OK Cupid now requiring phone number for verification...

[Lookatu]

I guess I'm not surprised by this new move.

For those that don't know, The Match Group owns Tinder, OKC, POF, Match.com and has a lot of females on the board, dictating rules and strategies. And as you can guess, they are all setup to favor the females and lure the males into paying to subscriptions while a lot practically go dateless or end up with 4-5's.

Maybe one too many females have gotten catfished, talked down to, whatever else they wanted to play victim too and complained too much?

Thoughts from anyone using OLD apps like this?

 

[backseatjuan]

I guess OLD is not rosie and her four sisters for you.
Here it is different, women online have fake accounts. Lot's of prostitutes. They do require phone to register, but old OLD accounts that were registered without phone remain, and I suspect it is the case on your site. As far as requiring phone number to register, it's not a big deal. Buy prepaid phone or SIM card or something like that, very cheap and you have yourself a throw away phone number.

But here lies the bottom line. Bottom line, why care about OLD? It is used by men to replace fear of approaching with fear of date, they think if they talk a little online girl will spread her legs and fck, they view girl online being as desperate and lost in life as they are. Women on the other hand, view all men online as disparate and lost in life. OLD dates end up going nowhere for them, way too often. Being on OLD you automatically align yourself with those losers. It's an uphill battle that end with you and rosie and her four sisters most of the time.

 

[Crosstimbers Okie]

OKCupid is absolutely the worst dating sight I've experienced. Mostly old fat sows. Probably they want your phone number to sell to telemarketers because I can't see anyone actually paying for their features.

 

[BackInTheGame78]

Get a text now account and use that number

 

[Lookatu]

Just to clarify, this isn't a thread about OLD vs. real life approach and I'm not complaining but just making an observation. I've had no issues using my phone number before for Bumble and Tinder and have used my google voice number for that instead of a FB account anyways. I just don't really understand the timing of this for OKC when Tinder had it for awhile and they are both under the same parent company.
Also in my experience and where I live around, all apps have their fair share of lizards and land whales because they are often on more than one app anyways.