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21% of women sending a message first seems surprising. I only skimmed the paper, but it doesn't seem like they removed bots from their data. Back when I was sin

by imh 10y ago

21% of women sending a message first seems surprising. I only skimmed the paper, but it doesn't seem like they removed bots from their data. Back when I was single, the vast majority of women messaging first were bots.

lloyd-christmas 10y ago
Yeah, this is definitely the case. I swipe right on everyone. It's an extreme rarity to find a woman who texts first. I'd put it at easily less than 5% (if they aren't a bot).
- Grishnakh 10y ago
  The bots are getting smarter; now they wait for you to write first, then chat you up a bit, then give you a spiel about how their boyfriend has ED and they need a hook-up.
  - mynegation 10y ago
    As a person not on Tinder, I wonder: what is the endgame for bots or botmasters?
    - J_Darnley 10y ago
      Most of the screenshots of the crap ones usually advertise some webcam sex show which requires a credit card for age verification (what they really mean is for scamming you out of money).
    - 1812Overture 10y ago
      I've seen a few things: 1. "Follow me on instagram/twitter for more pics!" Getting real followers for fake social media accounts. 2. "I want to give you a sexy show, go this website!" Driving traffic to paid webcam sites. 3. "Friend me on facebook!" Similar to one, but datamining for ad networks could be the real motivation here. 4. "I want to fly out to meet you, but I can't afford a plane ticket!" Old school scamming money. Anyone seen others?
      - autotune 10y ago
        5. "I'm a hooker and want you to come to my hotel" Getting you to come to their hotel and either rob you, be a sting operation, or get an STD, or at the very least be out hundreds of dollars, which to their credit has a greater chance of actually real and attainable, though not worth the risk in my opinion.
      - lloyd-christmas 10y ago
        6. Text me so now I have your phone number in my spam registry.
niels_olson 10y ago
I had no idea there was such a market for Tinder bots. What are they all doing? Are there a variety of types?
- BWStearns 10y ago
  In NYC it was mostly what I referred to as hooker-bots. They really made no effort to disguise the automation and were effectively just free advertisements. I did run into a couple bots that were at least trying to pass which was weird since I couldn't figure out their purpose. If you're looking to avoid (or create/market) sleazy dating bots bumble seems mostly sentient.

by imh 10y ago

lloyd-christmas 10y ago

Yeah, this is definitely the case. I swipe right on everyone. It's an extreme rarity to find a woman who texts first. I'd put it at easily less than 5% (if they aren't a bot).

Grishnakh 10y ago
The bots are getting smarter; now they wait for you to write first, then chat you up a bit, then give you a spiel about how their boyfriend has ED and they need a hook-up.
- mynegation 10y ago
  As a person not on Tinder, I wonder: what is the endgame for bots or botmasters?
  - J_Darnley 10y ago
    Most of the screenshots of the crap ones usually advertise some webcam sex show which requires a credit card for age verification (what they really mean is for scamming you out of money).
  - 1812Overture 10y ago
    I've seen a few things: 1. "Follow me on instagram/twitter for more pics!" Getting real followers for fake social media accounts. 2. "I want to give you a sexy show, go this website!" Driving traffic to paid webcam sites. 3. "Friend me on facebook!" Similar to one, but datamining for ad networks could be the real motivation here. 4. "I want to fly out to meet you, but I can't afford a plane ticket!" Old school scamming money. Anyone seen others?
    - autotune 10y ago
      5. "I'm a hooker and want you to come to my hotel" Getting you to come to their hotel and either rob you, be a sting operation, or get an STD, or at the very least be out hundreds of dollars, which to their credit has a greater chance of actually real and attainable, though not worth the risk in my opinion.
    - lloyd-christmas 10y ago
      6. Text me so now I have your phone number in my spam registry.

niels_olson 10y ago

I had no idea there was such a market for Tinder bots. What are they all doing? Are there a variety of types?

BWStearns 10y ago
In NYC it was mostly what I referred to as hooker-bots. They really made no effort to disguise the automation and were effectively just free advertisements. I did run into a couple bots that were at least trying to pass which was weird since I couldn't figure out their purpose. If you're looking to avoid (or create/market) sleazy dating bots bumble seems mostly sentient.