Tinder, a dating app, has recently updated its Terms of Service. Among minor bureaucratic modifications, one major change aims to battle impersonations. From now on, Tinder will ban web developers who claim to be 'engineers'. While backend- and other types of software developers seem to be unaffected, many believe the ToS will be amended soon to include those as well.
  • onlinepersonaEnglish
    15·
    10 months ago

    I get the joke, what I don’t get is how one can impersonate a doctor on Tinder. Are people wearing lab coats in their pictures or something?

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    • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
      6·
      10 months ago

      The joke isn’t that they’re impersonating a medical professional. It’s that they’re impersonating the title of “doctor” by claiming a PhD. Someone with an Art History PhD is a doctor, but the joke here is that they aren’t really deserving of that title.

      • onlinepersonaEnglish
        19·
        10 months ago

        Dude, I get the bloody joke!

        I’m very specifically asking how they are impersonating it on Tinder. Is it a picture? Is there a field in Tinder you can fill out with your job title? Do they write it in the description?

        And I’m asking how Tinder is verifying that.

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        • puttputt@beehaw.org
          10·
          10 months ago

          Is there a field in Tinder you can fill out with your job title?

          Yes

          And I’m asking how Tinder is verifying that.

          They’re not. It’s fake

          • onlinepersonaEnglish
            13·
            10 months ago

            Oh, I see now. It’s a satire article! Given I don’t use Tinder and have seen exclusive dating apps, it really wasn’t far-fetched.

            Thanks for clearing that up.

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