Tinder, a dating app, has recently updated its Terms of Service. Among minor bureaucratic modifications, one major change aims to battle impersonations. From now on, Tinder will ban web developers who claim to be 'engineers'. While backend- and other types of software developers seem to be unaffected, many believe the ToS will be amended soon to include those as well.
  • onlinepersona@programming.devEnglish
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    4 months ago

    This is not a new kind of policy for Tinder. In the past, PhDs in Social Sciences were banned for impersonating ‘doctors’.

    How were they impersonating doctors? How does Tinder verify any of these claims?

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    • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      4 months ago

      First of all, it’s a pretty obvious joke.

      In this case, the joke is: “people with a PhD are doctors. It’s a doctorate. But the field of social sciences is not real science, and thus shouldn’t count as a doctorate.”

        • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
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          4 months ago

          The joke isn’t that they’re impersonating a medical professional. It’s that they’re impersonating the title of “doctor” by claiming a PhD. Someone with an Art History PhD is a doctor, but the joke here is that they aren’t really deserving of that title.

          • onlinepersona@programming.devEnglish
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            4 months ago

            Dude, I get the bloody joke!

            I’m very specifically asking how they are impersonating it on Tinder. Is it a picture? Is there a field in Tinder you can fill out with your job title? Do they write it in the description?

            And I’m asking how Tinder is verifying that.

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            • puttputt@beehaw.org
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              4 months ago

              Is there a field in Tinder you can fill out with your job title?

              Yes

              And I’m asking how Tinder is verifying that.

              They’re not. It’s fake