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I haven't received any... dunno where the telephone number comes into play, maybe thats how they intend to track your location for distancing purposes (its a core function of the app, relax)... but really you dont have a facebook account? That still weirds me out when people don't... like hell, even my parents have accounts O.o

Yeah, I do not have a facebook account, and I do not have a smartphone either. What can I say, I am a Luddite .


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Well, I gave my phone number, now it is stuck telling me to active geolocation, even though geolocation is activated. I knew this was not a good idea .

I really dont think youre missin out on much, it basically just shows you images of a girls in your area (or not, depending on your settings), some of whom may be attractive, some of whom are not, as well as displaying their first name and age (which isn't always accurate), shared interests and/or shared facebook friends (if any). If you're interested in them on some level you swipe right (or if you dont have a touch screen you click the heart), if not you swipe left (or click the x). If both of you said yes, then it 'matches' you and you're allowed to communicate with one another using their messaging app.

That basically sums it up, very simple and sleek, but the flaw is that there really is no (dis)incentive to say 'no' to someone, even if you're not interested in them, as a result you have users who basically say yes to every user they come across regardless of whether or not theyre interested, and thus break the fundamental principal on which its supposed to work (which is that it takes the guesswork out of the equation and lets you communicate with someone who has, on some level, an interest in you as well).

chaos0xomega wrote:
it basically just shows you images of a girls in your area (or not, depending on your settings)

Where can I change that ? I mean, it is bugging me to see that stupid pop-up always come up, I somehow do not want to see all the effort I made to make it work go to waste!

chaos0xomega wrote:
I really dont think youre missin out on much, it basically just shows you images of a girls in your area (or not, depending on your settings), some of whom may be attractive, some of whom are not, as well as displaying their first name and age (which isn't always accurate), shared interests and/or shared facebook friends (if any). If you're interested in them on some level you swipe right (or if you dont have a touch screen you click the heart), if not you swipe left (or click the x). If both of you said yes, then it 'matches' you and you're allowed to communicate with one another using their messaging app.

That basically sums it up, very simple and sleek, but the flaw is that there really is no (dis)incentive to say 'no' to someone, even if you're not interested in them, as a result you have users who basically say yes to every user they come across regardless of whether or not theyre interested, and thus break the fundamental principal on which its supposed to work (which is that it takes the guesswork out of the equation and lets you communicate with someone who has, on some level, an interest in you as well).

...except opportunities. 2/4 of the women I've slept with in the past 3 months have been from Tinder.

You might be overthinking it...you don't have the marry the girl. Meet her and see what she's like. You're going to possibly meet some weirdos on there, but that actually makes it kind of fun. The number of women you should be meeting should depend on your schedule, and play money you've got for dates. If neither of those are in short supply, then there really isn't any reason not to date around as much as possible. At the very least it's fun.


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 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
it basically just shows you images of a girls in your area (or not, depending on your settings)

Where can I change that ? I mean, it is bugging me to see that stupid pop-up always come up, I somehow do not want to see all the effort I made to make it work go to waste!

Are you saying that you're getting pop-ups? Shouldn't happen with Tinder.

Tinder uses your phone's GPS to tell where you are. You don't really set the location but you can set a proximity. Maybe that's why it isn't working properly? Can you emulate GPS?

Yeah I cant really help you Hybrid, I have a smartphone :/ Have you tried googling it? I know others have emulated tinder on pc to varying degrees of success, you might be able to find a solution if you search for it.

Nuggz - I'm not going to waste my time (or for that matter theirs) if I'm not particularly interested. Lets put it this way, none of the matches I've got so far are the ones where I was like "oh cool, she's pretty and we're both into x, y, z, would love to meet her!" they're all in the 'eh, well if I was bored with nothing better to do and we were both horny I'd give her a few inches and never call her again' category... (to clarify: not really interested)

chaos0xomega wrote:
Yeah I cant really help you Hybrid, I have a smartphone :/ Have you tried googling it? I know others have emulated tinder on pc to varying degrees of success, you might be able to find a solution if you search for it.

Nuggz - I'm not going to waste my time (or for that matter theirs) if I'm not particularly interested. Lets put it this way, none of the matches I've got so far are the ones where I was like "oh cool, she's pretty and we're both into x, y, z, would love to meet her!" they're all in the 'eh, well if I was bored with nothing better to do and we were both horny I'd give her a few inches and never call her again' category... (to clarify: not really interested)

Fair enough...it's not up to me to convince you, just saying that you might be surprised. A buddy of mine picked a girl up on Tinder...I thought she would be totally useless based on her pictures. When we were all hanging out her phone went off and her ringtone was the Zelda theme song. Turns out she's a huge gamer.

 NuggzTheNinja wrote:
Can you emulate GPS?

I checked, it is possible to fake it. So now I have some nice message telling me :

FUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
I will check if I made some mistake with the coordinates.

Hybrid, check your settings, should be something like male seeking female, ages x through y within z miles.

Also, I suppose its just possible that Europeans dont use Tinder

 NuggzTheNinja wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
Yeah I cant really help you Hybrid, I have a smartphone :/ Have you tried googling it? I know others have emulated tinder on pc to varying degrees of success, you might be able to find a solution if you search for it.

Nuggz - I'm not going to waste my time (or for that matter theirs) if I'm not particularly interested. Lets put it this way, none of the matches I've got so far are the ones where I was like "oh cool, she's pretty and we're both into x, y, z, would love to meet her!" they're all in the 'eh, well if I was bored with nothing better to do and we were both horny I'd give her a few inches and never call her again' category... (to clarify: not really interested)

Fair enough...it's not up to me to convince you, just saying that you might be surprised. A buddy of mine picked a girl up on Tinder...I thought she would be totally useless based on her pictures. When we were all hanging out her phone went off and her ringtone was the Zelda theme song. Turns out she's a huge gamer.

FFFffffffiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnneeeeee......

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 NuggzTheNinja wrote:
Can you emulate GPS?

I checked, it is possible to fake it. So now I have some nice message telling me :

FUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
I will check if I made some mistake with the coordinates.

In before you accidentally set your coordinates to some former Soviet socialist republic and this pops up on your Tinder feed:

chaos0xomega wrote:
Also, I suppose its just possible that Europeans dont use Tinder

They do. I know, a cousin showed me. Anyway, tried to use the geolocation on Google Maps, it does not work. Why? I have no freaking idea!


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So, apparently, no matter which coordinate I send, the device thinks I am at coordinate that does not even exist. Okay.

Well, it seems I've now swiped everyone within 25 miles of my home and 16 miles of my office (which are basically the maximum distances I can do without getting results in NYC), either that or Tinder is holding out on me... so I guess... now I wait?

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 KalashnikovMarine wrote:


Personally I found my issues with women back in the day were internal, not my approach, not my hobbies, but me just generally not being a good dude. So instead of learning "game" or learning "tricks" I improved myself for me, physically, mentally and socially. Everything else followed from there. Hell I went from king of the dorks in high school to marrying a model. Sure she tried to kill me (literally) but feth man if I can do it I have full faith and confidence in any one else to get their own matrimonial murder attempt if they dig and push themselves.

Wait, what!?? You're married!?

Was married. She tried to kill me so I divorced here. (100% not kidding)

I'll get to the story behind that at some point, when I'm not at work.

lol, looking forward to it lol

The short version is....

Marine Corps Dress Blues.

I'm eager for the story, it's the first interesting thing to happen in this thread since tinder got mentioned.

 NuggzTheNinja wrote:
In before you accidentally set your coordinates to some former Soviet socialist republic and this pops up on your Tinder feed:

I have been to a former Soviet socialist republic (Ukraine), and seriously, I would not mind Ukrainian women popping up .

Yeah, especially now that Ukraine has a little Russian problem, I'd love to give some nice Ukrainian women a little bit of American 'freedom'... ;P

I'm eager for the story, it's the first interesting thing to happen in this thread since tinder got mentioned.

This one might sum up most of the story, just need the details on how she tried to kill him...

chaos0xomega wrote:
Yeah, especially now that Ukraine has a little Russian problem, I'd love to give some nice Ukrainian women a little bit of American 'freedom'... ;P

The Ukrainian women I spoke too, I would not be too worried about them. I would be worried about anyone trying to trouble them. Because sword to the balls .They were pretty atypical, though.

chaos0xomega wrote:

I'm eager for the story, it's the first interesting thing to happen in this thread since tinder got mentioned.

This one might sum up most of the story, just need the details on how she tried to kill him...

Not quite. She was 24 and hot for one, not an ugly high school aged chick, but yeah the general theme works.

Y'know, you keep teasing us with all these little tidbits of info, but I've yet to actually hear the story... ;P

This story. It needs be heard. What if the same thing happens to us? We must know how to react to such a thing.

Bit of an update from my side: I may have finally landed myself an appointment with a special someone.




Or I may be lying through my teeth; your call.




I'm lying. As much as I'd like it, I still have my own gak to sort out first. =P

Well done. May DakkaDakka be your spirit guide through this journey.

Meh, im gettin nowhere... i continue to be largely uninterested in my tinder matches, even ones that i was like "oh shes hot" and then i swipe and we match, im like... "meh, not my type" and go back to swiping

Im not getting anywhere either, confidence dosent seem to be enough to get a number.

Yeah, actually meeting girls is required too.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Yeah, actually meeting girls is required too.

Oh zing.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Yeah, actually meeting girls is required too.

Thank you for the useless comment.

Daemonhammer wrote:
Im not getting anywhere either, confidence dosent seem to be enough to get a number.

Are you trying to get it on tinder or IRL?
Because either way it's all about timing. Unless you're fairly good looking.