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New trans friendly social media site

t4t.social t4t • Trans Community and Dating

★★★★★ "I hesitate to ascribe perfection to an app, but this is pretty dang close in my book. A place for trans people to chat and vent and BE? Yep. Free and independent from corporatism and rainbow capitalism? Yes. Created and run by an engaged trans person who is also part of the community itself? ...

Haven't read through it in the entirety but found it on another site I trust. Figured it may be of use to others here.

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  • I have concerns about this site, tbh. I can't find anything overtly wrong, but a few things stand out:

    • Unclear focus / purpose. (is this for dating? social interaction? both?)
    • App-only model, but with a read-only webview for some reason. (Why would you do this, except to allow anonymous scraping and/or collect extra data?)
    • Supposedly built by a solo trans person, who somehow has resources to create a website and two separate apps.
    • Includes an iOS app, which has hurdles that few indies are able to deal with.
    • Closed-source, no clear ownership or transparency.
    • App collects location data, according to Google.

    It could just be my paranoia speaking, but I'd advise against using this. It feels like a honeypot or some kind of trap.

    • From the Privacy Policy:

      Your Location

      When you create an account, we ask you to share your location with us through the App in order to use all features. We use your location to determine your distance from other users and to help you find personals and missed connections in your area. We collect this information automatically by collecting your Internet Protocol address and your Unique Device ID. It is possible to opt out of sharing your location at sign up, but app functionality is limited.

      yeah, don't use this app.

    • Thanks for this 💋

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