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Iten #: SCP - 5XXX*

Object Class: Safe

Special containment procedures: One digital copy of SCP 5xxx is to be kept on a standard smartphone running version 7.1 or higher of an android operating system. At present, this is a google pixel model 2.
Said smartphone is to be kept within a box lined with no less than two (2) 0.5mm layers of lead, and kept within a secure locker at site 15, alongside a compatible charging device. Outside of testing, the device must remain switched off.

Testing with SCP-5xxx is only to be conducted with prior submission approved by a level 2 member of staff, and only if a clear gain to the understanding of SCp-5xxx's effects can be reasonably expected by it's execution. Furthermore, all
testing must be conducted on a closed internet system, to prevent the risk of scp-5xxx's anomalous code being uploaded to public access.

The phrase "LoveLame" as well as several key phrases and imagery from SCP-5xxx's download page have been added to Foundation web analysis bots, with all flagged instances being immediately removed and reported to Foundation personnel.
Due to the fact that no additional instances of SCP-5xxx have surfaced online past it's initial containment, it has been decided that no activate human participation is required beyond this measure.

Description: SCP-5xxx is a mobile app developed for android labelled "LoveLame", which was originally uploaded to the Google Play store on ██/██/2018 and marketed as a "dating app for lame people!". The functionality of the app closely resembles to popular app tinder, utilized for similar purposes, with other users appearing on screen to be swiped left or right depending on preference. To date, none of these proposed matches on the app have ever been identified as
currently existing people. After approximately 20 - 45 swipes do SCP-5xxxs anomalous properties begin to take effect, subjects using the app will begin to show signs of lethargy, and lower self esteem, with frequent references to how the people appearing on the app are "way out of their league", "wouldn't understand them" or "Wouldn't be interested in someone lame like them", these phrases seem individual to the subject, with the exception of the phrase "They wouldn't date me if I was the last person on Earth" which has so far been said by 92% of subjects tested. It is notable that during this period, the figures appearing on SCP-5xxx typically increase in perceived attractiveness, specifically to prior confirmed preferences of the subject. After approximately 100 swipes, subjects begin exhibiting signs of depression, and in over 80% of cases, cannot continue using the app, even when threatened with termination. To date, no more than 166 swipes have been made by any single user before refusing to go on, and 0 matches have ever been seen to occur.

Subjects will generally ignore all commands at this stage, and will instead begin to slump, cry, or mutter negative aspects about themselves until physically moved. Over the next 16 hours, no matter what is said or done to the subject, they will become more and more critical and negative towards themselves, this stage effects other nearby people as well, who will begin showing signs of disgust or dismissal toward the subject. This increases exponentially, and eventually leads to those within sight or hearing range of the subject to dismiss them entirely, to the point of the subject being functionally invisible to them.

It has since been confirmed that after this approximate 16 hour period has expired, no new sapient creature entering the subjects' area will be able to acknowledge them without great difficultly, although they will not share the personal disgust of those who were exposed to the subject during this period. Currently, it is theorized that all subjects affected by SCP-5xxx, both inside and outside of foundation control are either deceased, or continuing in this unnoticeable phase, it is estimated that over 350 cases occurred internationally before the foundation seized and removed the app.

This effect initially made testing very difficult, as foundation staff would inevitably become uncaring about the subject during the anomalous phase, not recording details out of spite or genuine lack of interest, until they became unable to see or hear them at all. Information gained by the outcome of Test #032 ultimately proved critical for many aspects of the foundation's current understanding of SCP - 5XXX, see below for details.

+ Addendum 1: Test #032

Test #032 commenced on ██/07/2018 utilizing D-87997, a Caucasian woman in her early 40s, who had a history of clinical depression. At this point the working theory was that SCP-5xxx made it's users disappear from physical space entirely, Jr Researcher ████ was attempting to record if the effects would be different on subjects who already showed signs of depression or self negativity. Test officially concluded 17 hours and 12 minutes after it's start with expected results, and D-87997 nowhere to be found.

At ██:██ on ██/08/2018, five weeks after Test #032's conclusions, a site 15 security guard raised an alarm at seeing two D-class wandering through the corridor of a restricted area unaccompanied. They were both detained and agreed to co-operate fully, expressing to the present on site researcher that they were "glad to be seen again, even if it is by you". The first was identified as D-87997, and the second as D-85343 (Caucasian woman in her mid 30s, and the subject for test #27, conducted 15 days prior to #32 The two explained events from their perspectives, in which foundation staff started acting cold and uncaring towards them in the emotional aftermath of SCP-5xxx, eventually ignoring them completely. This persisted days after their initial test, by which time the depressive mood brought on by SCP-5xxx had waned. Eventually however, the two ran into each other, and were for some reason able to interact fully, exchanging that they had both been used to test the same
device, and shared their predicament. Since then, they had been walking around the safer parts of site 15 without hindrance, eating from the on site cafeteria and keeping each other company, as nobody else was capable of doing so. In individual questioning, both D-87997 and D-85343 proclaimed to have developed romantic feelings for the other during this time, and were now decidedly in love. It was during this realization that on site staff had begun to very slightly
acknowledgment them in sparse interactions, culminating with security being able to do so fully.

Post interviews with staff on site during this time confirm that in the two weeks prior, a few recall bumping into a pair of D-Class once or twice through the site, but not stopping to look twice at them, or in some cases briefly wondering why D-Class were sat at their table during their lunch, but not wanting to talk to them enough to find out.

Quote, Jr Researcher ███: "I think I recall seeing two D Class women once or twice yeah, they tried to grab my attention or something but I was real busy so just kept on going, it's not like they were trying very hard to talk to me anyway, I mean, how was I supposed to know they were important ones?"

When asked about other subjects, D-85343 revealed having seen the corpse of a D-class not far from the testing chamber a week after her own test had taken place, description of the individual confirms it to be D-74421, the subject for
test #005. Foundation staff were still unable to locate the body. When read D-74421's file, D-65343 commented that "It's such a fucking shame, he sounded like a really nice guy."

The current theory therefore put forth by Researcher ██████ is that only those who might be able to develop romantic feelings with each other will be visible to effected subjects of SCP-5xxx, possibly the intended effect.

Due to the possible risk of D-87997 and D-85343 disassociating again, and the befit their unique situation has had on research into SCP-5xxx, their request for co-habitation in a standard humanoid containment cell in site-15 has been
granted, with reasonable allowances.

The foundation first became aware of SCP-xxxx's anomalous properties after a string of missing persons cases were linked by Interpol on ██/05/2018, with the presence of SCP-5xxx on all the victim's phones being the common factor. . At this point, Foundation personnel took over the cases and begun investigating the app, which was confirmed anomalous and promptly removed from the internet. Personnel were unable to locate the theoretical original developer of the app;
tracking of the IP address used to originally upload the file was traced to a router in a disused warehouse in ████████, England. Next to the router was a printed note utilizing the same font as the app, which read "Pretty lame of you".

Both the note and the router are so far considered non-anomalous.