Your subscription is almost coming to an end. Your premium access has ended, but the best of Nation. Africa is still within reach. Renew now to unlock exclusive stories and in-depth features. Subscribe for a month to get full access. By Ramadhani Ismail. For a long time I have been asking myself why members of these various dating sites are, in larger numbers, females, some of whom sell their bodies. While doing my research, I discovered that men are the ones changing the meaning and purpose of those networks and enabling that kind behaviour for women.
I have used some of these for some time and every time I matched with someone, they rarely had the time to talk more than the opening exchange of pleasantries. They will then proceed to send you a WhatsApp number which if you do text, chances are, you will be the recipient of some very sultry nudity photos and a price tag for how much it would cost for you to continue the conversation and possibly meet up.
Fortunately, every day, I am lucky enough to find people who match up with me but unfortunately, whenever they do send me a direct message, the conversation always diverts to money for intimate favours.
Their apparent argument is that they did not sign up to find partners, rather they are on the platform doing business. One thing you should be aware of is, among the operational guidelines implemented, these networks do not allow users to engage in sexual activity under any circumstances. The consequences of a user engaging in such activities on the platform include a suspension or complete shutdown and loss of the account.
When it comes to Tinder, the platform is clear that nudity or sexual content of any kind is not allowed as well as spam for those who use fake accounts. They confirm that they do not promote or advocate for commercial sexual services, human trafficking or other non-consensual sexual acts which will result in your account being banned forever from Tinder. This then is the reason many of these women opt to have their conversations elsewhere to avoid being banned from using the service and still be able to gunner potential clients.
