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Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service

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Re: Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service

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Post by ictebres »

reallydontask wrote: post #6

> It found that queer females aged under 30 were charged the least, at just $6.99 per month, while city-based straight men over 50 were charged the most, at $34.37 a month. Any Australians care to comment on the use of queer? It's pretty derogatory in the UK (in the context of sexual orientation) edit: added, in the context of sexual orientation edit 2: looks like my knowledge is outdated then :)

I am not a native English speaker, but queer is repurposed by the LGBT community to include everyone, under a single name [1]. It can even include heterosexuality [2]. I definitely do not read it in any derogatory way, and would identify myself as queer.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_heterosexuality

Edit: formatting

Re: Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service

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reallydontask wrote: post #6

> It found that queer females aged under 30 were charged the least, at just $6.99 per month, while city-based straight men over 50 were charged the most, at $34.37 a month. Any Australians care to comment on the use of queer? It's pretty derogatory in the UK (in the context of sexual orientation) edit: added, in the context of sexual orientation edit 2: looks like my knowledge is outdated then :)

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reallydontask wrote: post #6

> It found that queer females aged under 30 were charged the least, at just $6.99 per month, while city-based straight men over 50 were charged the most, at $34.37 a month. Any Australians care to comment on the use of queer? It's pretty derogatory in the UK (in the context of sexual orientation) edit: added, in the context of sexual orientation edit 2: looks like my knowledge is outdated then :)

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Post by dmurray »

reallydontask wrote: post #6

> It found that queer females aged under 30 were charged the least, at just $6.99 per month, while city-based straight men over 50 were charged the most, at $34.37 a month. Any Australians care to comment on the use of queer? It's pretty derogatory in the UK (in the context of sexual orientation) edit: added, in the context of sexual orientation edit 2: looks like my knowledge is outdated then :)

It's the "Q" in LGBTQ... so it's definitely a word that is being "reclaimed".

Pretty much any word can cause offence these days, but ABC have presumably been advised on a house style that is acceptable.

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Post by Edd314159 »

reallydontask wrote: post #6

> It found that queer females aged under 30 were charged the least, at just $6.99 per month, while city-based straight men over 50 were charged the most, at $34.37 a month. Any Australians care to comment on the use of queer? It's pretty derogatory in the UK (in the context of sexual orientation) edit: added, in the context of sexual orientation edit 2: looks like my knowledge is outdated then :)

I'm in the UK and I don't get the sense that it's derogatory (though I'm a straight male myself, so maybe I'm not the best judge)

Isn't "queer" the Q in LGBTQ, an acronym that most will happily identify with? Perhaps it _used_ to be derogatory, but it appears has been redefined into something positive.

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Post by theelous3 »

reallydontask wrote: post #6

> It found that queer females aged under 30 were charged the least, at just $6.99 per month, while city-based straight men over 50 were charged the most, at $34.37 a month. Any Australians care to comment on the use of queer? It's pretty derogatory in the UK (in the context of sexual orientation) edit: added, in the context of sexual orientation edit 2: looks like my knowledge is outdated then :)

The Q in lgbtq is queer, a term reappropriated a long time ago by the non-cis communities. I don't know of anywhere that thinks of it as a slur, unless you use it like one. Similarly, you can make any descriptor a negative with the right intonation.

"I wouldn't hire that woman."

"I wouldn't hire that woman"

Re: Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service

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Post by schemy »

ictebres wrote: post #11
reallydontask wrote: post #6

> It found that queer females aged under 30 were charged the least, at just $6.99 per month, while city-based straight men over 50 were charged the most, at $34.37 a month. Any Australians care to comment on the use of queer? It's pretty derogatory in the UK (in the context of sexual orientation) edit: added, in the context of sexual orientation edit 2: looks like my knowledge is outdated then :)

I am not a native English speaker, but queer is repurposed by the LGBT community to include everyone, under a single name [1]. It can even include heterosexuality [2]. I definitely do not read it in any derogatory way, and would identify myself as queer. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_heterosexuality Edit: formatting

It's an American term and like usual cultural imperialism means everyone else must use it too.

Re: Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service

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Post by qshqwudhoquc »

EE84M3i wrote: post #7

They should be more transparent about their pricing, but it seems to me like they offer different demographics fundementaly different services so charging different amounts isn't unreasonable.

I don't think a different algorithm counts as a different service, and other than that what could be different about it?
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