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ssb_yunglink2
10/17/25 9:19:18 PM
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Never reach out to someone on an outside platform before you ask about it or they give it to you directly

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The_Popo
10/17/25 9:19:20 PM
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Unless they are advertising their page on the dating app, or you have been on several dates then yes

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archizzy
10/17/25 9:22:28 PM
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I think so. Just because their name is there doesn't really mean you should try engaging them on another platform outside that one. I think that is a huge no no unless you interact with them on the platform and then they tell you that you can contact them directly outside the app.

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BlackScythe0
10/17/25 9:22:47 PM
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Seems creepy to me
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Glob
10/17/25 9:23:52 PM
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What makes you say that? Ive not found it to be true at all.
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CRON
10/17/25 9:23:55 PM
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If I still used social media and that happened to me I'd be pretty creeped out.

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rick_alverado
10/17/25 9:24:17 PM
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What? I talk to women frequently, and I have never used a dating app.
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FolkenRawr
10/17/25 9:27:45 PM
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This topic is heavily teetering on being uncomfortable.

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Glob
10/17/25 9:29:21 PM
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FolkenRawr posted...
This topic is heavily teetering on being uncomfortable.

Yeah, and its people like TC who have to ask if this is creepy that make women more weary of creeps. Its very clearly creepy behaviour.
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Tmaster148
10/17/25 9:31:11 PM
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If you haven't had an interaction with the person where they say to add them on a platform, it is creepy to be a stranger who reaches out to people by searching for them on other platforms.

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UnfairRepresent
10/17/25 9:32:15 PM
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FolkenRawr posted...
This topic is heavily teetering on being uncomfortable.


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__aCEr__
10/17/25 9:32:51 PM
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Reaching out to a woman on a platform that she didnt give you is an excellent way to get blocked on all her online profiles.

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SMAP-
10/17/25 9:39:39 PM
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I had this happen to me once despite never putting my last name anywhere on my profile and felt very weirded out by it

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Glob
10/17/25 9:43:48 PM
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Youre a grown man, are you not? You should have enough social awareness to not need to ask this question.

This is why it feels like you gotta walk on eggshells. If you do anything to penetrate someone's bubble from keeping their head down, staying on their phone, and going from point-a to point-b uninterrupted; you stand a chance of being a creep according to someone.

I talk to women all the time. Have never been accused of being a creep.

Yes, Im sure there are instances out there where men have been accused of being creepy for the most ordinary and mundane of things, but usually, if a woman is accusing a man of being creepy it seems to be warranted.
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archizzy
10/17/25 9:44:25 PM
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Nah man. You have to see there is a huge difference here. It isn't about walking on eggshells or interrupting someone. I mean if you casually struck up a conversation with someone you ran into by chance somewhere that is perfectly fine.

If you take their name and start googling them and then reach out to them as a total stranger that is damn near like finding out where they live and showing up at their door. It's 100% creepy and you have to see that without asking.

I mean it isn't quite as bad as the people who take pictures of someone somewhere and post them and are like "Saw this person at a concert, help me find them" but it is pretty bad.

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NoxObscuras
10/17/25 9:46:27 PM
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Yeah, she'll definitely be weirded out if you tell her you found her socials after seeing her on a dating app. You could message her and just not mention that part. But if she doesn't have much of a following, she might question it still.

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A_Good_Boy
10/17/25 9:50:33 PM
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Glob posted...
Yeah, and its people like TC who have to ask if this is creepy that make women more weary of creeps. Its very clearly creepy behaviour.
It's also really stupid to just use your whole full name on the internet, especially in an area where a bit of privacy and distance is to be expected, like a dating app.

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Glob
10/17/25 9:57:19 PM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
It's also really stupid to just use your whole full name on the internet, especially in an area where a bit of privacy and distance is to be expected, like a dating app.

That sounds like victim blaming to me.

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Given that I continue to have positive interactions with women all the time and have many close friendships with women, Im pretty confident that they dont think of me as a creep.

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JeDDyD
10/17/25 9:59:54 PM
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archizzy
10/17/25 10:03:02 PM
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When you use information from another place to find them on an outside source and message them there uninvited, yeah to me it is the same. You are showing up uninvited in their personal space in both instances. Being a virtual space doesn't make it less creepy.


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Glob
10/17/25 10:03:59 PM
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archizzy posted...
When you use information from another place to find them on an outside source and message them there uninvited, yeah to me it is the same. You are showing up uninvited in their personal space in both instances. Being a virtual space doesn't make it less creepy.

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Glob
10/17/25 10:16:19 PM
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Dude, you ask if something is creepy. People tell you that yes, it is very clearly creepy. You refuse to believe them and then accuse them of pretending or not being sincere demonstrates that not only are you a creep, but youre so far gone as to believe that everybody else is like you.

Genuinely, I sincerely hope that youre able to change your perspective here, because its standing in your way of achieving happiness.
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Arcanine2009
10/17/25 10:19:22 PM
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Unless it's FB dating and/or they give consent, that's creepy.

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archizzy
10/17/25 10:22:27 PM
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No it loops back to you being completely obtuse about how you think you can't talk to someone in person that you ran into naturally because you are somehow crossing some boundary into being creepy but you think it is perfectly ok so research them on the Internet and and dig up information about them they never provided to you and wanting to reach out and that is the same level of creepy.

You don't notice that basically every person in this topic is raising their eyes at you having to question this and telling you it is in fact creepy and you are trying to turn this into some "I can't do anything without it seeming creepy so this behavior really isn't a big deal"

Anyway we aren't going to see eye to eye on this so I'll bow out.

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CRON
10/17/25 10:26:57 PM
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You're not entirely wrong but there's levels to it. A lot of people these days are so accustomed to social media inadvertently becoming their "third place" that random, unwarranted contact and interactions might still feel uncomfortable.

You just have to put yourself in their shoes. Them getting a random friend request or DM on IG might not be the weirdest thing ever but in the context you described they might feel uncomfortable that somebody saw them on a completely different platform and then went through the effort to find them on another platform, just so they could slide into their DMs. If I were a woman in that situation my mind would immediately start racing and entertain the idea that the person has the capacity to find me on other platforms, and that would make me uncomfortable.


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A_Good_Boy
10/17/25 10:27:29 PM
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Glob posted...
That sounds like victim blaming to me.
You don't even use your real name for gamefaqs.

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__aCEr__
10/17/25 10:28:27 PM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
You don't even use your real name for gamefaqs.
You dont know that.

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NoxObscuras
10/17/25 10:28:43 PM
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archizzy posted...
No it loops back to you being completely obtuse about how you think you can't talk to someone in person that you ran into naturally because you are somehow crossing some boundary into being creepy but you think it is perfectly ok so research them on the Internet and and dig up information about them they never provided to you and wanting to reach out and that is the same level of creepy.

You don't notice that basically every person in this topic is raising their eyes at you having to question this and telling you it is in fact creepy and you are trying to turn this into some "I can't do anything without it seeming creepy so this behavior really isn't a big deal"

Anyway we aren't going to see eye to eye on this so I'll bow out.
To be fair, he didn't bring up the eggshells thing until people started dragging him for even making the topic. I'd rather people ask if something is creepy, without actually doing it.

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BewmHedshot
10/17/25 10:28:46 PM
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Talk to the girl on the dating platform, not LinkedIn.
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Glob
10/17/25 10:31:59 PM
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Hes right though. Its crossing a boundary thats very clearly implied by social convention.

The world that you describe, in which nobody can talk to women without being accused of being a creep, is not the world I live in. The logical conclusion here is that one of us has a warped view of reality.

Why do I think its you rather than me? Aside from the fact that everybody else in the topic seems to think that you are the problem, my view of the world isnt bringing me unhappiness or getting in the way of forming meaningful relationships with women. Im happily married. Many of my closest friends are women. Whereas youre moaning about dating apps and complaining that women are completely inaccessible (which is demonstrably false) and suggesting that anything you do will get you called a creep.
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Glob
10/17/25 10:32:56 PM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
You don't even use your real name for gamefaqs.

I also dont go out in public in short skirts but I dont think that women who do deserve to be sexually assaulted.
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K181
10/17/25 10:35:20 PM
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Yes, thats absolutely creepy.

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A_Good_Boy
10/17/25 10:37:59 PM
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Glob posted...
I also dont go out in public in short skirts but I dont think that women who do deserve to be sexually assaulted.
If someone told you that they got robbed after they left the door for their home unlocked and wide open then went on vacation would you ask them why they did that or would that be victim blaming too? Cause using your real name as a handle for a dating site just to turn around and whine that creepers are showing up in your insta dms seems awfully similar to that.

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A_Good_Boy
10/17/25 10:40:09 PM
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Don't be surprised if I show up to your door asking if you want to eat some pizza rolls with me.

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Tmaster148
10/17/25 10:42:22 PM
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People who haven't logged onto a dating app in a while are not looking to be messaged by people on the dating app.

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ai123
10/18/25 3:14:35 AM
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I don't have any experience with dating apps, but I do know that women are told that attempting to contact them off app is a really big danger sign. Both for scammers and men with bad intentions.

I'm not going to judge you for asking the question, but I would advise you not to.

And it would be for the best if you cut out the 'can't even talk to women these days' crap. Of course you can. Keep it light, low stakes, and friendly, and be prepared to back off if they're not interested.

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