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		rhegart on Dec 19, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Dating Brokers: An autopsy of online love Wow...that’s so wrong. I was al2ays curious how they got women to sign up to such degrading websites when I see those ads. Now I know...

yorwba on Dec 19, 2018 | [–]

They don't even need any women to sign up. A bunch of bots with profile pictures scraped from the web and a large enough catalog of vaguely seductive messages are enough. Want to reply? Sure, sign up for premium membership here.

user5994461 on Dec 19, 2018 | [–]

I always thought it was bots and scams.

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