Inside the harrowing ecosystem of bots, scammers, catfish, self-promoters, and rogue AI on modern dating apps
fakes fakes fakes!!!
"What's something that feels like it should be illegal to know?"
Today is Valentine’s Day, so I’m thinking a lot about romance, and the things that make romance…difficult. One thing in particular has lived rent-free in my mind ever since I first learned about it in 2018: "animation" — the dating industry term for fake users, fake activity, anything to ma…
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