Skout — Meet New People 17+

I like the diversity of people using the app. Tons of people and a good mix. Plus, you can be listed on MeetMe and see people on there too, so it’s a big community.

The tech is the downside. It has features you’d expect- swiping, matches, etc, but a lot of it is non-functional. I get a “hi” or similar message roughly every 3-5 mins while logged in, but half the time, The person’s name displays as “someone” the message shows as “sent something” and I get a default profile pic. Ergo, even if I’m having a great conversation with someone, I might never find them again in my inbox unless I open dozens of letters. Plus, I can’t search by interests or age or anything- and when someone doesn’t answer their interests, their profile literally says “leave blank.” Sorry, guys, shoddy development. But, it is free, so I will shut the heck up and thank you for letting me use it. It has good bones.

The scam operation operates between Turkey, India, and Bangladesh. They have automated bots that notice you’re online and notice when there is inactivity and you’re conveniently sent an automated message. If you reply or even come online again, you get a nude picture and a link to a p*rn or cam site. This is by design. The app has come under fire for sex trafficking, minors falsifying their age, and users have complained that women use the app as a hub to market OnlyFans, adult content, fake Snapchat adult business accounts. It’s a shady operation. It can be examined and laid out just as I have very quickly. The bots that drive users back to the app and generate eyeballs and user time and ad views/revenue as I mentioned make money for people in impoverished countries. There is a sales market for those bots. The nonexistent moderators do not deal with that issue because it drives revenue. There is a reason that ‘moderators’ are elected by users on livestreams. It’s a corrupt operation. It’s part of Match group. Look up their business. A little piece of a business making that kind of money pays a fee for their violations and continues to rake in money. You’re a fool to use this app and you’re a fool if you don’t see what’s going on. Devs - I have an exposé coming out about these issues and how SKOUT/MeetMe make money. You should focus on correcting these issues very soon.

I’m not surprised the people on here don’t get any sort of customers support reply they just get the same lame response - email support and there was no support.

I guess finally generating enough revenue they don’t actually have to care about what the customer says - look at all the critical reviews and look at the standard cut and paste reply

Support never answers update I got an answer that my account was suspended for violating terms of service which seems to be some thing many people are going through although they will not elaborate or tell you anything about it and I have done absolutely zero to violate any terms of service on any software package. I am a responsible adult and business owner and the only thing that differentiates me from anybody on here is like a small portion of the population I am transgender so the only thing I can think is that this is discrimination towards me and towards others and if you have a similar result find a way to contact me through the App Store I’m going to register a complaint with them and get enough users to support this.