How does this happen to me? I've no idea
I wish I was joking. I've read that some sites have gone beyond just fake profiles and actually pay people in Africa and SE Asia like $1 a day to log in and chat with people to prolong the ruse. It's pretty disgusting.
@newt @echo
Looks like this field is in a bit of a crisis now: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/aug/17/dating-apps-decline-bumble-tinder
I find it not hard to believe they might be hiring workforce abroad to keep the people engaged TBH 😏
Not that I would miss if most of these websites and companies close down, I've always found commodification of romance cynical and if you're looking for a hook-up, it's not like there were no options even without these apps.
@newt @echo
But we can still thank dating sites for giving us social networks 😂
In fact what we mean by social networking existed even in the nineties: dating sites had messaging/chats, rating photos, casual online multiplayer games… No one was conning them social networks though. Facebook's major breakthrough IMO was proper marketing — shifting the focus away from dating so less people started shying away from participating.
