Dating app users refuse to share their real identities as hacking fears surge: Dating app users increasingly reject sharing names and phone numbers while accepting health data disclosure, driven by cybersecurity concerns in 2025 Verve report. https://ppc.land/dating-app-users-refuse-to-share-their-real-identities-as-hacking-fears-surge/ #DatingApps #Cybersecurity #PrivacyConcerns #DataSecurity #OnlineDating
Dating app users refuse to share their real identities as hacking fears surge

Dating app users increasingly reject sharing names and phone numbers while accepting health data disclosure, driven by cybersecurity concerns in 2025 Verve report.

PPC Land

"definitely ruins my chance of online dating" -- "akin to being cancelled from all dating" -- "being banned has had an impact on her dating life" -- "I’ve Been Banned From Almost Every Dating App" -- "locked out of dating apps can be far more significant for young people looking for a lifelong partner" -- "People unable to get onto those apps are potentially losing out on finding their life partner" -- "owns five of the top eight dating apps" -- "two-thirds of the online dating market" -- "bans, when they’re handed out, are pretty absolute. The companies overseeing dating apps can not just ban usernames and email addresses, but also IP addresses (from where you log onto the internet) and device identifiers, meaning that individual devices can be barred from rejoining apps"

https://www.vice.com/en/article/banned-from-dating-apps/

I feel

e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t

towards 2 or 3 major apps who groundlessly banned me despite me doing nothing impolite, nothing disrespectful, no violations of terms and conditions.

#ostracism #groundlessostracism #abuse #systemicabuse #discrimination #contempt #dating #datingapp #datingapps #ruins #onlinedating #cancelled #cancel #cancelculture #toxic #ban #banned #abuseofbans #losingout #loneliness #banishing #groundlessbanishing #shunning #relationship #relationships #romanticrelationship #romanticrelationships #romance

I’ve Been Banned From Almost Every Dating App

It was probably “weaponized reporting” from a scorned date, and it's almost impossible to fix.

VICE
Nigeria: Matchmaking websites increasingly popular in Kano http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQxn0s #Nigeria #Matchmaking #OnlineDating #Kano #LoveConnection

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"Das Grundproblem scheint mir aber zu sein, dass die App einen zwingt, sich überhaupt zu überlegen, wer für einen infrage kommt. Damit der Algorithmus seine Arbeit machen kann. So, als suche man das ideale Produkt. Das Problem ist nur, dass Menschen keine Katalogware sind. Und dass man dann niemals überrascht wird – weil die Vorauswahl ja schon alles definiert."

#OnlineDating

Read FAIR • by Kali Thurber -- Humour / Satire -- #dating #KaliThurber #loneliness #OnlineDating https://everydayfiction.com/?p=23994
FAIR • by Kali Thurber – Every Day Fiction

Another day, another scammer.

This one was on Taimi. She had an empty profile and presented as straight. Not a great start, but she had liked me, so I figured "let's see where this goes."

It did not go far.

She asked me what I was looking for. I answered truthfully. I asked the same. She says she's looking for a sub. In my profile, I make it clear that I'm a Dom. So I tell her I'm not a sub.

I continue my morning routine thinking she might be gone... but no. I figure at scammer central they were trying to figure out how to switch the script.

I did not give them the chance. I blocked.

#scammer #scams #dating #OnlineDating

Mashable: Grindr is testing a new AI plan that could cost $220 a week. “Grindr has been testing EDGE in Australia and New Zealand, and it’s now expanding the pilot to Canada and some U.S. cities. Because EDGE is an experiment, users may see different prices, the blog post states. On X, multiple posts show the EDGE price as $219.99 for one week or $349.99 for one month.” Holy mackerel.

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/06/mashable-grindr-is-testing-a-new-ai-plan-that-could-cost-220-a-week/
Mashable: Grindr is testing a new AI plan that could cost $220 a week

Mashable: Grindr is testing a new AI plan that could cost $220 a week. “Grindr has been testing EDGE in Australia and New Zealand, and it’s now expanding the pilot to Canada and some U.…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose
#onlinedating #tinder Emotional Investment + Online Facade - #Ghosting = Disillusionment. 🥺 See https://scrollbots.com

Es ist auffällig ruhig geworden um das Thema Dating hier und das, obwohl ich mit diesem Thema quasi groß geworden bin. Aber die Wahrheit ist: Ich fühle mich aktuell einfach nicht wohl damit.⬇️

#Dating #Datingapp #Onlinedating #Selbstreflexion #Schutzmauern #MentalHealth #Single #SingleLife #Trans #Queer #Disability #Healing #PersonalGrowth #Tinder

Forget Hinge or Bumble. This App Promises a Personal AI Matchmaker

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/review/three-day-rule-matchmaking-app/