• @thesporkeffect
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    184 months ago

    The important part:

    HDF received more than $1m from Andrew Conru, a Seattle businessman who made his fortune from dating websites, the recordings reveal. After being approached by the Guardian, Conru pulled his support, saying the group appeared to have deviated from its original mission of “non-partisan academic research”.

    He founded AdultFriendFunder apparently

    • @ShittyBeatlesFCPres
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      134 months ago

      I like that they used “dating site” as the euphemism for AdultFriendFinder instead of “escort service” or “one night stand site” or whatever it actually is.

    • Flying Squid
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      54 months ago

      He founded AdultFriendFunder apparently

      Was that the one that turned out to actually be a big scam and everyone on it was a man?

      • @thesporkeffect
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        44 months ago

        I recall that, it was either this one or Ashley Madison. Presumably both

        • Flying Squid
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          24 months ago

          Yeah, with a name like that, I’d think “sausage party.”