"I understand you're proud of your dogs, but you did not have to make all your dating pics feature only your dogs, and nothing else, not even you."
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For the love of everything sacred, when you put up your dating profile pics, make sure you don't look like you're smelling a fart in *all* of them.
Ask a friend if needed.
"Maybe they did ask a friend, and that friend turned out to be an enemy. Have you ever thought about that???"
No. 😭
#dating #OnlineDating #DatingPictures #SmellTheFartDating #farts
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Please don't hold a cat looking at you like it is the first time he sees a human ever in your dating pics.
Thank you.
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Seen in a dating profile:
A guy standing next to a formally dressed headless woman.
:headache:
It looks like this guy had the bright idea to use the eraser tool rather than slap an emoji on the woman's face.
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Pro tip: when you upload your dating profile pictures, do use the preview feature of the app.
Otherwise, if you have a nose ring, you might look like you need to wipe your nose when your picture is reduced to a thumbnail. You know... because the nose ring looks like snot in the thumbnail.
😬
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PSA: If you do the Nazi salute in a dating profile pic, I'm not going to assume it is a joke. I'm going to assume it is real and pass on you. I really don't care what you claim to be.
Yep, this just happened. This person presented as queer. :catthinking:
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Seen in a dating picture:
3 folks. One of them with a face, the other two with the face covered by a blue tint that looks like the water in the background.
End result: the 2 folks look like they just don't *have* a face.
Please don't put in your dating profile pictures that contain people whose face looks like it is missing.
Thank you,
The Administration -
"Didn't you see my dating pictures?"
"Yes, but... I thought it was photoshopped."
"Well, what you saw is what you get. My head was a giant Snapchat QR code there. So you get a giant Snapchat QR code for a head in real life too."
" 😬 "
"I take it by your expression that you don't date Snapchat QR code heads."
"I prefer to date smiley emoji heads like myself. :derpface: "
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[#OkCupid workers talking about me.]
"Good god! This enby has blocked everybody in a 50-mile radius."
"Shit! There's no candidate to put in their Cupid's Picks."
"Wait a second! A new profile!"
"Ew... the profile pics are awful, and there's no profile text to speak of."
"Well, we have to fill Cupid's Picks with *something*."
"I think my dead uncle Bob would be a better pick."
"We have to make do with what we have."
"Alright."
[Me: opens app, screams in horror.] 😱
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Scammer much?
The fact that the profile picture appeared three times was already a dead giveaway, but I also did a reverse image search and found this person on hot.com.
:holdthepain:
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Oh, er... yes. I did run into a cockroach today (i.e. a #scammer) on #Feeld.
What tipped me off?
The one picture that appeared to be professionally taken... you know... by a professional photographer.
That and the regurgitation in the profile text waxing poetic about BDSM.
I'm going to post a link to the original picture as a reply to this post. The picture that was used in the profile was cropped, but it was indeed the picture that I found with a reverse image search.
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I saw a couple with blurred faces on #Feeld, and I immediately thought of this skit.
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Well, well....
It's been a while, but I was approached by another cockroach today. (A scammer.) From what I can tell, I had liked it first. It was a majestic member, so... I don't *think* that I wasted a ping on it.
It presented as non-binary. Their profile said they wanted to know my preferred kinks. I opened saying that I don't have preferred ones, and that I just want to make it happy.
It then said something like:
"I'd like a few."
Hmm... okay. That's a rather cold reply for a first line, in the context of dating. I produced a list that I already had. I went back to the profile, and it had a line saying "Show me your dick."
Er... you know what? I don't usually hit on people who are this forward. If you remember, two different cockroaches tried to bamboozle me with dick pics and a threat of sending stuff to my followers on Facebook.
Maybe the profile had been changed since I had liked them, but this got my wheels spinning. What if it comes back asking to see a picture of my dick?
I decided to do a reverse image search on its first profile picture, and, yep. I found it on Instagram.
I unmatched and reported. I'm not aiming to waste my time.
(This is why I don't recommend using your social media pictures as dating pictures.)
#dating #DatingProfile #DatingPictures #ReverseImageSearch #scammer #cockroach
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That's a first. I came across a dating profile of a couple whose first pic has blacked out faces. But the 2nd and 3rd pic shows full faces.
Did someone forget to black out the 2nd and 3rd pictures???
:catthinking:
Of course, I'm assuming that the first picture shows the blacked out faces *of the couple*. It could be that they decided to show some random couple in the first pic, but I doubt it.
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I just saw a dating profile of a guy who had replaced his head with a clipart flame.
#dating #flame #DatingPictures #PortugalTheMan #HeadIsAFlameCoolWithIt
It reminds me of this song:
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A realization after seeing a bunch of headless torsos on #Feeld.
When you've seen one torso, you've seen them all.
:hide_the_pain_harold:
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I really love it when I see someone stating something in the prose section of their dating profile, and proceeding to put up a picture from bdsmtest.org that does not match what they are saying.
Scammer?
Someone who lacks self-awareness?
The response from me is invariable, pass.
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Seen in a dating profile:
A naked woman with her limbs hiding the naughty bits.
:headache:
Man, the scammers are getting desperate.
"No profile text? Fuck this shit! She's nekked! Like, like, like, like, like, like, like... [breaks the phone]."
:hide_the_pain_harold:
#dating #DatingProfile #DatingPictures #naked #NaughtyBits #scammers #scam #desperation
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Shit That Irritates Me In Dating Profiles
How to avoid giving the wrong impression when you write a dating profile.
I’m angry. I keep seeing inadequate profiles on Feeld. Sometimes these people list desires that in theory might match me, but because their profile is inadequate, I have to reject them. My experience on the dating apps have demonstrated that I’m most likely to be wasting my time with them.
Let me explain a few things before we move on. I’m going to talk about Feeld for two reasons. First, this is the main app that I use. Second, some of my behavior may not make sense if you are on another app. Some apps, for instance, require that you like someone or reject them right away. Feeld allows you to pass on them for the time being. That’s a third option. Please adapt my reflections as needed for the platform you are on.
Feeld presents to you your prospects in something I call a stack of prospects. The app allows you to do the following when a prospect’s profile is presented to you:
- Reject this profile. It is removed from your stack. You won’t see it again.
- Like this profile. (Either with a plain “like,” or a “ping.”) It is also removed, but the person at the other end knows of your like or ping.
- Don’t do anything. It remains in your stack. You can see this person again.
- Report the profile. This is for profiles that violate the platform’s rules. It will be removed from your stack once you report it.
Likes are free, but if the other person is not paying for Feeld, i.e. they are not a Majestic member, your profile will appear blurred to them. However, a ping will make it so that your profile will appear unblured, even if the other person does not pay for the service. Contrarily to likes, pings do cost money. You get one free ping per day with your Majestic membership. You can also buy pings. At the end of the day, you pay for pings, one way or another.
On Feeld you can put a prose description of yourself in your profile. In addition, you have a list of desires. This list can be populated from a standardized list of terms: “poly”, “MMF”, “BDSM”, etc. You also have a list of interests, the interests can be anything. You’re limited to ten desires and ten interests.
Let me make it clear to you. An inadequate profile does one of these things:
- It makes you look like a scammer.
- It evinces some self-esteem problems.
- It paints you as an inconsiderate asshole.
I’ll note here that a lot of the people who have inadequate profiles do not pay for the service. This is where inconsiderate asshole comes into play. The chances that you’re going to like us if we don’t ping are pretty slim. You’re hoping that people are going to maybe waste a ping on you. Pings cost money. So you’re hoping that someone will take a chance on your inadequate profile, and most likely waste their money.
Let’s now look at the problems I’m seeing.
Empty profiles
For the love of god, fill out your fucking profile. I don’t care how hard it is to talk about yourself. Write what you want in your profile somewhere else (LibreOffice, Word, Google Doc, …). When you are ready, take that text and plop it into your profile. This is exactly what I do. I did this because I got tired of writing dating profiles on multiple platforms. This may help those who have trouble writing about themselves. Even better, ask a friend to read your profile too to look for problems.
Here are some questions to ask yourself:
- What do you like?
- What are you into?
- What are your dealbreakers? I think everybody has dealbreakers. Mine are Republicans, TERFS, cops, folks in the military, etc. List them so that we don’t waste time on you. It is fine to have preferences. If you don’t want facial hair, say so! If you’re allergic to cats, tell us!
- Where do you live? No, you don’t have to be super precise. The closest town, or the closest neighborhood if you live in a metropolis will do.
I’ve liked people with an empty profile in the past, but it has never ever been fruitful. Even if they liked me back, the chat went nowhere, or worse, they revealed themselves to be a scammer.
This is where you can easily appear like a scammer, even if you are not. Scammers do not want to put up any obstacles between themselves and you. Why? Because they want the shortest and easiest path between themselves and your money. So they put up an empty profile with pretty pictures and generic desires.
If the rest of your profile appears contradictory, resolve the contradiction in the prose section. It has happened a number of times that I’ve seen profiles with people having “poly” and “monogamy” in their desires. Generally, these don’t fit together. However, some people are ambiamorous and may be okay with both. Just put “ambiamorous” in the prose section, and you’re done! This was just one example.
Oftentimes, if I see a new person with an empty profile, I won’t reject them right away. I’ll pass on them, for now. However, if they never fill out their profile, I’m going to eventually reject them.
I’ll also note here that if your profile is empty, then your pictures are what is giving you appeal. If you’re tired of people objectifying you, having an empty profile is an awful idea. People only have your pictures to make a decision and will objectify you. Think about the quality of your matches.
Profiles with a social media handle
Feeld forbids social media handles in your dating profile. That’s one reason not to put them there. However, this is not the only reason. Again, my experience is that people who put a social media handle in their profile are scammers, or they are on the dating app for the wrong reasons.
See, I’ve matched with people who did not have a social media handle in their profile, but they immediately asked me to go to Snapchat, or Google Chat, or whatever, right after we matched. These were all, without exception, scammers.
Some scammers will put the handle right in their profile. Why wait until you match to try to scam you?? Note that if you contact them using their handle, all of your interactions are off platform. So the platform cannot do anything even if you complain to the platform about those scammers. That’s why they immediately ask you to move off platform in chat. What better way to get you off platform than putting their handle right into their profile?
Once in a while, I run into a profile that appears to be by someone real, but has a social media handle. I reject them. Scammers have various levels of sophistication, and I’ve run into a few sophisticated scammers that managed to write nice profiles.
I also suspect that some people just use their dating profile as some form of advertisement for their Instagram account. They want followers there, end of story. They won’t ever talk to you.
Profiles without pictures of yourself
Show your yourself, and show your face. No, I don’t care that the people at work will ostracize you. I’ve had two bad experiences with people who did not want to show their faces. Preferences are fine. It just so happens that they fell outside the big bucket of my preferences. I saw their faces, and it was a big fat no from me.
I did have one good experience with someone who did not show her face. She quickly posted pictures of herself in chat. She was gorgeous. We had a nice, and substantial chat. However, the chat that started well became a disappointment. She disappeared. I waited a good six months. She had talked about depression. So I did not think that waiting that long was unwarranted. Well, she never came back. This is where self-esteem issue come out.
If you hide yourself, chances are that you have problems with your own self-esteem. All the times that I liked someone without profile pictures turned out to be failures.
Use the platform’s filters
It irritates the hell out of me when I see a profile saying something like “I’m looking for women,” or “Please be between 25 and 35.” These two statements exclude me. Fine, you can absolutely have preferences. However, why not use the platform’s filter to make it so that neither of us see each other. Feeld does allow filtering by age or by gender. Use it!
Conclusion
The observations above constitute my advice to write profiles people won’t toss into the garbage bin. Also, a reminder, if you have a terrible profile, don’t be surprised if you attract terrible humans. You’ve asked for it.
#AutisticWriters #Dating #DatingAdvice #DatingApps #DatingPictures #DatingProfile #Feeld #SocialMedia #YourAutisticLife
https://www.yourautisticlife.com/2024/01/21/shit-that-irritates-me-in-dating-profiles/
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In #dating new, Pete Buttigieg and Lauren Boebert have graciously accepted to model for us what to do and not do when taking dating profile pictures.
Pete Buttigieg smiles normally. This scoundrel will get a date in no time.
On the other hand, Lauren Boebert smiles like she wants to eat her audience. She's not likely to get a date any time soon. Sorry, Lauren. Better luck next time.
#USNews #USPol #PeteButtigieg #LaurenBoebert #DatingPictures #satire
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Hey kids,
You know when I say that your pictures attached to your dating profile shouldn't look like you want to eat the viewer?
Well, Lauren Boebert demonstrates exactly what NOT to do.
Thanks, Lauren! 👍
#USPol #dating #DatingAdvice #DatingPictures #LaurenBoebert #EatTheViewer #satire
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I come across a dating profile. "She" is straight. "She" pays for the service. "She" has no profile text, but a list of desires.
Then I look at the picture, and this picture is CLEARLY retouched. I can see the bloody strokes on "her" arm.
Scammer!
No, I did not report her, because I'm tired of reporting scammers to #Feeld. They don't seem to do anything with my reports anyway. Why should I bother?
Pro-tip: if you ever feel the urge to retouch one of your pictures, don't!!! Take a new picture.
(I don't care if it is a group picture, and you want to hide the face of other folks. Just... don't retouch the background or your body.)
#dating #DatingProfile #DatingPictures #scammer #RetouchedPicture #ProTip
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Now my dating profile has an unsolicited duck pic. :derpface:
"You bastard! Don't you know you're not supposed to send such pics to prospects? :catangry:"
Yo, I said duck! And that's not a typo. :headache:
"Oh..."
I felt my profile was not demonstrating well enough how much of a joker I am. :madjoy:
"I see. :catthinking: "
You're welcome. 👍
"I don't care. I wouldn't want to date you if you were the last man on Earth. :catangry:"
Ouch! 😭
#dating #DatingPictures #UnsolicitedDuckPic #duck #joker #TheLastManOnEarth
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This morning, I got a like on a dating platform.
The person reports being agender and androsexual. Okay, that's a green flag. I've got nothing against #agender and #androsexual people.
I look. The pictures are of someone who could #model. That's a red flag. (Sorry if you do look like a model, but my experience has been that on the dating platforms those people who look like models and hit on me... Well... nothing good comes out of it. I've got nothing against models in the abstract. My ex-wife modeled. 😉 )
The profile is empty. Another red flag.
But you know what? There's a gigantic cherry on this shit sundae. Can you guess?
Can you?
Haha...
Er...
Among her desires is #monogamy. I'm #polyamorous. Oh oh oh, yet another #scammer who did not read my profile.
"This man is #pansexual... I know. I'm going to say that I'm agender and androsexual. That will clinch it."
🙄
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So I matched this morning, but I suspect the person is a scammer. I would have had to like her first for this match to happen. The clues that she might be a scammer:
* I don't recall her profile pictures. This happened a few times. I think there's a type of scammer that switches pictures between the time you like them and the time they talk to you.
* No face in the pictures. It is bloody rare that I engage with those people.
* One of the pictures is clearly a screenshot of somebody's profile picture. You can see the navigation UI in the corner.
"But why did you like her with those shitty pictures!"
See my first point above. I think the pictures changed between the time I would have sent her a like, and now.
* Her profile text is rather generic.
My first question to her is whether she's neurodivergent. If she's a scammer, she's going to get schooled. :madjoy:
I'll keep you updated, but right this minute it ain't looking too good.