perhaps I should tone down the quirky factor so as to actually attract men (I was attempting to immediately filter out the ones with no sense of humor). A friend pointed out that sometimes you need to gently ease people into your life rather than smacking them on the side of the head. Apparently I'm an expert smacker. 
Men, in general, don't write a whole lot in their profile. You're lucky if you get 3 complete sentences. You're really lucky if you get something more than "I enjoy doing fun stuff. I like to eat good food. I don't like drama." I guess they're just banking on their good looks which is even more baffling when there is no picture to support any type of look. They usually close with "I'm not good at talking about myself." Is that because you're not good at talking about any subject in general? Or is it because you haven't figured out just who you are yet? Or is it just due to a lack of writing skills? Hence the suggestion of having a friend compose something slightly personalized.
I went out with Reasonably Tall Guy who stood about six feet (at least that's what his profile said). While we were having a drink and talking about family, he mentioned how he was the lucky one out of his brothers because he was the only one with all his hair. Sure enough, he had a full head of hair......well........until I went to the restroom and on my return came walking up behind him. There it was. The strangest little bald spot on the back of his head. There's no way I would have seen it otherwise because he's a good ten inches taller than me and it was sorta atop his head....almost like a very little hat. I almost stopped and said he had something in his hair but caught myself just in time. Poor guy. One day I'm sure someone will mention it to him when he tells that story once again. (By the way, the bald spot had nothing to do with why I didn't go out with him again).
Are we really incapable of providing an accurate description of ourselves? And if we can't even do that much, how are we supposed to accurately describe who we are looking for?