This is the better world though. Would you rather have a dating app with no users or so many that they can't possibly fully investigate every false-positive?
Tinder just permabanned me or the problem with big tech
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#192I just lost my IG account after having it for literally a decade. Short story: I thought my engagement was low, so I manually went through my not-very-large follower list (2400 or so) in the IG app, identified about 100 accounts that I thought were bots (accounts that were following 6000+ people), and then went to each one and removed them as a follower. I made it about 40 in when suddenly I got meaningless errors, l…
It is time these services were treated like a utility. If my energy supplier screws me around I can contact the regulator.
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#193The problem is lack of fair and impartial judicial review.
Every one has a fundamental right to appeal, to have their day in court.
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#194From Tinder's ToS: > Tinder may terminate your account at any time without notice if it believes that you have violated this Agreement. Upon such termination, you will not be entitled to any refund for purchases. > For residents of the Republic of Korea, except in the case [...], we will without delay notify you of the reason for taking the relevant step. They openly say in advance that they'll ban users who they thi…
If you vpn to Korea would you get an answer?
Considering Tinder rather explicitly checks your location to find people around you? I'd assume it wouldn't work, and might even lead to getting banned faster.
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#195Big tech would be if your ban from tinder causes you to lose access to your email, your productivity tools, and your income.
If getting banned without good justification is the problem, the problem is with all tech services
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#196Re: Tinder just permabanned me or the problem with big tech
#197Earlier quoted context omitted.
It has competitors, sure. But what the competitors don't have is user base and mind share. Maybe _de facto_ or _effective_ monopoly is more accurate?
I think you are off base here. I use hinge primarily and occasionally bumble. I haven't opened up tinder in months.
They are all owned by Match though, they're not actually competitors.
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#198I just lost my IG account after having it for literally a decade. Short story: I thought my engagement was low, so I manually went through my not-very-large follower list (2400 or so) in the IG app, identified about 100 accounts that I thought were bots (accounts that were following 6000+ people), and then went to each one and removed them as a follower. I made it about 40 in when suddenly I got meaningless errors, l…
>All of the avenues to contact Instagram are meaningless and don’t lead anywhere.
I feel you. I got permabanned from tinder when I emailed their support asking how the verification process worked with couples. They replied with a ban notice and I was confused, turns out couples profiles are against Tinders T&C. I hadn't actually done ANYTHING to violate their T&C in-app yet, just asking their support about it was enough to ban for life.
To top it off, they embedded a secret key in my iOS keychain that synced across all devices. Even wiping the phone would get new numbers banned on sign in. I ended up having to use a fresh device on a fresh iCloud account on a new number to bypass their ban (I'm a dev with 100+ devices at my disposal and multiple VPS VPNs, good luck Tinder).
Tinder can go fuck itself, but they have an absolute monopoly in my area/demographic so I have to put up with them.
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#199This is pretty disturbing considering how necessary dating apps are today.
Let's say you get banned from Tinder and consequently Bumble. What do you do now? You can create fake accounts, but they'll eventually find you. Coffee Meets Bagel? Plenty of Fish? Match.com? Don't make me laugh.
It's already bad enough that women find it strange that a guy doesn't have an Instagram account (this has been my experience 90% of the time), but at least as someone who is dating you can work your way around that. But if you get shut out of even 1 of the few main dating apps, you've lost a massive pool of dates and potential life partners. Unless something has changed since my foray into that scene, these days those apps are pretty much a requirement for getting any meaning amount of dates.
I can't help but feel bad for the younger generations of today. I was fortunate to come of age during the tail end of where it was still largely acceptable to meet and approach women IRL while online dating was kind of a sideshow. Today, what were once the best places to meet other young single people, are not only where it's become unacceptable to meet new people at bars and clubs or meetups but they also are the places with the most COVID-masking (yes, this DOES affect attraction and being able to read the other person). For most young guys and girls, you're probably stuck with Tinder and Bumble unless you are a 9 or above.
The other day I got permabanned from Nextdoor, not because I did anything wrong, but because I didn't use my real name. Of course the name that I used is the name that I use in real life and as a professional. I logged in one day to find that I had absolutely no access to my account. There was no read-only access to my messages, my activity, settings, or anything. Just a page that said I'd been banned for not using my real name but that I could contact their customer service or whatever. Imagine if that happens to you on Tinder right as you're about to ask someone on a date, or to your Wells Fargo account as you just got a paycheck and are ready to make that big purchase.
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#200Once had a bank that decided that I had met a annual limit of foreign exchange swift orders and because of that I couldn’t receive my salary from the foreign company I worked for.
Sent then my contract, links to my face and name on the company’s about page and they simply decided I was probably some kind of terrorist or drug trafficker or whatever.
Thankfully was able to transfer the order to another bank and later sue the first bank and win