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Mocking “this person paid $8 for Twitter” is already a meme, this is 1. $499 and 2. a dating app where you’re trying to look attractive. Does having a badge tha

by fnfjfk 3y ago

Mocking “this person paid $8 for Twitter” is already a meme, this is 1. $499 and 2. a dating app where you’re trying to look attractive. Does having a badge that someone is burning $499 a month on this increase attractiveness? It seems less appealing than buying all of the other features but keeping the fact you paid for this completely hidden. You could spend $499 out at bars trying to meet people, and at least you’d get 50 beers in return!

4gotunameagain 3y ago
> Does having a badge that someone is burning $499 a month on this increase attractiveness? Unfortunately, in some demographic it does. Unfortunately there's also a demographic willing to pay $499 a month for premium tinder.
- throw9away6 3y ago
  What market would this be a good thing? Like Miami club scene?
- kbelder 3y ago
  And it would be great to put those two demographics together, and keep them away from the rest of us. Kind of a red light district.
  - 4gotunameagain 3y ago
    ehhh but then they reproduce :')
  - taskforcegemini 3y ago
    good point. for this money you can order someone to visit you. not in the USA of course
paulddraper 3y ago
The badge is optional, and not really part of the value.
technion 3y ago
It would sure make you a good mark for the crypto scammers that have completely overrun the platform.
- silisili 3y ago
  As I'm unfamiliar with either, are you referring to Tinder or Twitter? How does that work?
  - technion 3y ago
    I am talking about Tinder. The platform is at this point majority scam accounts, I'd probably put the number at 80% (speaking as a man looking at women at least) as fake. They'll send you a like, and they'll quickly talk about "making their fortune" or buying multiple properties. Once you're suckered in thinking that's fortunate they'll ask if you're interested in making such profits, because they can show you "crypto investments". Of course you'll be trained on just sending money to some account on a fake website you can never withdraw from. If you haven't used to platform in the last six months it's really hard to believe how bad things have gotten. "Verified" accounts that are AI generated and have no hands or no face, and profiles like this actually common: https://www.reddit.com/r/Tinder/comments/160lrof/bro_what/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Tinder/comments/160lrof/bro_what/ I know we joke about places like Reddit and Twitter being full of bots but I don't think anyone has any sense of the scale of the bots on Tinder. Paying $500 for priority matching with that sounds funny.
    - silisili 3y ago
      I had zero idea, but that makes sense I guess. Bots eventually ruin everything not adequately handling them. And thanks for the link to the laugh/nightmare fuel.
    - Kerb_ 3y ago
      That's not AI, it's a Photoshop. https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/19arde/foot_model/ https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/19arde/foot_model/ People put silly pics in their profiles and memes sometimes. If someone has this as their only profile pic, they're not taking it seriously. If someone has it after real pictures, they're trying to see if you have the same sense of humor. But yeah, AI generated profiles are becoming an issue. Especially because you can't reverse image search them like you could with old scammers.
Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
> Does having a badge that someone is burning $499 a month on this increase attractiveness? The badge signals two things: 1. This person is likely serious about finding a long-term partner. 2. This person likely has considerable disposable income be able to pay $499/month. > You could spend $499 out at bars trying to meet people, and at least you’d get 50 beers in return! If you're looking for a long-term partner, I think a bar is basically the worst place. Or maybe it's just a terrible place for me personally, since I go to bars, so a person at a bar is probably not a good match for me.
- kderbyma 3y ago
  This reply signals two things. This person is working for Tinder, or this person is rich and dumb.
  - scubbo 3y ago
    > this person is rich and dumb Not, necessarily, a negative dating signal for some people. (Less cynically - it might signal "this person is comfortably-off and is willing to devote significant energy to dating" - which could be positive or negative depending on whether you think their dating intentions align with yours or not)
- lp0_on_fire 3y ago
  Perhaps the dating scene has changed since I was last exposed to Tinder but “serious” is not the term I would use to describe an app primarily used for hookups.
  - hot_gril 3y ago
    It was partially used for serious dating (myself included) back when there were no other popular dating apps, meaning all kinds of people were on there. Since then, users have split out to other ones. Maybe Tinder wants them back. Luckily I'm not going back cause I met my now-wife somewhere else.
  - Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
hot_gril 3y ago
No paid feature can make people on Tinder like you. But a paid feature can show you to more people on Tinder, which makes a big difference as I've detailed elsewhere.
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- taskforcegemini 3y ago
  but what's the point if those people aren't interested un you? those who don't need the feature, have no reason to buy it, and those who "have a reason" for it will not benefit from it.
  - hot_gril 3y ago
    The point is that some of them are interested, even if they're few. Say it's only 1%. If 100 see you, you get 1 like. If you pay for 10K to see you, you get 100 likes.
datavirtue 3y ago
Yes, it's a signal you have money to burn. VERY attractive.
EA-3167 3y ago
The cynic in me says it's a "Sugar Daddy" badge.
HeartStrings 3y ago
"Look at this loser paying $499 for dating, what an incel!” Hard pass
- WentFullRetard 3y ago
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by fnfjfk 3y ago

4gotunameagain 3y ago

> Does having a badge that someone is burning $499 a month on this increase attractiveness? Unfortunately, in some demographic it does. Unfortunately there's also a demographic willing to pay $499 a month for premium tinder.

throw9away6 3y ago
What market would this be a good thing? Like Miami club scene?
kbelder 3y ago
And it would be great to put those two demographics together, and keep them away from the rest of us. Kind of a red light district.
- 4gotunameagain 3y ago
  ehhh but then they reproduce :')
- taskforcegemini 3y ago
  good point. for this money you can order someone to visit you. not in the USA of course

paulddraper 3y ago

The badge is optional, and not really part of the value.

technion 3y ago

It would sure make you a good mark for the crypto scammers that have completely overrun the platform.

silisili 3y ago
As I'm unfamiliar with either, are you referring to Tinder or Twitter? How does that work?
- technion 3y ago
  I am talking about Tinder. The platform is at this point majority scam accounts, I'd probably put the number at 80% (speaking as a man looking at women at least) as fake. They'll send you a like, and they'll quickly talk about "making their fortune" or buying multiple properties. Once you're suckered in thinking that's fortunate they'll ask if you're interested in making such profits, because they can show you "crypto investments". Of course you'll be trained on just sending money to some account on a fake website you can never withdraw from. If you haven't used to platform in the last six months it's really hard to believe how bad things have gotten. "Verified" accounts that are AI generated and have no hands or no face, and profiles like this actually common: https://www.reddit.com/r/Tinder/comments/160lrof/bro_what/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Tinder/comments/160lrof/bro_what/ I know we joke about places like Reddit and Twitter being full of bots but I don't think anyone has any sense of the scale of the bots on Tinder. Paying $500 for priority matching with that sounds funny.
  - silisili 3y ago
    I had zero idea, but that makes sense I guess. Bots eventually ruin everything not adequately handling them. And thanks for the link to the laugh/nightmare fuel.
  - Kerb_ 3y ago
    That's not AI, it's a Photoshop. https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/19arde/foot_model/ https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/19arde/foot_model/ People put silly pics in their profiles and memes sometimes. If someone has this as their only profile pic, they're not taking it seriously. If someone has it after real pictures, they're trying to see if you have the same sense of humor. But yeah, AI generated profiles are becoming an issue. Especially because you can't reverse image search them like you could with old scammers.

Sohcahtoa82 3y ago

> Does having a badge that someone is burning $499 a month on this increase attractiveness? The badge signals two things: 1. This person is likely serious about finding a long-term partner. 2. This person likely has considerable disposable income be able to pay $499/month. > You could spend $499 out at bars trying to meet people, and at least you’d get 50 beers in return! If you're looking for a long-term partner, I think a bar is basically the worst place. Or maybe it's just a terrible place for me personally, since I go to bars, so a person at a bar is probably not a good match for me.

kderbyma 3y ago
This reply signals two things. This person is working for Tinder, or this person is rich and dumb.
- scubbo 3y ago
  > this person is rich and dumb Not, necessarily, a negative dating signal for some people. (Less cynically - it might signal "this person is comfortably-off and is willing to devote significant energy to dating" - which could be positive or negative depending on whether you think their dating intentions align with yours or not)
lp0_on_fire 3y ago
Perhaps the dating scene has changed since I was last exposed to Tinder but “serious” is not the term I would use to describe an app primarily used for hookups.
- hot_gril 3y ago
  It was partially used for serious dating (myself included) back when there were no other popular dating apps, meaning all kinds of people were on there. Since then, users have split out to other ones. Maybe Tinder wants them back. Luckily I'm not going back cause I met my now-wife somewhere else.
- Sohcahtoa82 3y ago

hot_gril 3y ago

No paid feature can make people on Tinder like you. But a paid feature can show you to more people on Tinder, which makes a big difference as I've detailed elsewhere.

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taskforcegemini 3y ago
but what's the point if those people aren't interested un you? those who don't need the feature, have no reason to buy it, and those who "have a reason" for it will not benefit from it.
- hot_gril 3y ago
  The point is that some of them are interested, even if they're few. Say it's only 1%. If 100 see you, you get 1 like. If you pay for 10K to see you, you get 100 likes.

datavirtue 3y ago

Yes, it's a signal you have money to burn. VERY attractive.

EA-3167 3y ago

The cynic in me says it's a "Sugar Daddy" badge.

HeartStrings 3y ago

"Look at this loser paying $499 for dating, what an incel!” Hard pass

WentFullRetard 3y ago
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