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Online dating is so awful that people are paying virtual dating assistants to impersonate them — Quartz

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Every morning I wake up to the same routine. I log into the Tinder account of a 45-year-old man from Texas—a client. I flirt with every woman in his queue for 10 minutes, sending their photos and locations to a central database of potential “Opportunities.” For every phone number I get, I make $1.75. I’m what’s called a “Closer” for the online-dating service ViDA (Virtual Dating Assistants).

From Online dating is so awful that people are paying virtual dating assistants to impersonate them — Quartz.

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