The interface it offers is quite simple, however the downside to this is that we will not be able to know which profiles are fake, as we come to think that a profile is fake when it has no information or photos, however it can be a person who is simply shy and that is why he has no information.
Today we will talk about the methods to know if an account is fake or not, as if it is fake it can bring us problems in the future, whether through harassment, insult or even the loss of your photos.
How do we identify a fake account on Grindr?
There are signs for recognize a fake profile, as many times the mere fact of reporting does not cancel the account. The signs are:
The quality of the photos
One of the main clues to knowing if it is fake is the profile photo you have, similarly it could also be when you have a photo with many people who the person thinks are friends. If it's a profile photo that has near-perfect quality, could say they are taken from the Internet. If you don't notice any naturalness in the photos, it could be that it's fake.
If the person accesses all your parameters
It may be that a person enters your tastes, position, personality, physique, among others. Sometimes you can get suspicious of this feature because everything is too special to be real. If at first there aren't many likes they share but despite this the person does everything you say until you leave, is an indication.
First suspicious message
If a person sends you a special photo as their first message or even a link to go to another web page, can be a very obvious indication. That is to say, if a person tells you to speak through a strange web page it means that person is fake.
What to do if a profile is fake?
When all the conclusions have been drawn and you know the profile is fake, the same way the least you want is that person continue in the application.
Leave a message to users
This is one of the steps that many users use, they warn of a profile by giving their name and photo in order to find out which one profile is causing damage.
Report it to the same profile
Normally when we find that a profile is fake and tell them, the person usually crashes, uninstalls the application and delete the account via Facebook for fear. If we made a mistake and the profile is real, the person will explain why it is real.
Report in the app
There is an option on Grindr to report accounts or profiles that break the rules. With this we can warn the developers of the application.
How to know if a profile is fake by talking to the person?
If we think at first glance that the profile is fake, that's better talk to the person and inquire, to arrive at a conclusion.
- Search in Google photos. When the person sends us photos, they search Google's images to see if they are legitimate or not.
- Request for audio and video. If we are chatting with the person in the profile that we suspect, we should ask him for the audio that says something, as well as videos that do something.
- Look for the profile on Facebook. If the person has their own account linked to that of Facebook, we will be able to know if it is true or not, since we will be able to search for it, unless the Facebook account is private.
