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Tinder to ban web developers who use 'engineer' in their bio (www.theolognion.com)

submitted 10 months ago by LinearArray@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 4 points 10 months ago

This is not a new kind of policy for Tinder. In the past, PhDs in Social Sciences were banned for impersonating 'doctors'.

How were they impersonating doctors? How does Tinder verify any of these claims?

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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 13 points 10 months ago

First of all, it's a pretty obvious joke.

In this case, the joke is: "people with a PhD are doctors. It's a doctorate. But the field of social sciences is not real science, and thus shouldn't count as a doctorate."

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

I get the joke, what I don't get is how one can impersonate a doctor on Tinder. Are people wearing lab coats in their pictures or something?

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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago

The joke isn't that they're impersonating a medical professional. It's that they're impersonating the title of "doctor" by claiming a PhD. Someone with an Art History PhD is a doctor, but the joke here is that they aren't really deserving of that title.

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

Dude, I get the bloody joke!

I'm very specifically asking how they are impersonating it on Tinder. Is it a picture? Is there a field in Tinder you can fill out with your job title? Do they write it in the description?

And I'm asking how Tinder is verifying that.

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