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Endless Thread

Good Bot, Bad Bot | Part V: Dating Bots

Endless Thread

WBUR

Reddit, Technology

4.22.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

If you've ever used a dating app, chances are you've encountered a bot, most likely a fake account or a scammer. But this week on Endless Thread, we investigate a new type of bot that is helping users optimize their love lives — a digital dating coach installed in your phone's keyboard that always knows just what to say.

****** Credits: This episode was written and produced by Nora Saks. Mixing and sound design by Emily Jankowski and Paul Vaitkus. Ben Brock Johnson and Nora Saks are the co-hosts.

Transcript

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0:45.9

In and out of relationships and situations.

0:52.4

One of our favorite hobbies is dissecting her online dating adventures and misadventures

0:57.8

in a little city that can feel much more like a small town, especially when it comes to

1:02.0

love.

1:03.0

But back in March, Julia was on Tinder, swiping left, swiping right when.

1:08.1

I came across a profile this person only had two photos, but you know, you can see an

1:12.7

attractive man.

1:14.3

I can confirm a very attractive man wearing a blue t-shirt, perfectly quaffed hair and beard,

1:21.4

toothy smile, you know the one.

1:23.9

His photos looked professional, maybe even a little staged.

1:28.1

They look like they could be on a bio's page on a tech startup website.

1:33.1

Name, Aiden, age, 30, location, ten miles away.

1:40.9

And then the bio, which on Tinder is called about me, just says, never know what to say on

1:46.6

these and nothing else.

1:49.2

Now much to go on, it's true, but he's cute, so she swipes right.

1:54.0

They match.

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