How to get a convo going with a girl online?

i start by saying ';hey hows it going';

then from there they just give me one word answers

e.g Me: Where are you from?

them :NYC

and so on so forth

how to i get an actual decent convo going?How to get a convo going with a girl online?
tht seems kind of stalkerish.. normali you'll have 2 jst keep digging though

4 example what she likes, find some common interest or something

be funny and nice ^^

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