# I've got to stop reading those articles which show crazy texts from dating apps

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 12, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-to-stop-reading-those-articles-which-show-crazy-texts-from-dating-apps/979659 "2023-02-12T14:54:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-to-stop-reading-those-articles-which-show-crazy-texts-from-dating-apps/979659/1 "2023-02-12T14:54:48Z")

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The idea is too long to fit into a subject title. But some entertainment-style news sources show text threads that women\* receive from creepy people once they use a dating app.

God, the crazy, abusive crap that women receive, especially if they slightly delay replying to a text. It frightens and sickens me, and also makes me glad that I’m long out of the dating scene.

I’m going to make a rule not to read articles like this anymore. If you’re wondering, it’s through Buzzfeed.

\*And some men, I assume.

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-to-stop-reading-those-articles-which-show-crazy-texts-from-dating-apps/979659/2 "2023-02-12T14:57:23Z")

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Yeah, some days after browsing Bored Panda, I have a pessimism hangover.  
I tell myself some of that stuff was probably fictional…

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**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-to-stop-reading-those-articles-which-show-crazy-texts-from-dating-apps/979659/3 "2023-02-12T14:58:04Z")

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I’ve fallen down the Buzzfeed/Bored Panda rabbit holes way too many times. I get a kind of sick thrill reading ‘bad date’ stories. Some would say, oh no, that couldn’t have really happened. I would say, oh yeah?  
-care to hear some of MY stories? 😬

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-to-stop-reading-those-articles-which-show-crazy-texts-from-dating-apps/979659/4 "2023-02-12T15:09:50Z")

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I think BuzzFeed has an entire team dedicated to trawling through Reddit threads searching for repurposeable clickbait. I too have clicked on these articles, but I do try to resist.

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**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-to-stop-reading-those-articles-which-show-crazy-texts-from-dating-apps/979659/5 "2023-02-12T21:30:02Z")

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I bet 99% of the lists of people relating their experiences come from reddit