Some observations:

- The fact that this app exists solidifies the data that a small group of men/women do most of the dating on tinder etc while the vast majority land dates far less if none at all.

- This creates distorted market supply and demand where those small group of men/women become sought after and its only human nature in that they value their supply less than the rest.

- Toxic behavior is expected from that small group of highly attractive people that do all the dating.

- It was only a matter of time before such app would run into legal issues or attract angry individuals. Now the damage to the leaked identities will be prolonged. With the AI tech today, the extent to which a damage can be doned with the information from the leaks is unknown.

- As for the company behind Tea, they are done. They face a monumental class action lawsuit as well as ongoing individual civil/criminal cases that will arise from the leaked identities, in particular the photo of driver licenses as well as selfies, usernames, emails drastically increase the surface area for damages.

- The users of this site and those that have directly posted images, details have opened themselves up to significant liability from not only the men they have targeted but from law enforcement.

- We'll see some new laws being formed from this case. Once again, we see the hidden dangers of blindly trusting large popular platforms with sensitive data but the twist with Tea here is the defamation activity that opens up its users to both civil and criminal liability.

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pavel_lishin 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

> The fact that this app exists solidifies that a small group of men/women do most of the dating on the quick fleeting connections on tinder etc while the vast majority on a few if not none at all.

I don't follow.

> This creates distorted market supply and demand where those small group of men/women become sought after

Isn't that true in the real world as well? I'm not exactly a hunk; people weren't tripping over themselves to ask me out, whereas some of my friends and acquaintances did have to figuratively beat people off with a stick.

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firefax 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

>Isn't that true in the real world as well?

I suspect the folks complaining about "markets" in online dating are not the kind of people who can connect offline.

To be fair, I think online dating has gotten worse -- sites like OkCupid used to match you based on shared affinity... the issue there is you could be a very high match on shared values but not someone's "type" visually -- imagine being shown the girl of your dreams only to find out the feeling is not mutual :-)

Conversely, I feel like people sometimes forget that they opted into these interactions, it's not like someone strolled up in a bar and began talking at them.

Anyways... if you're frustrated with apps, I'd suggest doing just that. Talk to people.

I met my last girlfriend at a bus stop. Before that, on a porch -- I was walking by and struck up a convo.

If you can't connect with people organically, no amount of tech can save you.

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chneu 5 days ago | parent [-]

anyone talking about "markets" in dating is a redpiller. That's redpill talk. They probably also "neg" women and talk about eugenics-adjacent stuff.

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arrowsmith 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

It’s true in the real world, but dating apps make it much more exaggerated.

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msgodel 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I think making prostitution illegal was probably a mistake. This used to be confined to brothels and everyone shamed it.