Dating safety

Before any in-person meeting, do a video call. It takes ten minutes, it confirms your match is the person in their photos, and it’s a far better compatibility signal than another week of texting. Anyone who refuses a quick video call but is eager to meet — or eager to move the conversation off the platform immediately — is showing you a red flag. Believe it.

• Meet in a public place — a coffee shop, a climbing gym, a busy trailhead. Not their home, not yours, not a parked car.
• Tell a friend who you’re meeting, where, and when, and check in with them after. Share your live location if your phone makes that easy.
• Get there and back on your own — your own car, your own ride share. Don’t depend on a stranger for the trip home.
• Watch your drink, and keep your head clear enough to make good decisions. You track your sleep; you can pace your drinks.
• If something feels off, leave. You owe a stranger nothing — not an explanation, not a polite ending to the evening.

Never send money, gift cards, or crypto to someone you met here, and never share financial details — no matter how good the story is. Romance scammers build trust for weeks before the “emergency” arrives, and a sudden investment opportunity from a new match is a script, not a coincidence. Any request for money, in either direction, is an automatic report.

Report anything transactional the moment you see it — vendor talk, price talk, “I can get you some,” or requests to move to another app to “discuss details.” You’ll be protecting the next person they match with, too.

Report and block are on every profile and every conversation. Blocking is instant and invisible to the other person. Reports go to human reviewers, and reporters stay anonymous. If you ever feel you are in danger, contact local emergency services first — then tell us at [email protected] so we can act on the account.

More on what we remove and why is in the Community Guidelines.