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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSwipeout: woman fools hundreds of men in Tinder marketing stunt
The GuardianNatasha Aponte is a New York-based model who isnt afraid of some drama on a first date. Over the past month, shes been using Tinder to arrange for hundreds of guys to meet her at the same place, at the same time, unbeknown to each other.
At 6pm on Sunday, hundreds of men arrived at Union Square in Manhattan for what Aponte told them would be a one-on-one date where they would watch her friend DJ. Once they had formed an audience, each thinking the rest of the men were just there for a show, Aponte took to the stage, explained what was going on and started whittling down the guys with questions and challenges, saying that the winner would actually go on a date with her.
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She then began dismissing some of the men, while making a few points about the skewed nature of modern relationships. First, she told anyone who was in a relationship to leave, saying that studies show half of the men on Tinder are in a relationship.
Next she asked Trump supporters to go home. If you think you can support Trump and date a Puerto Rican, nows the time to leave.
She then asked all the men who had been dumped by their previous partner to raise their left arm and all the men who had done the dumping to raise their right arm. She told all the men who had been broken up with to go, saying: Please leave because I completely trust her judgment.
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Swipeout: woman fools hundreds of men in Tinder marketing stunt (Original Post)
brooklynite
Aug 2018
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Recursion
(56,582 posts)1. "Woman deciding among hundreds of potential partners complains about skewed nature of modern dating"
Still, it's a cool achievement on her part
ChoppinBroccoli
(3,784 posts)2. I Like That She Told Trump Supporters To Leave
That should be S.O.P. for ALL public gatherings.
brush
(53,848 posts)3. She's gutsy. I'd be careful though, little too much about herself.
I do like her stance on trump though.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)4. "Please leave because I completely trust her judgment."
Johnny2X2X
(19,114 posts)5. Hmm
Might be a great marketing ploy for a bar, get a hot picture of a guy and a girl set up dates with hundreds of people and then no show. So you then have a couple hundred people in your bar, probably drinking heavily.
Revanchist
(1,375 posts)6. Looks like it was all a pr stunt
https://nypost.com/2018/08/20/mass-tinder-date-was-actually-a-marketing-stunt/
Even if it wasn't, I would have left as soon as I found out what was going on. A woman who would actually pull a stunt like that is too much drama and not worth the time or energy to try to engage in a relationship.
Even if it wasn't, I would have left as soon as I found out what was going on. A woman who would actually pull a stunt like that is too much drama and not worth the time or energy to try to engage in a relationship.
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)7. lot of good men who just got their time wasted
just so she could make the bad ones look bad.
DavidDvorkin
(19,485 posts)8. What an awful person.
Kingofalldems
(38,475 posts)9. Agreed.
Humiliating strangers in public.