I am a single guy who uses Tinder to try to find that special someone. I knew Tinder was greedy, but last night on (03/08/2023), I now seen how greedy Tinder is.
Yesterday, I decided to subscribe to Tinder Gold to see who liked me. Well, that subscription was not even worth it. Not because of the subscription, because of Tinder. As a couple hours later, I was banned from Tinder. The only thing I did was dislike and like the people who like me. I only like one person and sent a message and such. 2 hours later, I seen she messaged me back and when I opened Tinder, she wasn't in my messages. So, I thought she might of unmatched me.
So, I swiped left and right on some people. Took a break and then around 11pm, I went on Tinder to do some more swiping since I have unlimited likes and when I opened the app it said I was banned. Like what the heck. I literally paid $25 plus tax for pretty much nothing as I was banned that night. At first, I thought I did something wrong by accident, so I went through the ToS and Community guidelines of Tinder and I didn't see anything I could of broke. So, I contact Tinder through support to tell them I think it was a mistake because I am certain I did nothing and I read through the ToS and Community guidelines carefully. Within the hour, I got a response. They agent said the same thing that I was banned, not even trying to help me. Tinder has not appeal process but I tried anyways. Tinder pretty much is saying to that that if you get banned even if you did not do anything to break ToS then you are pretty much screwed, even creating a new account is a hassle as you have to use a VPN, a new phone number, new photos.
I have searched online for what to do, and while looking through Reddit on the r/tinder, I see a oddly specific comment that they say how other people got banned from Tinder after making a subscription. Here is a link to that comment.
It was so oddly specific to what happened to me that it got me thinking. Did Tinder scam me. A well-known popular, high quality dating service scamming?
After thinking about it, that may be possible. Even if they didn't ban me after subscribing, for a feature where you only get to see your likes and have unlimited likes for the price of $25/mo, that itself is a scam. Having unlimited likes and being able to see your likes barely would dent in resources.
I ain't the only one though who got banned for no reason, that post with the comment I linked, they say they didn't do anything. If I viewed that post before I got banned, I would of probably thought they probably did something. But now after I got banned, I would believe it. Plus, when searching online about getting banned on Tinder for no reason, I am not the first and probably am not the last.
The reason I made this post is to spread awareness and warn others about Tinder. Heck, I even reported the app to Google that they most likely scammed me. Hoping for it to be taken down. However, by myself won't make a difference. If you got banned after making a subscription, I encourage you to report the app to the App Store or Play Store.
