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By [Marian Vasile](https://elacelerador.es/en/author/marian-vasile/) 19 October 2026 at 09:05 CEST 5 min read [ Add as preferred source ](https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es) Share [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Felacelerador.es%2Fen%2Fcases-and-research%2Fsocial-discovery-group-conversations-trust-credits%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dlinkedin%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es "Share on LinkedIn") [ ](https://wa.me/?text=Social+Discovery+Group%3A+charging+for+conversation+requires+clarity+about+the+purchase+https%3A%2F%2Felacelerador.es%2Fen%2Fcases-and-research%2Fsocial-discovery-group-conversations-trust-credits%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dwhatsapp%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es "Share on WhatsApp") [ ](https://t.me/share/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Felacelerador.es%2Fen%2Fcases-and-research%2Fsocial-discovery-group-conversations-trust-credits%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dtelegram%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&text=Social+Discovery+Group%3A+charging+for+conversation+requires+clarity+about+the+purchase&utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es "Share on Telegram") [ ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Felacelerador.es%2Fen%2Fcases-and-research%2Fsocial-discovery-group-conversations-trust-credits%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dfacebook%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es "Share on Facebook") ![Hands hold a mobile phone beside a takeaway coffee cup on a table.](https://elacelerador.es/images/variants/v1/social-discovery-group-cobrar-conversar-exige-explicar-se-compra-manos-sostienen-telefono-w1280.webp) Context photograph of mobile communication by Kristin Hardwick. The screen does not show Dating.com or identify users of its services. Photo: [Kristin Hardwick / ISO Republic / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woman%5Fusing%5Fan%5FiPhone.jpg?utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es) **In this report** 1. [Profile activity does not establish a shared intention](#article-section-profile-activity-does-not-establish-a-shared-intention) 2. [Identity verification has a specific scope](#article-section-identity-verification-has-a-specific-scope) 3. [Public allegations require a distinction between controls and outcomes](#article-section-public-allegations-require-a-distinction-between-controls-and-outcomes) 4. [The balance and the exit are part of the product](#article-section-the-balance-and-the-exit-are-part-of-the-product) 2 figures * [Conversation can serve different goals](#article-figure-1) * [Suspected deception was already part of the experience](#article-figure-2) [Download data (CSV)](https://elacelerador.es/en/download.csv?article=%2Fen%2Fcases-and-research%2Fsocial-discovery-group-conversations-trust-credits%2F) Chart values, table cells, source references and the report revision date. Dating.com's communication policy requires its free users to spend at least eight hours online each week and reply to 60% of incoming chats within ten minutes. On the other side of the conversation, its terms price basic chat at one credit per minute. The same exchange therefore meets an access condition for one person and spends another person's balance. For Social Discovery Group, which includes Dating.com in its portfolio, sustainable growth requires the paying customer to understand that difference before spending. A quick reply can be valuable. Its frequency alone does not establish that both people want the same thing. The commercial opportunity is an intelligible, verifiable experience that can support a conscious second purchase. ## Profile activity does not establish a shared intention Dating.com publicly explains that external partners help attract users and prepare profiles, photographs or videos, receiving compensation for their services. It distinguishes that work from the free user's participation, which it says must not be paid. The page also presents virtual communication as a possible goal and acknowledges that it cannot guarantee a particular outcome. That distinction matters to advertising. Someone seeking online companionship may value sustained conversation; someone seeking a partner may read the same continuity as a promise of meeting. If the platform attracts both through imprecise wording, the first payment cannot establish whether it sold the service the buyer expected. The data behind the story ### Conversation can serve different goals Major reasons reported by people who used online dating in the past year. United States, July 2022. MenWomen Tap or hover for details. Select a series above to show or hide it. Expand notesCollapse notes **Sources:** Statista; Pew: original report, page 26; Pew: questionnaire and question bases Question base: 951 past-year users; reasons are not mutually exclusive. Not all group differences are statistically significant. Historical U.S. context, not current SDG customer intent or a Spain estimate. Explore the data table Scroll left or right to see all columns __Conversation can serve different goals (%)__ | Category | Men | Women | | ----------------- | --- | ----- | | Long-term partner | 42% | 48% | | Casual dating | 43% | 37% | | Casual sex | 31% | 13% | | New friends | 20% | 24% | Pew's July 2022 survey, presented by Statista, illustrates the range of goals. Reasons were not mutually exclusive, and the authors caution that not every difference between groups was statistically significant. This is not a current picture of Spain or SDG. It does show why counting conversations without understanding their purpose leaves the commercial interpretation incomplete. Improvement starts before the first top-up: explain what each participant seeks, what free-user status involves and what a customer buying communication can expect. Asking afterward whether the service met that expectation offers more information than rewarding minutes or replies alone. It requires neither promising a relationship nor turning people's intimacy into a metric to exploit. ## Identity verification has a specific scope Dating.com's terms describe document and biometric checks through SumSub, with verified status valid for six months. Checking an identity does not itself establish romantic intention, the absence of external assistance or a future meeting. The scope of the check needs to be as visible as its badge. The data behind the story ### Suspected deception was already part of the experience Users who thought they had encountered someone trying to scam them. United States, July 2022. Thought they had encountered a scam attempt Tap or hover for details. All values are also available in the data table. Expand notesCollapse notes **Sources:** Statista; Pew: original report, page 35; Pew: questionnaire and question bases Question base: 3,128 people who had ever used online dating. Measures reported suspicions, not confirmed crimes, financial losses or SDG incidents. It is not an estimate for Spain. Explore the data table Scroll left or right to see all columns __Suspected deception was already part of the experience (%)__ | Category | Thought they had encountered a scam attempt | | -------- | ------------------------------------------- | | Men | 59% | | Women | 44% | Pew found in 2022 that 59% of men and 44% of women who had used online dating thought they had encountered someone trying to scam them. These are historical perceptions of the U.S. sector, not a crime count or an allegation against SDG. The economic implication is that a general safety promise needs comprehensible evidence alongside a badge. ## Public allegations require a distinction between controls and outcomes In an investigation published on July 23, 2026 , the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) reported testimony and documents concerning paying users of SDG platforms who questioned their correspondents' identities and motives. The report put those allegations to the group and included its responses. Publication of the investigation does not itself constitute a court ruling. In a statement distributed on July 8 , SDG had announced suspended payments to an affiliate partner and an external investigation into evidence of misrepresentation. It said every profile must represent the person operating the account and credited its controls with removing more than 30,000 suspected accounts in 2025\. The group also told ICIJ it does not employ chat operators or models, directly or indirectly. These are the group's statements; they provide no denominator for calculating an incidence rate. The commercial response cannot stop at announcing detection tools. Publishing what each check covers, how a complaint is resolved and which corrections follow a failure would let the buyer assess the protection offered. Removed accounts can rise because detection improves or because the problem grows. Without a comparable base, the figure cannot distinguish those explanations. ## The balance and the exit are part of the product The refund policy , dated December 2025 and consulted for this analysis, distinguishes credit refunds from monetary refunds. It sets conditions and review procedures, and says purchased non-subscription credits expire after 90 days; subscription credits expire at the end of the monthly period. The commercial terms also provide for automatic renewal of the monthly pack until cancellation. A credit is useful to a customer only if they understand its cash equivalent in their purchase, which action spends it and when it expires. Showing that equivalent and a notice before spending narrows the gap between the advertised price and the perceived bill. A readable history and a discoverable exit help distinguish a deliberate top-up from an unexpected charge. Clarity can reduce immediate consumption: a spending limit or a more precise explanation may stop a top-up. The growth criterion should include that trade-off, comparing collected revenue with refunds, disputes and the cost of handling them, then observing which customers choose to return. The public evidence consulted does not allow that balance to be calculated for SDG. The defensible advantage would be less about producing the maximum number of messages than enabling customers to explain what they bought, recognise whom they are engaging with and choose whether to return. For a business charging per interaction, that understanding is an economic condition of growth, not an addition at the end of the funnel. [Back to top ↑](#article-top) ## In this article ### Sources and documents * [Dating.com: current terms, modified June 22, 2026](https://www.dating.com/en/terms-and-conditions/?utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es) · SOL Networks Limited / Dating.com * [Dating.com: public free-user communication policy](https://www.dating.com/en/communication-policy?utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es) · SOL Networks Limited / Dating.com * [Dating.com: user types, external partners and communication goals](https://www.dating.com/en/about/?utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es) · SOL Networks Limited / Dating.com * [Dating.com: refund and cancellation policy, December 2025](https://www.dating.com/en/refund-and-cancellation-policy?utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es) · SOL Networks Limited / Dating.com * [SDG: company response, distributed July 8, 2026](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/online-dating-giant-sdg-investigates-fresh-claims-of-scammer-accounts-302818624.html?utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es) · Social Discovery Group / PRNewswire * [ICIJ: July 23, 2026 investigation including SDG response](https://www.icij.org/news/2026/07/dating-app-scam-models-influencers-social-discovery-group/?utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es) · International Consortium of Investigative Journalists * Statista * [Pew: original 2023 report, July 2022 data](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2023/01/PI%5F2023.02.02%5FOnilne-Dating%5FFINAL.pdf?utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es) · Pew Research Center * [Pew: questionnaire, ONDWHY and ONSCAM question bases](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2023/01/PI%5F2023.02.02%5FOnline-Dating%5FTOPLINE.pdf?utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es) · Pew Research Center * [Pew: methodology, panels, weighting and fieldwork dates](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2023/02/02/online-dating-appendix-a-methodology/?utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es) · Pew Research Center Share [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Felacelerador.es%2Fen%2Fcases-and-research%2Fsocial-discovery-group-conversations-trust-credits%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dlinkedin%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es "Share on LinkedIn") [ ](https://wa.me/?text=Social+Discovery+Group%3A+charging+for+conversation+requires+clarity+about+the+purchase+https%3A%2F%2Felacelerador.es%2Fen%2Fcases-and-research%2Fsocial-discovery-group-conversations-trust-credits%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dwhatsapp%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es "Share on WhatsApp") [ ](https://t.me/share/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Felacelerador.es%2Fen%2Fcases-and-research%2Fsocial-discovery-group-conversations-trust-credits%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dtelegram%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&text=Social+Discovery+Group%3A+charging+for+conversation+requires+clarity+about+the+purchase&utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es "Share on Telegram") [ ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Felacelerador.es%2Fen%2Fcases-and-research%2Fsocial-discovery-group-conversations-trust-credits%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dfacebook%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es "Share on Facebook") ![Portrait of Marian Vasile](https://elacelerador.es/images/variants/v1/marian-vasile-autor-acelerador-retrato-w320.webp) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nairamelisav/?utm%5Fsource=elacelerador.es&utm%5Fcampaign=elacelerador.es) About the author ## [Marian Vasile](https://elacelerador.es/en/author/marian-vasile/) Marian Vasile is a MarTech and growth professional. 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