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by Ajay-p 960 days ago
What could be done to stop scammers? One thing I believe would help is for the app to accurate reflect the person's geographical location, and if that person's geographical location changes wildly, to flag them and tell the viewer. "This person's geographical location cannot be assured." If more was done to verify and police location, it might lead to at least encountering less scammers.

What do you think?
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xirdstl 960 days ago
Great question. Something like you suggest could help. I definitely think it's possible to do better, because some of the apps have a lot fewer fake profiles/scammers compared to say, Tinder.

I think there isn't enough incentive for some of them (again, Tinder) to bother. If enough people stop using them, maybe they will incentivized to do better.

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HenryBemis 960 days ago
Yes and no.

There were years that I would travel constantly for work. All around Europe, and later in US, India and a bit of China. I never use dating apps (and have exited the social media many years ago), so tracking my location would have me banned in two weeks. It will have to be very strict, to e.g. move to 3 cities in 1 day, where the cities are over 200km apart or something. Kinda like trying to catch the Pokemon-Go Android modded apps 'walking' cheaters.

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