Identifying scammers
Hey guys. Not sure if you guys have been told about this or not. This was an idea the members came up with and it’s been passed along from member to member. There’s been such a huge onslaught of scammers on the site as you undoubtedly know. It’s almost impossible to maneuver around it. So what people have been asked to do if they’re suspicious is to ask the guy to do a selfie and instruct them to for example hold one finger up. That way you can see if the actual person matches the picture. The first time it was asked of me I was shocked, but then it was explained to me why and it made perfect sense. Maybe there’s a way you guys could incorporate that into the app. I’ve been on and off Grindr since the beginning and it’s almost intolerable with the scammers. I’m sure you probably already know, but they always start up the same by greeting you a short sentence of something and then they go directly to inquiring what you do for a living. It’s almost consistently always the same. Just thought you should know
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Chuck Levine commented
Between the bots, the scammers/OF models and the prostitutes this site has gone to shit.
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Chris Brady commented
Is there a possibility of adding a verified selfie to create the account? This would solve all the random bots that are running crazy on the site! It can still be an anon profile if the user chooses but there needs to be more filtering for the creation of the profile. Just simply making sure it’s a person would make everyone more comfortable
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Craig Stevens commented
Sure hope the Grindr team sees this post.