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Replying to scarface, who has no reply button... It would help to know that profiles are not likely to be a Chinese scammer, and it would help in that the app wouldn't be actively _hiding_ profiles of people that have expressed an interest you behind a "gold-level" function. Because that's what Tinder does: it finds the short list of people that might be interested in you, and then hides them behind a pay wall, occasionally trickling one out (and dare I speculate, the one that is least likely to lead to a relationship).

If anything, Tinder is the precise opposite of a dating app.



What’s wrong with expecting you to pay for a service?


Nothing, but if your only goal is to frustrate people, maybe that's a level of 'service' you should not be offering in the first place.




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