Patook- make platonic friends

something about the way i talk to people (i.e. mentioning snapchat filters, for example) seems to trigger patook automated messages about sharing personal info even though i haven’t actually shared any personal info. and three times now, i have had chats disappear from my inbox, nowhere to be found. i have zero reason to think i’ve been blocked; all three people were highly engaged with me and we looked forward to each other’s conversations. one of them was even able to get a notification through before i lost the chat that said something along the lines of “yay you’re back, i thought we got blocked!” well, apparently i’m not back and we DID get blocked and we have no idea why!! we’re both girls, we’re both straight, we didn’t flirt or share personal info but now we can’t see each other. she was one of my favorite new friends on this app and now the wind is just taken out of my sails; what’s the point of investing in people if you’re going to seemingly randomly lose contact for good? 😭💔 so, i filed bug reports and i’ve stopped using this app. if i don’t get support/an explanation in a week or so, i’ll be deleting my profile and the app cos i don’t have the energy to invest in conversations that might suddenly disappear on me with no explanation. just be aware that this is an issue. i’ll update my review if i hear back from patook.

It is what you put into it and how you interact with people. I like the world connection thing. Make a friend from England, say hello to a lady from Australia, meet a guy from Argentina, or a young couple from Pittsburgh with common interests. I’ll put it this way. My grandma (a widow of 5 kids)was an avid writer and pen pal. She corresponded with people from all over the world. On a teachers salary she was on a limited budget. She made friends on every continent and always had a place to stay overseas and she was never bored when she got home because she always had interesting company coming to visit. She would have loved this app. This app could give you a good start to never being bored again with a little screening to boot! Undoubtedly more than she ever had! Of course you don’t have to take it that far. Have fun!

Great concept. Definitely beneficial with where I'm at right now - meeting new people and forming meaningful relationships. I'm recently divorced and my world has been flipped as far as relationships, so finding this app is perfect timing (for finding friends ONLY...no way am I trying to get into something rn after going through a divorce). The only thing, I think I'm flagged or something. Everything seemed fine for the first week or so and then it seemed like the chat msgs I was sending weren't going thru. Instead of the double check, which indicates the other person read your msg, all of my chats just have the single check which just indicates it was sent and that the other person doesn't have notifications on. But somethings wrong because I've sent maybe 10 chat msgs to new people and none have read them or viewed my profile. So it seems I have been flagged. I'm a guy and I've mostly msg'd women - it seems theres more women than men on the app, and honestly, I've only come across a handful of dudes who have interesting profiles. I was raised by a tribe of women and have 5 sisters so I'm very comfortable having women friends. But maybe I'm blocked because I'm a male who's mostly reached out to females. Patook, any help with this issue?