cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1282667/inside-the-matrix-how-models-influencers-and-engagement-quotas-power-the-social-discover
Women on four continents told ICIJ that global pay-per-action dating sites owned by a Russian businessman and self-styled philosopher left them financially broke and heartbroken.
I don’t want to diminish the experiences of the people who used this site, but it doesn’t sound surprising. It sounds like a marketplace for softcore, romance-based sex work.
I would imagine that if you were in a long-term serious remote relationship, at some point you’d transition off the pay-per-action dating site onto email and WhatsApp videocalls.
I’m saddened that people get exploited, though.
