How 'bout a slice of humble pie?

So I've been on Match.com almost 2 weeks now. I hoped that by now I'd be swimming in a sea of eligible bachelors, but realistically I knew I'd have to weed through a bunch of tools. Here's the thing that I didn't actually think of: MAYBE SOME OF THESE GUYS WILL THINK I'M THE TOOL.
Let me back up a minute and explain the rules of match. Basically there are 2 ways to let someone know that you're interested in them. You can "wink" at them or you can email them. Or both. And you can see all the people that look at your profile, whether they choose to communicate with you or not. So almost 2 weeks in and I have recieved 31 winks and countless emails. Not to shabby, eh? Well... most of them have been idiots. Like when I say I'm only interested in people in my age range within a 20 mile radius of NYC and I get an email from a 45 year old in Ohio. So I've sent zero return winks and only responded to one email. I had no interest in the guy, but his message was funny so I felt compelled to let him know.
I don't think that I'm being overly-selective either. None of these guys really seem like the kind of person I'd like to get to know, romantically or otherwise. Plus I'm new to the whole online-dating thing, and I don't necessarily feel like rushing in to meeting some complete stranger in a strange place. Unfortunately I think that my Match Karma has come back to bite me in the ass. While scrolling through people's profiles (I'm still on a mission to revise my profile to make it sound more like me and less like a robot) I happened to stumble on an incredibly handsome and seemingly sweet man. Perfect age range and very geographically desirable. I totally panicked. "What do I do? Do I wink at him? That seems strange and stalkerish. But an email may be too forward". Before I knew what I was doing I winked at him. It felt strangely empowering. My first online flirtation. In my mind I already started to fast-forward to what kind of witty email I'd send when he wrote back. Then I started planning our first date, which would obviously be amazing. There would be no awkward moments, and maybe we'd spend late nights on the phone... and then who knows!
This all happened last night, so I was anxious to check my account today for his inevitable email. NO EMAIL. NO WINK.
Now follow my thought pattern through the rest of the day: "Well obviously he hasn't checked his email yet and realized I winked at him". Later this afternoon I scrolled through the people who've viewed my profile and there he was. "Wait a minute... so that means he did get my wink. And he chose not to write back to me. Holy crap. You mean people just go around ignoring a nice girl's winks? I realize that I ignored 31 winks, but how could this happen to me? Is my profile not compelling enough? Do I need more pictures?" You get my drift. Complete and utter rejection. I couldn't believe it. But that's karma for you. Maybe now I will be a little less snobbish and respond to some of these gentlemen's winks/emails. I'm still not gonna respond to creepy 40-yr olds, but maybe I'll try to be a little nicer.