▲ 122 ▼ OkCupid gave 3 million dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, FTC says (arstechnica.com) submitted 4 months ago by git@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 29 points 4 months ago (4 children) Whelp, I was about to bite the bullet and sign up. Guess not. I'll stay alone. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Muinteoir_Saoirse@hexbear.net 33 points 4 months ago* OKCupid is notoriously a bad place to sign up anyway. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/okcupid-experiment_n_5628054 They openly admitted to experimenting on people, like hiding people's profile information, telling people who had scored high matches that they had low matches, telling people who scored low matches that they had high matches. They do non-consensual social experiments. "The site told some pairs who were bad matches that they were, in fact, great for each other" permalink fedilink source parent [–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 33 points 4 months ago (1 child) I don't think any dating app has actually been designed to help people get dates in at least a decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Wolfman86@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago What elsecould they be here for? Do you think health insurance companies are in the USA to do something other than provide healthcare? /s permalink fedilink source parent [+] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago (2 children) What advice would you have as alternatives to online dating? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago (2 children) Do you have hobbies that involve going outside and interacting with other people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago die alone or get covid is a cool choice permalink fedilink source parent [–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) Not novel people permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago As far as finding someone from online, I've had much better luck meeting people in say, special interests groups or games like mmos that have a lot of down time for people to talk than I ever had with dating sites. permalink fedilink source parent [+] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dr_Pepper@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago As someone who has tried them off and on for the last 2 years, they are all 100% trash. Borderline scam territory, and if you do get matched with anyone and get a date out of it, they are usually self centered, rude, and not worth your time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Muinteoir_Saoirse@hexbear.net 33 points 4 months ago* OKCupid is notoriously a bad place to sign up anyway. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/okcupid-experiment_n_5628054 They openly admitted to experimenting on people, like hiding people's profile information, telling people who had scored high matches that they had low matches, telling people who scored low matches that they had high matches. They do non-consensual social experiments. "The site told some pairs who were bad matches that they were, in fact, great for each other" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 33 points 4 months ago (1 child) I don't think any dating app has actually been designed to help people get dates in at least a decade. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Wolfman86@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago What elsecould they be here for? Do you think health insurance companies are in the USA to do something other than provide healthcare? /s permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wolfman86@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago What elsecould they be here for? Do you think health insurance companies are in the USA to do something other than provide healthcare? /s permalink fedilink source parent
[+] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago (2 children) What advice would you have as alternatives to online dating? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago (2 children) Do you have hobbies that involve going outside and interacting with other people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago die alone or get covid is a cool choice permalink fedilink source parent [–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) Not novel people permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago As far as finding someone from online, I've had much better luck meeting people in say, special interests groups or games like mmos that have a lot of down time for people to talk than I ever had with dating sites. permalink fedilink source parent [+] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago (2 children) What advice would you have as alternatives to online dating? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago (2 children) Do you have hobbies that involve going outside and interacting with other people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago die alone or get covid is a cool choice permalink fedilink source parent [–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) Not novel people permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago As far as finding someone from online, I've had much better luck meeting people in say, special interests groups or games like mmos that have a lot of down time for people to talk than I ever had with dating sites. permalink fedilink source parent [+] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago (2 children) Do you have hobbies that involve going outside and interacting with other people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago die alone or get covid is a cool choice permalink fedilink source parent [–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) Not novel people permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago As far as finding someone from online, I've had much better luck meeting people in say, special interests groups or games like mmos that have a lot of down time for people to talk than I ever had with dating sites. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago die alone or get covid is a cool choice permalink fedilink source parent
[–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) Not novel people permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago As far as finding someone from online, I've had much better luck meeting people in say, special interests groups or games like mmos that have a lot of down time for people to talk than I ever had with dating sites. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago As far as finding someone from online, I've had much better luck meeting people in say, special interests groups or games like mmos that have a lot of down time for people to talk than I ever had with dating sites. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dr_Pepper@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago As someone who has tried them off and on for the last 2 years, they are all 100% trash. Borderline scam territory, and if you do get matched with anyone and get a date out of it, they are usually self centered, rude, and not worth your time. permalink fedilink source parent