What lies beneath...
In search for 'authenticity' dating website POF (Plenty of Fish) have decided to ban face-filtered photos from their platform.
The Canadian service will complete an audit of all 70 million images on their site in hope of helping people make better matches.
52% of their users have asked for more transparency saying that face-filters should be banned, whereas 30% admit to avoiding profiles that are too heavily filtered.
To get some insight into this common art of deception, Dermot and Dave chat to one of Today FM's incredibly handsome tech guys (they're all hot), Paul Bonass, who loves a good filter.
Paul tells us why he feels the need to make himself more prettyful via his favourite filter app Facetune and explains how it all works.
He even worked some magic on the two hosts:
Dating Apps are starting to ban filtered photos
Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Chatting about this now with #DermotAndDave https://t.co/c2ncXafNzf @DermotTodayFM @DaveTodayFM pic.twitter.com/GjcKKYjYKu
— Today FM (@TodayFM) September 20, 2019
It's actually scary!
So what do you think? That a little touch-up never hurt anyone, or it's only fair that people tell the truth?
Check out the chat in full by pressing the play button on screen.
