It’s nearly Valentine’s Day, and love is on the brain for many. If you haven’t already found your soul mate, chances are you have a profile on one of the myriad online dating apps. Many people find romance on Tinder, Bumble, OkCupid and the like, but many others find creeps instead. From Tinder Nightmares to Bye Felipe and other “dating nightmares” blogs, the horror stories of modern dating are rampant. It almost makes us want to give up – almost. Luckily there’s Burner. Burner is a top-grossing iOS and Android app that millions use to create new phone numbers for various reasons.

44% of the Burner community use it for dating purposes, as a way to protect themselves from dishing out their personal number to strangers and only wind up regretting it later. To further help its users last year, Burner launched Ghostbot – a witty SMS bot that users can activate to handle unwanted texts from people who can’t take a hint. Ghostbot is a way to deal with the slimy sexting/dating culture that’s often not very women-friendly – fixing a difficult and scary problem in a clever way.  Singles can benefit from learning about how Burner could improve their dating lives because online dating is hard enough.