My old Tinder experience

A while back (pre-GMOW), some "friends" convinced me to try out Tinder since at that time I was depressed and lonely.

However, I did not want to spend hours swiping on a rigged app, therefore I decided to write my own tool to hook into Tinder's API and do all this stuff automatically, leaving only chatting to me.

In short, it linked multiple accounts to my tool (I had alt accounts pointed to nearby towns to increase my chances), did all the swiping by itself following a set of instructions passed by the configuration file, allowed me to run Tinder 24/7 and since all accounts were linked together thanks to my tool's abstraction, I didn't have to logout/login everytime I wanted to send a message to someone from a different account.

Recently, I was looking into some older projects to remember some of my crazy OCD logic and came across all the work I did for my Tinder tool (which I abandoned around a year ago or so), and man, I had a laugh at my configuration file that I used to run my accounts, mainly the profile keyword blacklist. This was before GMOW.

[Facebook] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]  [Token] [email protected]=[TOKEN] [email protected]=[TOKEN] [email protected]=[TOKEN] [email protected]=[TOKEN] [email protected]=[TOKEN] [email protected]=[TOKEN] [email protected]=[TOKEN] [email protected]=[TOKEN] [email protected]=[TOKEN] [email protected]=[TOKEN]  [Password]  [Location] SwitchType=3 Duration=30 Min=59.2865935 18.0063946 Max=59.3608683 18.0981438  [Swipe] SwipeInterval=90 SwipeIntervalHysteresis=30 SwipeRate=100 MaximumRange=1000 MinimumPhotosForLike=3 MinimumFriendsForLike=0 MaximumFriendsForLike=0 IgnoreRepeats=True IgnoreIDs=ignore_ids.txt  [Blacklist] homosexual gay shemale transex feminist communist leftist white privilege male privilege males are men are rape culture strong woman strong girl strong independent woman strong independent girl girl power not in here for sex not in here for dating not interested in sex not interested in dating looking for friends i have a boyfriend i've a boyfriend i have a husband i've a husband single mom single mother i have children i have kids i have a son i have a daughter i have std i have aids i have herpes i have gonorrhea i've children i've kids i've a son i've a daughter i've std i've aids i've herpes i've gonorrhea sugar daddy treat me like a princess open relationship aries taurus gemini leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius capricorn aquarius pisces whatsapp  [Web] Address=web.tinder Port=33333 Username=Tinder Password=onZ1lEjRWy5J10r+xc0cAOG2IGubWnlVGaGNpdvugNGlQoxSjq3gMo145whUmhkcrK3faOk6cJVaaqo7p+CaUg== Salt=XArx/L4Ejnti2SN5WvameA==  [Settings] Distance=25 MinAge=18 MaxAge=30 Description=A little shy at the beginning but much more talkative whenever I feel comfortable around someone.<br>I do enjoy studying and reading pretty much anything, always having a subject to talk about.<br>Lover of horror stories, books, old music and romance.<br>  [DeletePhotos] unknown  [AddPhotos] [FBID]=1 1 0 0 [FBID]=1 0.5611110925674438 0 0.0416666679084301 [FBID]=0.5625 1 0.18472221493721008 0 [FBID]=0.75 1 0.16111111640930176 0 [FBID]=0.5625 1 0.24861110746860504 0 [FBID]=0.9731183052062988 0.7541666626930237 0.02688172087073326 0.10833333432674408  [Router] ChangeIP=True Host=192.168.0.1 Username=root Password=...

I did edit out specific information about me such as Facebook IDs, emails and location, but pretty much everything else is how it was (I just translated them to english).

I'll just let you guys figure out how much success I had with wymyn while using a well programmed tool, running it 24/7 and being at least 6 to 8 (depends whom you ask).

The tool also saved match information into a database for displaying its history (I used to get a lot of arbitrary unmatches for whatever reason, and Tinder simply stops sending data related to that match without warning you on what had happened). The database was mostly an attempt to figure out why I was getting matches and then almost instantly losing them without even a single message.

I still have the old databases, which include their name, age, description and chat. While their pictures were included, they were simply the link for Tinder's API hosting them, and as such I can't share my horrors with you guys as those links no longer work, but I still can translate some of the most ridiculous dialogues I had on Tinder, neatly stored in the databses.

buffer = StringIO() buffer.write(struct.pack("<B", len(self.owner))) buffer.write(self.owner) buffer.write(struct.pack("<H", len(self.id))) buffer.write(self.id) buffer.write(struct.pack("<H", len(self.match_id))) buffer.write(self.match_id) buffer.write(struct.pack("<d", self.date)) name = self.name.encode("UTF-8") buffer.write(struct.pack("<H", len(name))) buffer.write(name) buffer.write(struct.pack("<B", self.age)) buffer.write(struct.pack("<d", self.distance)) description = self.description.encode("UTF-8") buffer.write(struct.pack("<I", len(description))) buffer.write(description) buffer.write(struct.pack("<I", len(self.thumbnail))) buffer.write(self.thumbnail) buffer.write(struct.pack("<B", len(self.pictures))) for picture in self.pictures: buffer.write(struct.pack("<I", len(picture))) buffer.write(picture) buffer.write(struct.pack("<I", self.friends)) buffer.write(struct.pack("<I", len(self.common_interests))) for common_interest in self.common_interests: common_interest = common_interest.encode("UTF-8") buffer.write(struct.pack("<H", len(common_interest))) buffer.write(common_interest) buffer.write(struct.pack("<I", len(self.messages))) for message in self.messages: buffer.write(str(message)) buffer.write(struct.pack("<?", self.active)) buffer.write(struct.pack("<b", self.report)) return buffer.getvalue()

buffer = StringIO() buffer.write(struct.pack("<H", len(self.sender))) buffer.write(self.sender) buffer.write(struct.pack("<d", self.sent)) content = self.content.encode("UTF-8") buffer.write(struct.pack("<Q", len(content))) buffer.write(content) return buffer.getvalue()

def _set_account(self, exclude=[]): _accounts = (account for account in self.config.accounts if account not in exclude and not account.profile.deleted) try: self.current_account = sorted(_accounts, key=lambda account: (account.out_of_swipes, account.swipes.likes, account.last_swipe_time))[0] except IndexError: self.current_account = None def like_profile(self, profile): try: profile.like() except pynder.errors.RequestError: self.current_account.tinder_token = None return False except Exception: return False else: self.current_account.swipes.liked(profile.id) wait_time = self.config.swipe_interval + Random.int(-self.config.swipe_interval_hysteresis, self.config.swipe_interval_hysteresis) self._enable_swipe_time = time() + wait_time return True def dislike_profile(self, profile): try: profile.dislike() except pynder.errors.RequestError: self.current_account.tinder_token = None return False except Exception: return False else: self.current_account.swipes.disliked(profile.id) return True def can_swipe(self): return time() >= self._enable_swipe_time and not self.current_account.out_of_swipes

@property def random_location(self): if self.config.loc_switch_type == 4: idx = self.config.accounts.index(self.current_account) min_loc = self.config.locations[idx][0] max_loc = self.config.locations[idx][1] else: min_loc = self.config.locations[0] max_loc = self.config.locations[1] loc = self.current_account.profile.current_location while loc == self.current_account.profile.current_location: lat = Random.float(min_loc.latitude, max_loc.latitude) lon = Random.float(min_loc.longitude, max_loc.longitude) loc = Location(lat, lon) return loc

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[–]BravePea 0 points1 point2 points 8 years ago* (0 children) | Copy Link

I was actually a simp back then, not one of the big ones but I still believed in Disney's lies. I got plenty of raw matches (400-500+) on a period of 4 months, but in the end I was only interested in ONE match, which ended up in nothing once I found out she was a single mom and with lots and lots of baggage.

Most of the women that I messaged ended up answering question after question with single words such as "yeah", "no", 'ic", "lol", etc, making me drop them in the first hour or so after initializing the dialogue.

There were "validation" girls. The ones who would only match you to feel better about themselves and never reply back to you. One even tried to "prank" me giving her friend's number, saying she was interested in me. Well, it actually backfired when I pretended I was a sexual predator/full-time pervert, causing her to go full nuts :D (used to have audios of that one cussing me non-stop). They were super immature that would make even white knights facepalm, probably pre-18 teens with fake ages on Tinder (Tinder minimum age was/is 18).

There were Tinder eldritch monsters, directly from a Lovecraft's cult. Wish I still could access their pictures, for the sake of scaring the crap out of you guys.

This also included an abundance in trannies. Never seen so many trannies in one single place as I did on Tinder.

And finally there were the bots and bugs (server-side)... lots of them. Many matches would unmatch me almost instantly after we were matched, which left me scratching my head as some of those women were FAR FAR below my own quality. I actually wrote a lot of debug code to try and understand that, improved my own code to give me more options to try out and see if that would stop, but no dice, never figured that one out.

I followed every recommendation my "friends" had to say other than faking stuff and showing signs of wealth, such as posing with luxury cars/suit.

I had my profile description set to something that described me while keeping it short (see my configuration file at OP), which still pretty much defines me, except that I no longer believe in the bullshit of romance with modern women.

I also had 6 pictures (as shown from [AddPhotos]), which included high quality pictures of my face (greatly focusing on my blue eyes as was advised), my body (fit, but not muscular) and some pictures of me with my pets. Again, didn't seem to improve the rate at which a woman would reply back to me.

In the end, my Tinder experience was the final straw that drove me away from dating. Before Tinder, not once, did I chase women. The ones that screwed me over the years were the ones who got close to me on their own initiative. My Tinder databases (still around for preservation purposes) are huge red pills, ranging from women posting pictures of terrible quality and/or favorable angles to dialogue/description clearly defining how modern women work (e.g. this one profile: "If you would consider giving me flowers, consider again. I would much rather have a mug of beer...").

This was the data structure for a match stored in the database:

And this one for message:

As you can see, a lot of information was stored in my databases from my Tinder experience. Everytime I feel lonely, I just take a quick look at those horrors and remind myself to stay away from dating.

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[–]BravePea 1 point2 points3 points 8 years ago* (0 children) | Copy Link

I had multiple accounts synch'ed to each other, so while one was swiping, the other was awaiting. I NEVER had a single premium account and never ran out of 100 likes / per 12 hours.

Swipe time and Swipe time hysteresis made sure I could configure that time to synch properly depending on the number of accounts.

I could post the whole code, but I don't feel like it because it can clearly identify who I am. I don't feel like doing that for this account, already had to cut contact with some friends because they couldn't stand me following MGTOW.

If you actually had read the post you would know it was before I knew about MGTOW and went my own way, this project alone was abandoned 1 year ago (I only used Tinder for 4 months). That was my first and only experience with dating online.

By the way, location is only enforced client-side, or at least it was until 1 year ago. You can actually do most of its functionality, like changing your location at will, rewind swipes, etc all without a premium account if you write your own client.

In fact, I had my own code to simulate me moving around the town randomly to prevent me from being in the same location for long.

Title	My old Tinder experience
Author	BravePea
Upvotes	18
Comments	12
Date	July 27, 2018 3:36 PM UTC (8 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MGTOW
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MGTOW/comments/92dk0t/my_old_tinder_experience/
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