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Anecdotally, that does not match my experience at all. When I relented and got a Tinder account I was immediately inundated with dozens of likes. I was instantl

Anecdotally, that does not match my experience at all. When I relented and got a Tinder account I was immediately inundated with dozens of likes. I was instantly skeptical because Tinder kept bombarding me with prompts to buy their premium service at a discount. And, truth be told, having consistently received such a low number of matches on other platforms, I was suspicious about being so suddenly popular. Lo and behold, every single one of the matches/messages I received were nothing more than advertisements for their OnlyFans or an invitation to follow one their social media profiles. I've also found that most of the profiles shown to me are either low effort, or belong to women that are thousands of miles away - despite me disabling the worldwide setting. As a result my overall impression is that Tinder is the worst when it comes to non-genuine accounts. By genuine I don't just mean real humans, I mean people who are actually using the site sincerely.

IgorPartola 4y ago
I should have been more clear. I don’t mean that Tinder isn’t a huge platform for only fans et al ads. What I mean is that the genuine users started initially using the platform for one night stands/hookups but the focus of the genuine users has quickly shifted towards LTRs. I have not seen other platforms do this. Lots of other platforms go in the opposite direction where they start out with LTR culture only to add hookups as a major focus.
jrnichols 4y ago
> were nothing more than advertisements for their OnlyFans or an invitation to follow one their social media profiles. This is a huge huge huge reason why so many guys start off a conversation with something like "hi." we are full on expecting to get some bot response or OnlyFans spam. it's incredible what a cancer OnlyFans has become across the internet.
throwaway2037 4y ago
This experience is very interesting. I have used dating apps in a few countries in East Asia. I never once had the issue that you mention, but I definitely believe it happens. Thinking deeper about it, advertising via a dating app for your OnlyFans site sounds like a brilliant idea! If you have a very visually appealing profile, then men are very likely to select you and at least read a few messages.

IgorPartola 4y ago

I should have been more clear. I don’t mean that Tinder isn’t a huge platform for only fans et al ads. What I mean is that the genuine users started initially using the platform for one night stands/hookups but the focus of the genuine users has quickly shifted towards LTRs. I have not seen other platforms do this. Lots of other platforms go in the opposite direction where they start out with LTR culture only to add hookups as a major focus.

jrnichols 4y ago

> were nothing more than advertisements for their OnlyFans or an invitation to follow one their social media profiles. This is a huge huge huge reason why so many guys start off a conversation with something like "hi." we are full on expecting to get some bot response or OnlyFans spam. it's incredible what a cancer OnlyFans has become across the internet.

throwaway2037 4y ago

This experience is very interesting. I have used dating apps in a few countries in East Asia. I never once had the issue that you mention, but I definitely believe it happens. Thinking deeper about it, advertising via a dating app for your OnlyFans site sounds like a brilliant idea! If you have a very visually appealing profile, then men are very likely to select you and at least read a few messages.