A dating app employee uncovered a shocking catfishing tactic the site uses to keep users swiping.
The employee's job included sending fake messages to customers whose accounts were about to expire to ensure they could renew by chatting with an attractive person. It is said that
Reddit user,u/visualisewhirledpeas, said his former job at a dating app used to say "account expired."
Employees were said to have had to "pretend to be women and send messages to male customers."
According to Reddit user Fantasy his account ghosts them after subscriptions are renewed.
Love is Blind
An 80s dating app user was duped by a scammer. An anonymous source told Buzzfeed.
The woman was reportedly seriously involved with someone on the site she had never met, and he tricked her into thinking he was serious enough to marry her. did.
"She paid for the venue, posted a guest list, and called two days before her planned wedding to inform her that her brother had contracted malaria and died. I posted a note about what I was calling," the source said.
Just three months after her, she was ready to sign up and risk her heartbreak again.
Dogfishing
For some virtual daters, the promise of a cute pet is enough to tempt them.
"...Sometimes Google finds out that the dog is someone else's dog," said Reddit user u/taffypuller.
Til Death
A woman died after meeting the man of her dreams on a dating app, u/Sighne said on Reddit.
"One day, due to a system bug, profile likes started being sent again after a few months, and she received a profile from her late boyfriend. .
Dating Experts on her app described a woman's report of a bug in her system as 'heartbreaking for her' .
Unplugged
A surprising number of men in Grindr are banned for selling marijuana.
U/paynetrayne says: Then go to your profile and you will see "HMU for (tree emoji.)". "
Untyped
Black women are less swiped on dating apps than any other demographic. Anonymous expert report.
" It was really disappointing to see black women less swiped than anyone else on dating apps," the source said. Their office, said to be mostly white men, chose women with mostly "Eurocentric features" to flaunt on the app.
Fake it 'Til You Make it
"We were creating fake accounts to chat with users," says u/supermanistheDR on Reddit.
they argued. Chat pops up for those who have a "premium account" but the app is silent. Said it would be sent.
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