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[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't realize there were still real people that use Tinder. I thought it was all bots by this point.

[–] hayvan@piefed.world 14 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

It was a spam bot swarm a decade ago.

I checked again around 2023, then it was full of human backed fake profiles that pushed cryptocoin scams. It's called pig butchering.

Today I assume it's still pog butchering but backed by LLMs instead of people.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago

I think I was last on it pre-pandemic and, yeah, it was a bot fest. The profiles that appeared to be legit humans weren't all that impressive either.

I can't imagine going back. Unless I pivot careers to crypto scammer.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 20 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

pog butchering

Pogs are back? Finally, my investment will pay off!

[–] Mercury@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago