As OP says - "It’s fine if it’s tinder, but what are you gonna do when the same will happen with your bank application or a messenger that you use on a daily basis"?
I feel your pain. I immediately wiped Tinder when it asked me for a Facebook signup. But there are other apps such as Badoo etc, it just depends on where you live.
Does Tinder identify fake accounts to Facebook? Tinder has a huge problem with spam already. I'm ashamed to say that I'd be inconvenienced if my Facebook account was disabled; don't want to have to re-sign up for all my other apps.
I think Tinder is one of the worst offenders. It spams you daily about why you should be swiping, but you kind of need to have notifications since its a chat app.
It's pretty clear that this is a misuse of tinder according to its current usage. In some alternate reality or future world when tinder explicitly condones this, then your point would be valid.
I doubt tinder would consider this because the public benefit doesn't outweigh the annoyance to users. If you want to spread the word, you can use Facebook, which is actually better since people share what they think is important, so it's more tuned to people's actual priorities.
IIRC, you have to auth to Tinder with a FB account. Not saying that nothing shady is happening, because I believe it is, but note that there are hundreds of ways for a company like FB to connect the dots. Post locations, event invitations, friends of friends, searches, ads/trackers, even your behavior/patterns on the site. The only real options, IMO, are to delete FB or accept the uphill battle.
Tinder is riddled with spam accounts for Insta and Snap. If you swipe through the women available you can then see the new accounts hitting the area. A lot of them are created in the middle of the night. Bio to Insta or being a FWB with a Snap account. The app stores should hold Match responsible for allowing them to lure dumb, lonely guys into fraud.
I know someone who works on the Tinder team, and if this is happening, it's news to them. Ie, you have no idea what you're talking about.
If both parties have to swipe in order for them to receive spam, why does Tinder care? In your head, do you think server costs are their primary concern?
The great benefit of something like tinder is that it only allows contact after both people show some sign of interest. Compare that to an app where you can just message someone...and you've experienced spam on a new level. I've seen several people message others over 20 times, without ever receiving a response.
Oh yeah totally, after forming an in-person connection with someone from Tinder, I'll move off platform, but rushing that is (at least where I am) bot behavior and hasn't lead me to success. Nor do I really trust someone pushing me off platform. It's just that there's so much texting that happens on-platform given even a low steam of matches that I chose to include it. I didn't include Hinge or Bumble in that list though, didn't want to inflate the app count.
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