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01-07-2014, 12:31 AM
Is it just me or has there been a big surge in fake accounts on OKC lately? I'm talking like the last couple of months. My theory is that it has something to do with the (new) requirement that you must have a picture on your profile to view others' pictures. Now, people (dudes) who had second accounts for various crypto-purposes have been practically forced into trolling.
But even if that is a factor, that doesn't fully explain the increased level of sophistication in the fakes. I'm surprised at the amount of work that'll go into troll, which I'll end up confirming with a simple reverse-image search or general intuition. I can't help but think that a resource with its own set annoyances (thirsty spammer dudes, SIFs, 6s with the delusions of 8s, et cetera) might be getting a new one.
Have you guys noticed this? What are your theories on why this is? And more importantly, what are your methods for detecting them? Besides, reverse-image searching--which I'm rarely willing to put in the time to do--and a general too-good-to-be-true vibe, I haven't found any other good tells. Well, maybe being way over-the-top sexual and slutty is another one.
Note: This thread is not for the purpose of debating the at-large merits of online dating.
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01-07-2014, 12:57 AM
EDIT: My evidence for the new image requirement being a factor is the fact that I'm also seeing a surge in blank profiles with only one image--clear fakes that only have picture to fulfill the requirement.
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01-07-2014, 12:58 AM
I have no idea truthfully, how do you spot them? Care to give any examples?
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01-07-2014, 01:07 AM
I've got this smoking, smoking hot chick who wants to play hard to get with her phone number, doesn't want to make plans to meet yet, doesn't use facebook despite having 9+ looks, makes jokes about sleeping around or talking about sexy stuff...
I mean come on.. the only thing stopping me from being dead set sure that this is some gay guy trying to get me to sext him fap material is that none of her pictures showed up in reverse image searches
Girls that are really interested in me are quick to give me their number and often want my facebook to feel more comfortable meeting me off the internet without knowing me..
I even told this girl.. you know this is in the internet.. how do I know you are you? She had a lame response
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01-07-2014, 01:08 AM
I even had one girl, with like 5 looks (not even hot), all of a sudden turn into a dude telling me that he isn't trying to freak me out, but he thinks we could vibe.. am I into bi stuff?
smh
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01-07-2014, 01:20 AM
I've noticed the same with POF. POf is a lot more popular in Canada so.
I installed an add-on for tineye reverse image search in Firefox. So all i do is "right click" and it'll do the search
Any profile that only has 1 pic is usually a fake
Almost any profile that makes a straight proposition for straight sex.
Profiles that say their looking for fun.
Also with most girls who are easy lays from online rarely present themselves as such initially so when they immediately discuss looking for fun or wanting to explore themselves i assume its a fake.
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01-07-2014, 01:41 AM
Not where I am.
I think okc must be made with NYC in mind.
There has been a big increase in trannies calling themselves women, but then putting it somewhere in their profile that they are "trans".
Tuth, try doing this if you haven't already: go to locals and just swipe right rapidly. Okc will message you with the girls that matched you, then you can open them instead wasting your time opening up fake profiles.
Okc is, at it's core, a website for indescretion and secrecy. It's the option for people who don't want to rely on the club to find sex. Now it's even more in that direction with the tinder function- where people are secretly matching each other instead of having to take risk and messaging some profile they are attracted to.
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01-07-2014, 01:50 AM
Holy crap didn't see the locals function .. Nice
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01-07-2014, 02:42 AM
I'm a flag mod on OKC and I've noticed this gradually over the last few years. Most are just lazy modelmayhem or general model pics easily found by Google image search. The profile to go with them are often highly sexual so they are easily spotted when a dime piece says she's looking for guys in the 18-99 range.
Some weirdos write long elaborate profiles and answer 100s of question and take the pics from some rather small blogger/instagramer. These are the ones you have to watch out for. They are some sick version of online stalkers living out a shadow life of their subject. Making phony plans, and using fake numbers. Really sad stuff.
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01-07-2014, 03:56 AM
i just reinstalled my okc, one of the first profiles i saw, i think looks pretty fake,
interested in guys 18 to 40, keeps saying she is dtf and she put up a lot of hot beach photos-basically perfect looking. ah hell, i am messaging her anyways, lol
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01-07-2014, 05:46 AM
Good...I hope online dating will die and we can all meet girls in real life and the girls won't have those unrealistic expectations!
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01-07-2014, 04:50 PM
How on earth do you know it was 'really her?' why couldn't it still be a SIF?
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01-07-2014, 05:13 PM
Last time i checked she had a full body pic where you could also see her face as her profile pic on whatsapp. Why would anyone create a fake profile on the internet and also go and buy an extra SIM card with a burner cellphone just to trick some guy on the internet?
Its not the first time something like this happened to me, i messaged with girls who i thought no way could be real because they only had a pic and were more good looking than the average on the website, with some of them i just wrote their first name on google plus twitter or facebook and usually they pop up on the first page.
Why is it so hard to believe that a girl would be looking for some random dick on a dating site?
I think this counts as getting too paranoid from reading a rare case of catfish (if you watched the show you would see that those guys are hopeless omegas) on the internet and thinking that every other case is bound to be the same.
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01-07-2014, 07:37 PM
I haven't noticed this yet, but I've backed off OKC game in the past two months.
What is the game of these profiles? Are they phishing for embarrassing info or just trolling for amusement?
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01-09-2014, 10:28 PM
This one looks fake to me. I'm not sure why anyone would want to spend the time necessary to maintain fake OkCupid accounts.
This fake account has three pictures, so Tuthmosis' theory about the requirement to post a picture doesn't account for it.
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01-09-2014, 10:39 PM
I actually suspect that the fakes may be being used for some kind of blackmailing/racket setup.
Anyone who's familiar with the concept of E-Whoring (it's basically fake girl's who offer nudes or sexual favors over CL or chat rooms, only to extort money) might see why E-whore's would branch out.
A lot of people are weak with online security, it wouldn't be hard trick some dude into sending dick pics/talking dirty and then threatening to send the material out unless he pays money.
Scammers could also hit up betas to give them money or something like that as well.
Just my theory.
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01-10-2014, 12:13 AM
The locals thing just got me laid. Tangent..
I will update this thread on if my probable fake ends up fake or not
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01-10-2014, 04:57 AM
what is this locals thing? how do I unlock it?
edit, it is just the quick match on the phone app? yes it is awesome.
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01-10-2014, 05:55 AM
How do you reverse image-search when on mobile? For example with skout, wechat, etc?