FabSwingers
adult social networking website
FabSwingers is a British adult social networking and online dating service aimed primarily at swingers and people seeking casual relationships. The website was established in 2006 by a swinging couple. The website has options for men, women and transgender users, and allows users to sort by location, venues, as well as individual fetishes and kinks. It has a companion website called FabGuys which is aimed at gay and bisexual men, as well as transgender people.
Features
A profile on FabSwingers can represent a single person or a couple and consists of age, gender and sexual orientation along with a list of interests which can include cuckoldry, dogging and oral sex, among others. Profiles can also be verified for authenticity when the user submits a photograph of themselves along with their username written down.
FabSwingers operates on a freemium model with features including seeing higher-resolution photos and seeing other users who have looked at the logged-in profile. Advertising is also removed for paying members.
Reception
The user interface of the website has been criticised for being dated.
Incidents
In March 2018, Jesse McDonald fatally stabbed Naomi Hersi, a transgender woman, following an encounter arranged on FabSwingers.
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