We met here on Lemmy, of all places, believe it or not (sorry fellas, lol). I've never had communication so effortless. It's like she already knows exactly what she wants to say as soon as I finish my thought (sometimes before, that's how you know)!
After being jerked around so much over the years, I think this might finally be the one.
I met my spouse of 15 years (so far) on Craigslist personals. My big selling points were a picture of my actual face and a detailed essay about what I wanted.
No forms to fill out, no categories to put myself in besides age. Just write how you feel and post it. We should bring that back for the young people.
No forms to fill out, no categories to put myself in besides age. Just write how you feel and post it. We should bring that back for the young people.
...that's literally just most dating apps? The categories and prompts only exist because people generally suck at writing about themselves, or even understanding what other people might want to know.
I'm also biased, having found my partner on an app 🤷♂️
"Not gonna be active on Fediverse tonight. I'm meeting a girl (a real one) in half an hour (wouldn't expect a lot of you to understand anyway) so please don't PM me asking me where I am (im with the girl, ok) you'll most likely get aired because i'll be with the girl (again I don't expect you to understand) shes actually really interested in me and its not a situation i can pass up for some meaningless Fediverse degenerates (because i'll be meeting a girl, not that you really are going to understand) this is my life now. Meeting women and not wasting my precious time online, I have to move on from such simple things and branch out (you wouldnt understand)"
I have to give credit for this scammer knowing the Lemmy audience. Would they have as much of a chance of replies with a generic supermodel picture here?
I'm pretty sure the spammer is using a screenshot from one of Ro Randin's videos. Worth checking out the channel if you haven't, they make great videos.
Has anyone actually messaged this “person”? I assume this is some kind of scam but I am always curious where they go and how they work. But not enough to investigate personally.
I messaged them the first time I got a message, back before anyone else had ever posted about it. I've gotten a few random DMs from confused people not familiar with how this site works, and just assumed it was one of those.
They didn't respond back though, and then I started seeing others posting about it. They also keep making new accounts to spam the same exact message. I keep blocking and reporting them, and I've still gotten 3 more just this week.
The picture on the right is used in a commom spam message on the fediverse. I have no idea what the author of the spam is even trying to do with it, but I've received it from a couple of different accounts
There was a spam bot on the fediverse using this (the woman's) image and the name Nicole, it would tell you that you could call her "The Fediverse Chick".
Headshot from years ago/furthered the joke by matching my profile picture.
BUT since you asked: my favorite part about it is that I'm not wearing any pants, but nobody knoooows. Seriously, I wasn't wearing pants. And I was sitting on a crappy futon. But whatever gets me jobs, I guess.
Your futon would likely be less crappy if you wore pants. I mean, if you're gonna have a blowout, might as well do it on something you can throw in the wash.