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Tinder to ban web developers who use 'engineer' in their bio (www.theolognion.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is not a new kind of policy for Tinder. In the past, PhDs in Social Sciences were banned for impersonating 'doctors'.

How were they impersonating doctors? How does Tinder verify any of these claims?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

First of all, it's a pretty obvious joke.

In this case, the joke is: "people with a PhD are doctors. It's a doctorate. But the field of social sciences is not real science, and thus shouldn't count as a doctorate."

[–] [email protected] -4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I get the joke, what I don't get is how one can impersonate a doctor on Tinder. Are people wearing lab coats in their pictures or something?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The joke isn't that they're impersonating a medical professional. It's that they're impersonating the title of "doctor" by claiming a PhD. Someone with an Art History PhD is a doctor, but the joke here is that they aren't really deserving of that title.