Tinder Launches $499 USD-Per-Month “Tinder Select” Membership::Tinder has rolled out its promised high-end membership, a pricey $499 per month subscription dubbed “Tinder Select,” which includes unique perks like the

  • @funnystuff97@lemmy.world
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    1739 months ago

    This is all absurd, obviously, but:

    The new subscription can be stacked with a Plus, Gold or Platinum subscription for access to more features, the company notes.

    $499 and you don’t even get everything there is to get? You still have to pay for more? What in the fuck?

  • Eager Eagle
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    1699 months ago

    I can subscribe to a hooker for less and have more sex

  • @SinningStromgald@lemmy.world
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    809 months ago

    If you are at the point where paying $499+ a month looks like the only way you’ll ever have a significant other or even just sex just invest that money in therapy or drugs or a super high end sex doll or a high class hooker but not in fucking Tinder. Jesus.

  • 1bluepixel
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    719 months ago

    I’m guessing the only purpose of this is to show you have fuck-me money. Which sounds like it might work very, very well.

  • cyanide
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    409 months ago

    That plan better deliver hoes at my address

  • @brygphilomena@lemmy.world
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    229 months ago

    members can choose to display their status with an exclusive SELECT badge on their profile.

    Now I ain’t say she a gold digger…

  • @FireTower@lemmy.world
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    199 months ago

    If dating apps were barred from collecting any payments besides a one time entry fee perhaps they’d stop all these anti customers practices.

    • Dizzy Devil Ducky
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      39 months ago

      Good luck getting that to happen. Could probably happen in the EU if it hasn’t already, but in the US, you’d have better luck winning a SLAPP suit against the Cult (“church”) of Scientology in an area where they are legally allowed to file them against you.

    • Polar
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      259 months ago

      Oh not even that. Back when I used Tinder in 2019, and you were a guy, you pretty much had to buy Tinder gold or whatever it was.

      Tinder limit your swipes, intentionally showed you dead profiles, and some other shit I forget.

      Same with older people. If you’re older, Tinder costs more.

      Tinder is a predatory app. They benefit from you NOT finding a match.

      • @angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com
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        59 months ago

        I know there’s no laws that allow the people of the USA to prosecute companies for business models that destroy the fabric of society, and I even fear that kind of law could be abused to prosecute abortion clinics and LGBT rights orgs…but dating apps make me wish there was.

        Andrew Tate…PUAs…Red Pillers…it all only makes sense in a world where dating apps are the primary way we meet people.

  • AutoTL;DRB
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    179 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The news was first reported by Bloomberg, and follows parent company Match Group’s earlier confirmation that Tinder would expand its membership options to include a new, high-end product catering to Gen Z users sometime this fall.

    Tinder says that less than 1% of users will be allowed to gain access to this premium product, and members can choose to display their status with an exclusive SELECT badge on their profile.

    Inspiration for this members-only club within Tinder comes from Match’s July 2022 acquisition of another high-end dating app, The League, which could cost users up to $1,000 per week.

    In addition, Select members’ profiles will be shown unblurred in the Like You grid in the app for up to seven days, even if they don’t pay for Tinder Gold or Platinum subscriptions.

    The company doesn’t detail how this technology works or how it rates these so-called “exceptional connections,” but one might imagine they include other Select members or those other users liked the most.

    To apply for Tinder Select, users must have at least four photos, five interests, a bio with a minimum of 15 characters, show a relationship intent, be photo-verified and, importantly, have way too much money to spend on dating apps.


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  • @BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
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    139 months ago

    Can we start a fediverse dating app?

    I’m currently visiting the Ambien walrus writing this so forgive me if this idea is screwy, but I’d love to create a new space.