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Obviously, among the handful of people who actually use Facebook Dating; some of them get a null message. This means that these people are at a higher risk of not meeting their soul mate through the dating app that time forgot. We wouldn’t want that, would we? Fear not, we’re ready to dive into the intricacies of going up against a draw so you don’t feel empty. What does null mean on Facebook Dating? Here’s what we know.
What does null mean on Facebook dating?
Recently, some confused Facebook Dating users received a lousy message instead of hundreds (tens?) of potential new partners. According to ErrorVault, it’s just a server issue and Facebook is most likely working on it. Apparently the root cause is Facebook’s inability to connect to its main server. Isn’t that all any of us want, the ability to connect to a backend server? That’s why people are on Facebook Dating to begin with.
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Couple kissing in front of their biggest fan, their phone!
Facebook Dating launched in September 2019 with little fanfare. It sought to take the world of dating apps by storm, but they barely scratched the surface compared to behemoths like Bumble, Tinder and Hinge. This seems unusual given that Mark Zuckerberg probably knows more about us than our true friends and bitter enemies. Why can’t Zuck match get us into beautiful, lasting relationships?
Why is Facebook Dating failing so spectacularly?
In May 2022, Taha Yasseri (Associate Professor, School of Sociology at University College Dublin), wrote about his experience using the unpopular dating app. Taha is a self-proclaimed “online dating technology researcher,” so we gladly defer to him for the ultimate Facebook dating breakdown. This will of course be followed by our own personal breakdown of encounters.
When Taha first activated his Facebook Dating account, a flood of profiles featuring attractive women appeared in his feed. As Taha pointed out on most dating apps, cishet men aren’t usually inundated with pretty ladies clamoring for their attention. Despite her personal experience on other dating apps, her phone “didn’t stop buzzing for hours.”
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Two ladies and a robot on their way to message people on Facebook Dating
Growing suspicious of this influx of available girls, Taha decided to engage with some of them. After throwing a few flares at one person, he was immediately asked to take the conversation on WhatsApp (also owned by Facebook).
“My previous work has shown that this usually happens after at least 20 messages and within three to four days. It was a date at the speed of light – according to science,” Taha wrote.
It wasn’t long before Taha had several conversations going on, all of which were surprisingly similar. The person on the other end immediately brought up WhatsApp and tried to move the conversation to that platform. Taha became suspicious and thought he might be “dealing with an organized phishing campaign”, a campaign whose sole purpose was to obtain his WhatsApp phone number.
He inferred that the low number of Facebook Dating users might have something to do with what we call WhatsAppGate. Maybe people were put off by all the bots and how easily they existed in this corner of the Facebook universe (the Metaverse?). Either way, never give your phone number to a stranger until you’ve talked to them and met them in a safe environment. You never know what might happen!
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