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11th August 2018
04:17pm BST

It also applies outside of dating apps too.
The classic, seemingly out-of-the blue "how are you?" Facebook message that you just know a lad has sent to ten other people as well as you? That's fishing too.
So is there anything technically wrong with fishing? We don't love the idea of it but we get why someone might do it.
It mightn't make you feel special to know you're just one of number of people being weighed up on a stranger's phone, but casting a wide net does save time.
If nothing else, spotting a fisher should be pretty easy. Look out for generic, copy-and-paste banter that doesn't apply directly to you and recognise that 'random' late-night message for what it is.
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