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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Did Aponte and Bliss make any valid points about online dating?

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

What points did they make?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Are they My Little Ponies?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"What points did they make? "

Don't tell me you have forgotten what Google is for!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Are they My Little Ponies?"

No... they are MY little ponies

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"What points did they make?

Don't tell me you have forgotten what Google is for!"

Looking for memes of cats.... What's your point?

It's common courtesy when positing a question to outline the whole thing and not be ridiculously vague and then sarcastic when asked for clarification.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"What points did they make?

Don't tell me you have forgotten what Google is for!

Looking for memes of cats.... What's your point?

It's common courtesy when positing a question to outline the whole thing and not be ridiculously vague and then sarcastic when asked for clarification. "

This is true and may be why the post bombed

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

This was the story my OP was referring to. Have they made any valid points? Should the guys feel duped or be angry?

The model who duped hundreds of dudes into showing up for a phony Tinder date in Union Square refused to apologize Thursday — and painted herself as the victim.

“I’m taking all the hits right now,” Instagram model and actress Natasha Aponte whined on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

“It’s funny because all of the negative that I’m getting from these guys — [they] are still in my inboxes trying to date me.”

Aponte made headlines this week after inviting dozens of dudes to the park on Sunday, only to blindside them by revealing they were all there for the same date and would have to compete — turning most away for arbitrary reasons like having a beard or being named “Jimmy” and putting the rest through physical challenges.

The brunette finally explained what it was all about Thursday as she and “viral video” marketer Rob Bliss released their footage of the ruse — saying it was a “social experiment” to highlight the problem with online dating.

“It’s kind of become socially acceptable to like disqualify people and say, like, you have to be X height, you have to work X job,” Bliss — who also created the famous footage of a woman being catcalled while walking through New York — told GMA.

“We should be mad about this.”

Their resulting video, titled “The Tinder Trap,” shows how they set up the scam — they paid “overseas workers” to flirt on Natasha’s behalf with 7,500 men and spent two years planning — then how the event played out.

Most of the men look confused or bemused, but at least a handful participate in the bizarre competition.

At one point, as Aponte interviews potential suitors, one unwitting participant grabs her mic.

“Excuse me, this shit you just did right here, pulled a stunt on all these men who had stuff to do? It’s f–ked up. you know it’s f–ked up!” he yells to cheers from the crowd.

In a voice over, Aponte concludes that his anger at being set up for a viral video stunt proves that Tinder is bad.

“Just because someone doesn’t check off every box on what we find attractive doesn’t mean they aren’t. It’s absurd, isn’t it, to judge people by such petty things as if they like to wear khakis?” she says over footage of the mic-grabber and other men complaining to a police officer.

“We know that. Look at how angry this makes people.”

Aponte told “Good Morning America” she did actually go out with one of the men — but there was no love connection.

Bliss maintained that he wasn’t trying to sell anything or promote a product, just to make a point.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

To be honest op i can see her point but id be mighty pissed off if i was one of the guys and if they are still messaging her to get a date then they need to get some self respect

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

So she essentially made a real life tinder?

I think doing it and not telling people was out of order. If a guy had done it he'd be called all the banes under the sun.

We all make flash judgements about people everytime we meet someone new. This isn't a recent trend or restricted to online dating.

There's a guy at work who I thought was a massive dick for years but worked with him for a while and he's actually OK.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"What points did they make?

Don't tell me you have forgotten what Google is for!

Looking for memes of cats.... What's your point?

It's common courtesy when positing a question to outline the whole thing and not be ridiculously vague and then sarcastic when asked for clarification. "

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

When you're on the pull in a club or in a bar, do you sit and chat to every girl there despite not being attracted to them just to see if their personality is good?

No..

You look at the hurls available and make judgments based on what they are wearing, what they look like, how late in the evening it is, how d*unk you are and how d*unk they are (the last 2 slightly tongue in cheek). His is that any different to online dating?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"So she essentially made a real life tinder?

"

I think we all swipe left or right in real life, just subconsciously after all we have preferences or we would be meeting everyone and anyone

it was a genius public test and great a woman thought of it. wonder why the men are winging

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"When you're on the pull in a club or in a bar, do you sit and chat to every girl there despite not being attracted to them just to see if their personality is good?

No..

You look at the hurls available and make judgments based on what they are wearing, what they look like, how late in the evening it is, how d*unk you are and how d*unk they are (the last 2 slightly tongue in cheek). His is that any different to online dating? "

and get out my head woman :P x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wouldn't call that a social experiment, I would call it a waste of my time.

She acted like an absolute bitch.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I wouldn't call that a social experiment, I would call it a waste of my time.

She acted like an absolute bitch."

people do things for reasons to themselves,

did you go then?

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"I wouldn't call that a social experiment, I would call it a waste of my time.

She acted like an absolute bitch."

But you could have dated a real life Instagram model

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I wouldn't call that a social experiment, I would call it a waste of my time.

She acted like an absolute bitch.

But you could have dated a real life Instagram model "

Who gives a flying fuck who she is and what she does.

That's not how you treat other people, end off.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"I wouldn't call that a social experiment, I would call it a waste of my time.

She acted like an absolute bitch.

But you could have dated a real life Instagram model

Who gives a flying fuck who she is and what she does.

That's not how you treat other people, end off."

Oh.... You're really pissed off about this story then? I was just messing about

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I wouldn't call that a social experiment, I would call it a waste of my time.

She acted like an absolute bitch.

But you could have dated a real life Instagram model

Who gives a flying fuck who she is and what she does.

That's not how you treat other people, end off.

Oh.... You're really pissed off about this story then? I was just messing about "

You think public belittling is ok then?

I don't see how this so called social experiment is funny or anything else for that matter.

We all know people are superficial and first judge by appearance, what she did is just give some men bigger inferiority complex than they already have.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I wouldn't call that a social experiment, I would call it a waste of my time.

She acted like an absolute bitch.

But you could have dated a real life Instagram model

Who gives a flying fuck who she is and what she does.

That's not how you treat other people, end off.

Oh.... You're really pissed off about this story then? I was just messing about

You think public belittling is ok then?

I don't see how this so called social experiment is funny or anything else for that matter.

We all know people are superficial and first judge by appearance, what she did is just give some men bigger inferiority complex than they already have."

I wonder what the comments would be if a male did this?

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"I wouldn't call that a social experiment, I would call it a waste of my time.

She acted like an absolute bitch.

But you could have dated a real life Instagram model

Who gives a flying fuck who she is and what she does.

That's not how you treat other people, end off.

Oh.... You're really pissed off about this story then? I was just messing about

You think public belittling is ok then?

I don't see how this so called social experiment is funny or anything else for that matter.

We all know people are superficial and first judge by appearance, what she did is just give some men bigger inferiority complex than they already have."

Did I say it was OK? I think you'll find I said it wasn't in my post above.

Chill your beans fella!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It is unethical, by putting people into a situation they have no initial knowledge of which is intended to humiliate them.

But it does highlight one thing, the power of women over men.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"It is unethical, by putting people into a situation they have no initial knowledge of which is intended to humiliate them.

But it does highlight one thing, the power of women over men. "

Only because a woman did it. A man could have set up multiple dates in the way she did, by employing people to do the leg work.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

It does make me realize why i have never or have any intention of joining a dating site

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The point she was trying to make through the "social experiment" is completely idiotic and totally irrelevant to online dating.

She was trying to prove that emotional connection is more important than swiping left or right according to your dating preferences.

Basically she encourages people to look past what they find attractive or unattractive in others and date everyone so they all have a 'fair' chance.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It sounds very flawed as an experiment. When people swipe on tinder it's for very superficial reasons. The way you look in a photo. What you're doing. What you're wearing. If you're lucky because of something you wrote.

But discounting someone quickly in real life is based on masses more info. The way they move. Their voice. How they come across. A myriad of subtle little signals in our body language that reveal so much about us.

I bet there were a fair few guys who she "swiped" in person to try and make her point who she wouldn't have actually dismissed if she hadnt been on a soap box. Just a big lesson in rejection for guys then. As if we don't already get enough of that

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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago

Hereford

Is not be pissed off were I one of the guys, it's quite funny.

On the other hand, is no longer be interested in dating her.

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