Dating APPS and Fear

[santa7]

I haven't dated in many years as of choice.  Didn't meet my two daughters' fathers online but the first one was such a con artist.  You don't have to get online to meet people like that.

[Raku]

I think it would be so much easier to find people outside of dating apps/websites because a lot of creepy people use them for nefarious reasons.

Although I'm both an Aro/on the Ace scale, so I really have no reason to worry.

[king4cash]

With these dating apps, there is no way to know if the people on the site is screened to elininate the people with bad intentions...

[Mizzkizz7]

I met my current boyfriend on Badoo (similar to Tinder). I had my cousin come with me when I initially met him. But I also did a background check on him and seriously dug into his social media before even asking to meet him.

I feel bad for people who think every person they meet on dating apps is Prince Charming. A friend of my moms met a guy at the bar after chatting on a dating app. Went back to his house. Didn't tell anyone where she was going, what his name was... literally anything. Thankfully she came back and was safe, but it could have turned out a lot worse.

The stigma around online dating needs to go away before anyone feels comfortable saying "hey, I met this person, can you come with me/track my location?"

Yes! It is a good thing she came back safe but she shouldn't take any chances like that again. There are a lot of creepy people around.

[countrygirl12]

With these dating apps, there is no way to know if the people on the site is screened to elininate the people with bad intentions...

There is no way to screen them.  People can be whomever they want online.  Same with facebook.  There is no way to be sure the thousands of people on a social site are telling the truth.