Girls, Does this girl have interest in me and is she shy and traditional?

[Anonymous]

I'm a male and I have met a girl. We got along quite well and we exchanged our Instagram accounts.
At the moment I'm trying to discover if she is into me, as I don't get clear signs to confirm she is. She is sending out mixed signals.
So we have been texting back and forth for a few weeks through Instagram direct messaging. She never initiates contact but she does like my instagram stories from time to time. I'm usually the one who is initiating the texting contact.

When we do have conversations through text she is very detailed with her awnsers and she responds very quickly. She uses a lot of emoji's and smileys in her text. She also tries to keep the conversation going by asking a lot of questions.

Last night for the first time she was the one who initiated contact. She had sent the message when she woke up in the morning. I didn't respond immediately as we're in vast different timezones and I was occupied (preparing to go to sleep as it was night time in my timezone). Although I did read the message that she had sent. The message contained a question to start a new topic/conversation and a big smiley. So nothing sensitive. I decided to go sleep and respond the next morning. The next morning the message dissapeard as she had unsent it.

Why did she remove the message? The message did not contain any sensitive information. One thing I do know for sure is that she assumed I haven't had read the message yet as I didn't open the message in the app (I only sideviewed it in my notifications bar of my phone). So no confirmation from instagram was indicating that I have read the message. So she retracted the message assuming I haven't read it yet.

questions:
1Why did she remove the message?
2Maybe this girl traditional? Do they want to avoid giving the signal that they are initiating contact or that they are into you? Background information is that this is an Asian girl from Hong Kong. Maybe it's a cultural thing?
3How big is probability that she actually likes me?

Updates

1 y

well acutally we did meet in person but she flew back to her hometown recently.

[SueShe]

When I read about social media and about solely communicating through those media, a red flag is immediately raised in my mind.

You are asking us about things we cannot answer since we do not know you and that lady. She must have had her reasons to remove that post and for you to know, you will have to actually talk to her. You know, opening your mouth and letting sounds out, just like people used to communicate 20+ years ago when the mouth was still used for something else than to eat food.

I am so totally against those emojis because they do not convey anything and they can be misinterpreted. Also, something I cannot understand is: How can you "unsend" something that was sent? One has to explain this. When I go to the post office and send a letter, I cannot "unsend" it.

As to the probability she likes you, again, she is the only person that will be able to give you an answer on this question.

[_Maya_]

Emojis and Instagram. You really have a connection. If you think k that little smiley faces and social media cues are a clue to whether she has interest in you or not then you'd better just cut ties right now. I find it hard to believe that someone in their thirties looks to likes or views on a social media account as a sign for if a girl or woman is into them. I see this far too much on this site and it is really a sad indicator of how the world works anymore. I'm guessing you have never met this person or seen them in real life. If I am correct how would anyone "like" someone they have never met? Do you like me because we are interacting online? I bet not given my opinion. Social is not a media. Being social is being with other people not online accounts.

[Anonymous]

LMAO!

How immature are you?

[chocolatetwopointo]

bro js leave her alone