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  1. Have a way to filter out bots solicitation and scams

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    The amount of fake profiles and guys claiming to be escorts but really just want money for *** are off the charts here in Houston, Texas. What happened to me last night should not happen to anybody and I'm going to have to get police officers and a local LGBT community involved. I have been chatting with this guy for a while. Every measure was taken to insure his identity and we mutually made an agreement for him to come over to my place to hang out. Not to hookup but just meet. His profile didn't have a photo all it said was his name and hit me up let's chill. I got to know him through chatting. He seems like an okay guy. So I let him into my home, he threw off some really good vibes, and then he came on to me and had *********** with me. Then he all of a sudden stood up and claims he was an escort and he needed payment. I told him that I had no idea he was an escort and then I thought he came over on his own accord. I didn't verbally hire him and we didn't make any verbal or written contracts. I apologized and said this was a miscommunication because of what is on his profile. He didn't change the right in front of me and told me to look again. I tried to argue with him but that did not work. He then got very loud about it and I told him we needed to take it outside my apartment. He shoved me away from my door and pointed a gun at me told me to stay where I was and for me to get his money. He had both my tablet and my phone and my wallet in his hands I wasn't able to screenshot anyting. So I gave him as cash and he ran out my front door. Literally I feel like I am putting myself in danger everyday talking to guys either without face pictures and for all you know they can have criminal records. I'm sorry to say but security and identification needs to be heightened on all platforms not just Grindr. There needs to be a better way to authenticate identification. Catfishing and fake profiles are at at an all-time high and you want us to pay $50 for an unlimited account? You guys got bigger problems on your hands. You put in your safety guidelines for guys to not post photos of their face? Why would you teach guys to hide their identity? We need to fight adversity and live like free Americans and not ones that live in secret. And it's only a matter of time before somebody gets hurt and you guys sued. There shouldn't be a way to hide your identity. There should only be a way to authenticate it.

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