Tinder banned me after I was reported by a racist person. They seemed to have stored my device ID, my IP address and my photos (for a face recognition model) on top of the phone number, Apple ID, email, and Facebook account. I tried making new accounts even on new phones and was banned there as well. Tinder customer support has not been helpful and keeps pasting a standard message saying I broke the Community Guidelines, which is not true at all... I tried contacting them on many channels and they don’t want to help. Tinder being my only way to date people, it means I am banned for life from dating, and it’s super hard emotionally on me given that it was completely unfair. I wish someone from Tinder (especially the Trust and Safety team) could step up and help. Some ML engineer recently changed the algo for banning and it is driving a lot of people crazy. Check « Google Ban » on Google trends and look at the chart spike since April.
“banned for life from dating” Have you heard of Hinge? Bumble? Or are you banned from those too?
I’m gay. There is litterally 20 profiles on these apps
Where are you based? I guess I take the apps for granted in NY 😅
Hahaha what even
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What was your crime?
I guess that the person I met didn’t like the country I was from given what he said
All these dating apps are a waste of time. Can’t believe you care about not using a Tinder.
Being gay, it’s my only way to know who’s gay. Dating apps are important. It’s not the same as for straight people who will always assume that the other girl/guy is most probably straight.
Had a few gay guys hit on me. Y’all assume every dude out there is gay or ready to flip the switch. Yikes
Something doesn’t add up, you got banned because one person complained???!!! also you are gay, why aren’t you just using grinder?
I’ve been using the app for 7 years so maybe there were some other reports over the years and it added up. Grindr is for hookups not for dates
Maybe don’t use a dating app and just hit on people you actually know?
If ur gay isn't grindr a better app? I don't have a gay friend that uses tinder
Depends if you’re only looking for a hookup or for a meaningful connection.
I have loads of experience with this. I got banned and emailed their support. Apparently it’s based on how many times you get flagged / blocked by people and you have a lifetime limit of like 5 or 10. Support reset this number for me once but i went thru that in like 18 months more. Then they refused to give me another reset so i made a new acct with a fresh fb acct + email.
Thanks for the details! I assume your second account was created more than a year ago? Now they are also storing device ID, IP address etc which means I need to change lots of things for my second account...
Yeah but try emailing them first to get the extra 10 flags extension. Say you were banned but claim you are respectful, etc. Hmu for openers: worked well in DMV and NY area. Completely flopped here in SF. Idk why
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What did you do? Stop being a racist.
Lol nothing!!