In Australia, dating apps have become a common way for many people to find a partner, including Chinese. However, the journey of finding love, which should have been full of romance and anticipation, was shrouded in many negative factors, which made many users deeply disappointed and frightened.
Percy, a Chinese man from Melbourne, had been on a dating app for just a month before he had a bad day. At first, he was full of expectations to meet the person who was in tune with him on the software, but reality poured cold water on him.
"There are very few people who can be matched, and even fewer are willing to communicate with me." Percy sighed helplessly.
Finally, he had a good chat with a Chinese girl on the software, so he added WeChat to communicate further. But unexpectedly, the topic quickly shifted from everyday life to investment discussions.
Suspicious, he used the girl's profile picture to search for pictures on Google, only to find that it was a stolen picture, "The name and the information do not match at all." This is obviously a typical "pig killing plate", Percy said angrily and disappointed: "I have heard about it for a long time, but I didn't expect to come across it, and now I have no illusions." ”
Coincidentally, Lynn, a Chinese woman from Melbourne, also had an unpleasant experience. She has been using dating apps for years, but has found that racial discrimination is common on the platform.
Many people want to add contact information as soon as they come up, which is a "red flag" in her opinion, and she feels that as a Chinese woman, she seems to have become the target of some people's hunting.
Lynn felt even more angry and humiliated when communicating with some Western men, who only vented about her Chinese identity, and the chat content was full of stereotypes and disrespect for Chinese women, "They are not talking about me as a person, but about Chinese women and Asian women." ”
They believe that Asian women are "easy to deceive, easy to deceive, and obedient to four virtues", and their language is vulgar. Lynn has reported the problematic account several times, but nothing has been heard from him.
She believes that platforms should strengthen content moderation and automatic detection, and deal with user reports in a timely manner, after all, no one wants to find love in an environment full of discrimination and disrespect.
"How can you find treasure in the garbage? The environment must be purified. Lynn longs for a safer and more respectful online environment, and she still looks forward to finding real love on dating apps.
Fumi, a Chinese girl in Sydney, claims to be an in-depth user of dating apps, having used all kinds of apps for eight or nine years, matched nearly 1,000 people, and met more than 100 people offline.
She was more in pain and distress in the process. She has been exposed to pig killing, false identities and harassment, and "the overall risk is quite high." ”
Harassment was particularly prevalent in her experience, with a whopping half of the rate. Euphemisms such as "Do you want to come to my house?" and more direct questions such as "How long has it been since you had a relationship?" "Someone would even send nude photos directly, which made her feel extremely disgusting.
Once, when she crossed the street with a Chinese boy she met for the first time, she was hugged by the waist and "rubbed with oil", and the other party also made an inappropriate request to go to his place for dinner, and Fumi finally managed to escape, but this experience left a deep shadow on her.
Even so, Fumi believes that using dating apps is still a viable way to find a partner as the platform becomes more regulated.
In fact, data shows that online dating has become a common way for Australia to meet a partner. But one study found that three out of every four users who used dating apps in the past five years had experienced sexual violence, most commonly harassment, followed by abusive and threatening language, and non-consensual images. These phenomena have raised serious questions about the safety of dating apps.
In an effort to change that, Australia has required dating apps to implement new industry rules from this month. The new rules require dating apps to establish a reporting mechanism to detect and address potential online harm, as well as record and disclose the number of terminated Australian accounts and their content moderation processes.
While compliance with the new rule is currently voluntary, the Cybersecurity Commissioner will review its effectiveness in 2026 to determine whether it should be enforced. Amanda Rishworth, Australia's federal Minister for Social Services, said: "Everyone deserves to live a life free of violence, no matter where they are – including the online world. ”
Percy is not optimistic about the new rules of the dating software industry that began to be implemented in Australia this month, he feels that "the road is one foot high, the magic is one foot high", and in his experience, in addition to dummies, active users are pig killers, which makes him completely lose confidence in finding a partner on dating apps. When he uninstalled the app, he felt relieved.
Prior to this, the incidents of Australian Chinese girls being deceived by pig killings ranged from tens of thousands of Australian dollars to millions. So why did the Australian Chinese circle become a paradise for pig slaughter?
Because the target customers of the pig killing plate are too many in the Australian Chinese circle, that is, those who are older unmarried or divorced, but still have illusions about love, and at the same time have money independent Kochi women.
Why do they need to have fantasies about love?
Because only such a person will believe that fate has descended from heaven, and it is possible to believe in strangers who meet in Pingshui. At the same time, they are also more likely to be emotionally attracted and more likely to "impulsively spend".
Why do you have to look for older women?
Because their needs for marriage and love are generally more urgent. In this way, the progress of the cycle of emotional "pig breeding" can be advanced faster and relatively shorter.
Therefore, overseas Chinese must be cautious when encountering.