Tinder has rolled out its promised high-end membership, a pricey $499 per month subscription dubbed "Tinder Select," which includes unique perks like the
Tinder Launches $499 USD-Per-Month "Tinder Select" Membership::Tinder has rolled out its promised high-end membership, a pricey $499 per month subscription dubbed "Tinder Select," which includes unique perks like the
If you are at the point where paying $499+ a month looks like the only way you'll ever have a significant other or even just sex just invest that money in therapy or drugs or a super high end sex doll or a high class hooker but not in fucking Tinder. Jesus.
Good luck getting that to happen. Could probably happen in the EU if it hasn't already, but in the US, you'd have better luck winning a SLAPP suit against the Cult ("church") of Scientology in an area where they are legally allowed to file them against you.
I know there's no laws that allow the people of the USA to prosecute companies for business models that destroy the fabric of society, and I even fear that kind of law could be abused to prosecute abortion clinics and LGBT rights orgs...but dating apps make me wish there was.
Andrew Tate...PUAs...Red Pillers...it all only makes sense in a world where dating apps are the primary way we meet people.
I’m back on the dating scene in my early 30’s and I try to be hostile to their algorithm by force quitting and leaving the app closed which seems to trigger it to try and be more engaging.
I also tried gold only to have my filters just not work. Why would I be interested in matching someone 6000km away or someone with kids even though I’ve tried filtering them out? Ask Tinder I guess. Why would I pay for a service that doesn’t even work. Now that I’m not paying the “likes” seem to roll in even though I frequently run out of users for my area.
The news was first reported by Bloomberg, and follows parent company Match Group’s earlier confirmation that Tinder would expand its membership options to include a new, high-end product catering to Gen Z users sometime this fall.
Tinder says that less than 1% of users will be allowed to gain access to this premium product, and members can choose to display their status with an exclusive SELECT badge on their profile.
Inspiration for this members-only club within Tinder comes from Match’s July 2022 acquisition of another high-end dating app, The League, which could cost users up to $1,000 per week.
In addition, Select members’ profiles will be shown unblurred in the Like You grid in the app for up to seven days, even if they don’t pay for Tinder Gold or Platinum subscriptions.
The company doesn’t detail how this technology works or how it rates these so-called “exceptional connections,” but one might imagine they include other Select members or those other users liked the most.
To apply for Tinder Select, users must have at least four photos, five interests, a bio with a minimum of 15 characters, show a relationship intent, be photo-verified and, importantly, have way too much money to spend on dating apps.
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IAC/Match Group owns this space and at this point the cash grab is so openly brazen. I hate it. Part of the reason i've folded on online dating and dating in general.
There are people so desperate for a fuck that they will pay this money. Will it solve the problem that the number of (real, existing) women on such platforms is lower than the demand? Probably not.
Because in 2016 it was a huge deal when they introduced a $5 monthly subscription for a few perks.
Now a $500 subscription triggers about the same level of response because we've all been worn down by subscription fatigue so much, so no one is really surprised, but we feel like we should still be really indignant and mad about this.
Subscription fatigue is real. Went to a PF Chang's yesterday and the host's desk had a sign inviting guests to sign up for their subscription to "preferred customer" service, something like $40 a month, to get 'priority seating' and drink specials. Screw that!
Last time I used it, things like seeing who liked your profile and super liking other profiles (normally you get limited number of those and they indicate that you're really interested), and seeing who viewed your profile.
One major issue is that Tinder is full of bots. The company doesn't sanitize it cuz it's in their interest to have men feel like there are more women on it than there actually are.
Well I'm glad I never got into it. Everything about that just feels icky.
Maybe I'm just old, but I like the idea of meeting in real life and progressing from there to be preferable rather than meeting because of an app. That puts the first real life encounter in a weird context, so I think it's so much more natural if you encounter them genuinely first and then get attracted to each other just a better system overall.
I mean I guess it can work out, but it just seems extremely uncomfortable all around.