Tinder's new secret trans ban strategy

[Pengola]

So dating for me has gotten so much harder the past year since I mainly use tinder to date. I try to avoid the trans or lgbt apps mainly because I find the large majority of guys on there are ->-bleeped-<-s, and they treat girls like us like a fetish. I know while  it seems there's many girls who embellish in that I personally don't and alot of us don't either.

Back from 2015 - 2017 I could simply just write that i'm trans in my profile and never get banned. Then in early 2018 the continuous string of banning began, EVEN after tinder implemented their trans inclusive gender categories. However this is tricky because:

1) transphobic users still report u if they see your profile

2) in some countries the ability to state your gender is not present upon creation of the profile. I have tested the app when using it and making new profiles in the EU countries and Australia and USA. The only way for you to be able to state your gender 100% of the time is if you log in through a PC or the website, NOT through the app

3) lastly, even if you successfully place your gender on your profile, SOME but not all users can actually view it on their app. Ive tested this too by asking guys and using the app on my other phone

What tinder has been doing as of late is they have been secretly banning transgender profiles. I think ever since that lawsuit they became more careful. Instead of outright making it clear your profile is banned, you are actually secretly disabled. This means:

1) the people you matched with will suddenly see your profile disappear
2) you can message them but they won't receive it
3) your matches per day will very quickly go down to 0

I know this because again, through extensive testing in different countries, I noticed the indicator when i get banned, as a tinder gold user where i can see who swiped me, if i swiped right it will say we matched but after that their profile does not appear on my match list any longer.

I even tested on profiles where I did not mention i'm transgender and surprise surprise, no such issue ever occurred.

Its gotten so depressing that dating just because so much less progressive for trans people. Anyone knows what happened with that lawsuit?

*side note: a part of me wants to sue them too for this. I certainly have the finances to do so but I don't want to be in a time consuming and emotionally draining lawsuit.

its just feels really disheartening lately that finding love and a partner has become even more tedious than in previous years

[Colleen_definitely]

I don't want to be in a time consuming and emotionally draining lawsuit.

Being a hero isn't glamorous.  Perhaps you could find a lawyer looking for a claimant and let them do the heavy lifting?


But in a situation where their defense would probably revolve around "lol oops our algorithm was acting up and we didn't think it would do that" and hoping the judge was easily baffled with techno jargon, I could understand not wanting to deal with it.

[Pengola]

yes that would be one of their arguments since it will be hard to find proof they were doing it on purpose. But I can't imagine this is all coincidental given the timeline since 2017 where the ban began then that lawsuit that occured and now with how they are dealing with the profiles where they secretly disable them.

I've emailed them several times but the only thing I've received in response is first "pls send screenshots" then when I do send the screenshots detailing what happened the next response is always "we have investigated the situation and there is nothing wrong with your profile". Clearly the profile is not working yet they kept insisting it is. No matter how many times I email them about this issue using multiple profile I get the same generic response, as if they were coached to respond like this.

Its sad too that these days this is the main dating app that is most widely used by far and (for me at least) I've always found has the largest dating pool but now I cannot use it without being silently banned consistently

[xAmyX]

That's strange. I've had Transgender written in my profile for years now, and have had no issues matching with people. I just spent a night with someone I met from Tinder, and another night with someone I met from OKCupid. Maybe it's okay, because I mostly look to date girls? The majority of my matches are with females. They're probably not as "transphobic" as heterosexual males whom are offended by being attracted to someone whom is transgender. Not that there's anything wrong with being attracted to us. I can see why you'd be offended; though, if you feel like being transgender is causing them to dampen your experience using the app. Definitely look into that, get proof, and do something about it. That's unacceptable.

[Pengola]

Oh yeah women tend to be alot more accepting of trans people because in many societies there's this thing where any association trans people somehow affects the masculinity to heterosexual men. I wish i were attracted to women! It would make things so much easier