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[–]censorshipment 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Is it possible to select which races/ethnicities you prefer on HER? As I've been saying since 2019, to weed out 99.9% of men identifying as women... don't select white/caucasian as a preference lol I've never seen any men identifying as women on dating apps because white is not my preference.

[–]spanishprofanity 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I saw once that filtering by height filters out a lot of transbians since they're massive units (same for gay men filtering out the tiny women on testosterone). Sucks for tall women and short men though.

[–]Virginia_Plain 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think short guys can be really hot. My profile basically says something like "good luck on your journey discovering your gender! Unfortunately, I don't think we'll be a good match!"

It sounds bitchy and passive aggressive, but I'm not gonna begrudge that transmasc who finds the love of her life on the app....it's just not gonna be me. So far no trouble. Don't know if it's a coincidence, but I've been getting a better caliber of response since I made it clear I wasn't interested in meth users or closeted married men AT ALL, and gave a much more passive "no trans" message toward the end. Wish me luck. There is now a very concerted effort on getting gay men and lesbians to accept trans people sexually, and it's breaking out into the mainstream. What's so funny is this shit from HER comes not long after people became furious at the BBC publishing the article on lesbians being pressured by trans women. Hoping the wind eventually blows in our favor.

I'm sorry that its come to tech companies and glib, corporate LGBTQIAPP2S+ non profits dictating the terms of gay men and lesbian women's social and romantic lives. People kvetch about PinkNews on here a lot, but it's not like out and the Advocate are all that different, they preach the same stuff. Any UK users know what happened with Boyz magazine? There was a brief attempt to do some sort of takeover after the owner supported the LGB Alliance, but from what I heard it fizzled. Is that true.

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

eople became furious at the BBC publishing the article on lesbians being pressured

There were substantially more people in support of lesbians who responded to that article than there were people who didn't like the truth being told, so keep your fingers crossed.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What's interesting is that on most apps people who you have filtered out based on your own preferences (and therefore are never shown in your own queue) are still shown your profile and given the chance to like your profile. I know this because when I use apps, I rarely swipe through my own queue, but go straight to the profiles of people who have already liked me and swipe from there. And I see plenty of people whose profiles clearly state biodata outside of my stated preferences. It gives credence to the people who say that the algorithms on dating apps are purposely set up for failure to keep people using the apps.

For reference, I see the least shenanigans on Hinge. Tinder is a cesspool but Bumble seems to be doing its darndest to get there, and funny enough I've gotten better results from Tinder than from Bumble. Coffee Meets Bagel is a dud, and has been the worst in my experience. Straight people rave about it, but it has built-in in flaws for lesbians including nowhere to display sexual orientation, barely anyone on it, and no one who is is attractive.

[–]MBMayfair 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Are you saying that black men don't "identify" as women? Because wow, do I have news for you.