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Bots on Tinder are Using Local References to Seduce Philadelphians
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Arguably. With multiple caveats and asterisks, and blind eyes turned toward basically all the news of the day. Especially recently.
It’s a time when r/Philadelphia is avalanched with blissful snow pics. Space savers are doing their thing. And over on Tinder, robots are integrating local landmarks into their speech in order to seduce Philadelphians. Or to rip them off somehow, I guess. They tried it on one Philly Tinder user and Redditor yesterday. Twice.
I chatted with the Tinder user — who preferred to remain anonymous — to learn more…