Dating Apps Hell…O Date!
7 years, 6 months ago

Dating Apps Hell…O Date!

Huff Post  

When you’re new to the dating market because of an end to your marriage or a long term relationship or you’re just tired of watching Game of Thrones alone, there’s a moment of pure panic when you google “dating apps” and 29,700,000 results pop up. I went on plenty of first and only dates with sitcom writers and I’m still friends with an author who makes me laugh, so I consider Bumble a win but there were no love connections. I paid the membership fee so I could jump ahead but when my girlfriend joined the next day and didn’t pay, she was still admitted within a short time. The Inner Circle is a very young app as in that it’s newer and because of all the 18 to 29 year old guys using it.

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Getting no matches on dating apps? Study reveals a necessary quality that eclipses every other
1 day, 23 hours ago

Getting no matches on dating apps? Study reveals a necessary quality that eclipses every other

Hindustan Times  

Don't judge a book by its cover? A study published in Computers in Human Behavior Reports revealed how physical attractiveness has a big role in determining how one gets matches on dating apps. If you are not getting matches on dating apps, your pictures may just be ugly. Looks matter on dating apps, influencing the first impressions. Online dating apps …

Can Matchmaking Platforms Save Us From Dating App Fatigue?
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Can Matchmaking Platforms Save Us From Dating App Fatigue?

Wired  

One might assume, with good reason, that a romantic recession is underway. “Dating apps aren’t the enemy,” says Stephanie Scheele, cofounder of Singles Only Social Club. “However, more and more people are craving real-life connections, and while we aren’t the only in-person singles event, we feel that we are at the forefront of this movement.” Scheele, along with her business …

Bookmark: A dating app that matches you over books, not looks
1 month ago

Bookmark: A dating app that matches you over books, not looks

The Hindu  

In an age where dating apps are largely driven by appearances, Bookmark has taken a different approach — one that prioritises conversations over looks. It happened right in front of our eyes, and we thought, ‘Hey, we can use books to connect people.’” That concept — of books as a bridge between people — became the foundation for Bookmark. “There’s …

Are Dating Apps Getting Worse?
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55 years, 2 months ago

Are Dating Apps Getting Worse?

Wired  

Lauren Goode: I also think if there is a bright spot, it's probably going to be some of the apps that are very specific for people that help people winnow down what they're looking for and find someone who is aligned with what they want, whether that's someone who shares super niche interests or cultural values or even disabilities, people …

Fatigued by apps, I flew almost 10,000 miles for a date
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Fatigued by apps, I flew almost 10,000 miles for a date

The Independent  

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Your ultimate guide to dating apps
3 months, 1 week ago

Your ultimate guide to dating apps

Hindustan Times  

If you’re among those who are set on finding love online, whether casual or long-term, there are countless apps in the market to make your heart sway. Features like Passport and subscriptions like Tinder Plus, Gold, and Platinum let you unlock perks like unlimited swipes, boosting your profile, and seeing who’s already liked you. That said, Tinder can feel a …

Dating apps: How women are turning to TikTok and Facebook to investigate sketchy Bumble and Hinge matches.
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Dating apps: How women are turning to TikTok and Facebook to investigate sketchy Bumble and Hinge matches.

Slate  

A few months after Mandy Lehman’s divorce was finalized, she started using dating apps. Mandy, for example, posted on the popular Facebook page Are We Dating the Same Guy?—a localized group in which women post dating profiles of men they’ve matched with to receive feedback from other women who may have also matched with them—and got a response from a …

Dating apps aren’t just for casual hookups: Study shows they lead to long-lasting, satisfying relationships
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Dating apps aren’t just for casual hookups: Study shows they lead to long-lasting, satisfying relationships

Hindustan Times  

In today's digital age, more and more people are finding love through dating apps. A recent study published in Social Sciences reveals that romantic relationships that begin through dating apps are not significantly different in quality from those formed in person. Study shows no difference in relationship quality for online and in-person couples Do dating apps affect relationship quality? Participants …

What Serial Daters and Matchmakers Alike Think We Should Do About Our Dating Crisis
4 months, 2 weeks ago

What Serial Daters and Matchmakers Alike Think We Should Do About Our Dating Crisis

Slate  

The singles of today’s dating horticulture are not happy. or their swell of data to more mindfully match users—and, simultaneously, if people lean less on tech and do more internal work to become healthier daters—we could cultivate a more curative dating environment where people are more tactfully matched with “the one.” Most daters and coaches say they want a more …

More single people than ever are paying for dating apps – despite the ‘stigma’
6 months, 3 weeks ago

More single people than ever are paying for dating apps – despite the ‘stigma’

The Independent  

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Dating Apps Are Dehumanizing. Let’s Try Something New
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Dating Apps Are Dehumanizing. Let’s Try Something New

Wired  

If the idea of going on a date makes you anxious, and all you’d really rather do with your evening is stay home and play video games, well, have we got the app for you. Date Like Goblins, a new dating platform that debuted on Kickstarter this week and will launch later this year, invites you to go on dates …

Best dating apps in 2024
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Best dating apps in 2024

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The best dating apps for 2024 are: Best app for casual dating: Tinder …

Dating app Bumble unveils new features to boost women’s safety
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Dating app Bumble unveils new features to boost women’s safety

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Dating app Bumble has released a new range of features designed to further …

The dating app paradox: Why dating apps may be worse than ever
1 year, 1 month ago

The dating app paradox: Why dating apps may be worse than ever

NPR  

The dating app paradox: Why dating apps may be worse than ever Enlarge this image Malte Mueller/Getty Images Malte Mueller/Getty Images Over the last couple of years, dating app companies like Match Group and Bumble have learned that, like love, their business is a battlefield. Of all the dating apps, Hinge — a Match Group property that has grown increasingly …

Why is it so hard to get a date using a dating app these days?
1 year, 1 month ago

Why is it so hard to get a date using a dating app these days?

The Independent  

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How Instagram became the hottest new dating app
1 year, 2 months ago

How Instagram became the hottest new dating app

The Independent  

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JANA HOCKING: It's official - dating apps are DEAD and these photos prove why
1 year, 2 months ago

JANA HOCKING: It's official - dating apps are DEAD and these photos prove why

Daily Mail  

It's official, the dating apps are dead. A popular new dating term that's used in films or television shows as an amusing or adorable first encounter between two characters,' Jana said At this lunch, each friend was asked to bring another single friend. One pair ended up engaged, two couples went on a date afterwards Now blame it on the …

Woman reveals how she launched dating app that became a $30M success
1 year, 2 months ago

Woman reveals how she launched dating app that became a $30M success

Daily Mail  

When Amanda Bradford became newly single for the first time in a decade, in her twenties in business school, she realized that not everyone out there was looking to date a career-focused and ambitious woman like her. I think a lot of them had more of a hook-up culture and a short term casual nature to them, and I felt …

Yelp, Strava and Duolingo are…dating apps?
1 year, 4 months ago

Yelp, Strava and Duolingo are…dating apps?

Live Mint  

On the internet, every app can be a dating app. Countless dating apps promise to connect you with a soul mate or fling, but some intrepid daters scout for romance on other sites—from language-learning platform Duolingo to film-review hub Letterboxd. Soon, people will meet “on every single app that exists," Ciesielski says. The divorced parents, both based in Las Vegas, …

Gen Z Is Leaving Dating Apps Behind
1 year, 4 months ago

Gen Z Is Leaving Dating Apps Behind

Wired  

In August, a swarm of hopeless and horny romantics on Reddit disputed the pros and cons of Bumble, the dating app that requires women to make the first move. Said another, “Lots of fun conversations but ghost city when trying to get a number or plan a date.” Other Redditors openly shared how they met their partners on the app, …

Dating apps may be unpopular, but I can’t help but love them
1 year, 11 months ago

Dating apps may be unpopular, but I can’t help but love them

The Independent  

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My Dating App Method May Be Unorthodox, but Good Lord Does It Work
1 year, 11 months ago

My Dating App Method May Be Unorthodox, but Good Lord Does It Work

Slate  

It might have been the tiny middle-aged man I matched with on Hinge who tried to lure me into his very short arms by telling me a well-rehearsed, technically touching story about the cancer charity he’d set up for his dead wife. A flurry of recent reports and surveys suggest that many people associate dread and dismay with these services: …

Sad, paranoid and still single: How the dating app destroyed us all
2 years ago

Sad, paranoid and still single: How the dating app destroyed us all

The Independent  

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I’ve had it with dating apps – I’m determined to find love at Parkrun, instead
2 years, 6 months ago

I’ve had it with dating apps – I’m determined to find love at Parkrun, instead

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As Covid restrictions slowly come to …

Online dating is great—for investors. For customers, it’s complicated
2 years, 8 months ago

Online dating is great—for investors. For customers, it’s complicated

Live Mint  

Dating used to be about the end result. That might not be great for the longevity of consumers’ relationships, but it should continue to benefit investors’ love affair with publicly traded companies like Match Group and Bumble. If Netflix’s dating show “Love is Blind" taught us anything when it filmed potential partners chatting for hours without seeing each other, it …

Bored of dating apps? Try this if you want to meet the love of your life
2 years, 9 months ago

Bored of dating apps? Try this if you want to meet the love of your life

The Independent  

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Is HelloTiger taking online dating a step too far? New app chooses your matches for you
3 years ago

Is HelloTiger taking online dating a step too far? New app chooses your matches for you

Daily Mail  

Launched across Australia on Wednesday HelloTiger is described as being 'cat-fish' proof because would-be couples are forced to talk over facetime for 60-seconds before they can decide if they want to hear from each other again Singles sick of swiping right only to be 'left on read' or bombarded with underwhelming chat finally have a new digital dating platform to …

#LikeForLike: social media romance and heartbreaks in India
3 years, 1 month ago

#LikeForLike: social media romance and heartbreaks in India

Live Mint  

Finding love on social media and building amorous connections online takes a unique form with every user. When Chaturvedi and his girlfriend parted ways almost two years after they officially started dating, he realised there was little in common, “I don’t think we’d have dated each other and gone down this road if we’d have met on a dating app.” …

Dating through mobile apps in times of pandemic
3 years, 1 month ago

Dating through mobile apps in times of pandemic

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Valentines’ week has begun and Bumble, a women-first dating app, has shared a few major dating deal breakers in 2022. "Most of the people I found on dating apps are just for casual meetups and hook-ups, however, I also met my partner on an app.” A significant red flag seems to be the difference in political leanings. Bumble …

Why being on dating apps feels different since the pandemic
3 years, 3 months ago

Why being on dating apps feels different since the pandemic

Live Mint  

A couple of years back, it was common to have friends, friends of friends, and acquaintances introduce their partner and say, “we met on Tinder.” Several people I know even got married to people they had met on dating apps or have been in long-term relationships through dating app-matches for 4-5 years now. And when you wanted to stay off …

Think you won't find love on a dating app? Meet the couples who did
3 years, 6 months ago

Think you won't find love on a dating app? Meet the couples who did

ABC  

If you've ever tried online dating, you'll know how demoralising it can be. 'In quarantine, I had a lot of spare time on dating apps' James and Tom — Enmore, NSW James was in hotel quarantine when he matched with Tom on a dating app. James I had got back from New Zealand just as COVID hit and was one …

The pandemic changed dating norms. Are apps taking note?
3 years, 7 months ago

The pandemic changed dating norms. Are apps taking note?

Live Mint  

Early in the covid-19 pandemic, Jennifer Sherlock went out with a few men she met through dating apps. “So we wouldn’t be safe outside without mask, but we would be safe back at his place maskless?” She decided she needed a way to filter people, so she began arranging video chats before agreeing to meet anybody in person. Sherlock isn’t …

L.A. Affairs: How the pandemic taught me to switch up my dating game
3 years, 8 months ago

L.A. Affairs: How the pandemic taught me to switch up my dating game

LA Times  

Before the pandemic, going out and trying to meet ‘The One’ had almost become a chore. Lifestyle L.A. Affairs: The sheer exhaustion of dating as a single mom Adding an extra adult to the mix feels like I am disturbing all the perfectly balanced, precariously spinning plates of my life. Lifestyle Share your story with L.A. Affairs L.A. Affairs chronicles …

It’s 2021, why are dating app algorithms still so bad?
3 years, 9 months ago

It’s 2021, why are dating app algorithms still so bad?

Wired  

It is a truth universally acknowledged that lockdown was a boom time for dating apps. And now that the world is finally opening up again, single people are stampeding towards them in even greater numbers – Hinge has reported a 63 per cent spike in downloads since 2019 and a tripling of revenue in 2020, while May 2021 alone saw …

The darkest side of online dating
3 years, 9 months ago

The darkest side of online dating

BBC  

The darkest side of online dating Getty Images There are lots of perks to online dating – but it has a worrying dark side that can leave some shaken. Most of what was happening in that world for me was dismissal – a lot of dismissal, a lot of being made to feel like I was of lesser value.” I …

David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston’s ‘crush’ sums up everything I love about romance
3 years, 9 months ago

David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston’s ‘crush’ sums up everything I love about romance

The Independent  

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Dating Apps Are Even Less Transparent Than Facebook and Google
4 years, 1 month ago

Dating Apps Are Even Less Transparent Than Facebook and Google

Slate  

As Valentine’s Day approaches, couples across the country are preparing for this long-standing tradition—and there’s a very good chance they met through online dating. Despite the fact that dating apps have accrued significant reach and influence, these companies provide very little transparency around how they keep users safe and how they moderate content. Despite this, dating apps provide very little …

Indoo Ki Jawani director Abir Sengupta, actor Aditya Seal on why theatrical release during pandemic isn't a concern
4 years, 3 months ago

Indoo Ki Jawani director Abir Sengupta, actor Aditya Seal on why theatrical release during pandemic isn't a concern

Firstpost  

Indoo Ki Jawani is touted as a coming-of-age comedy, has Kiara Advani play the central character, a feisty, aspirational, relatable girl-next door from Ghaziabad who is trying to find her true love, and whose ‘wrong’ pick on a dating app results in several misadventures. “When I was scripting the film, I had pictured in my head that I wanted somebody …

The lost year: How the pandemic pressed pause on the world of dating
4 years, 5 months ago

The lost year: How the pandemic pressed pause on the world of dating

The Independent  

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Not always a date
5 years ago

Not always a date

Deccan Chronicle  

With an increase in the use of the internet, the mores of swipe-right or -left culture is acing, as per statistics. Sexual and otherwise Interestingly, of the 46 per cent, while 82 per cent claims to use dating apps not to find a partner but to seek friendship and companionship, 59 per cent users believe the people they meet are …

The Queer Take: Dating apps promised a world of possibilities, but may have caged us further instead
5 years, 5 months ago

The Queer Take: Dating apps promised a world of possibilities, but may have caged us further instead

Firstpost  

The Queer Take is a fortnightly column by poet-writer Joshua Muyiwa. *** In all these years, I’ve never found much traction, trade or titillation on dating apps. Before these dating apps, I knew that being femme wasn’t popular, it didn’t get you all the boys — but some of them stayed on. On my few forays onto these dating apps, …

Facebook is testing its dating app
6 years, 6 months ago

Facebook is testing its dating app

India TV News  

Facebook is testing its dating app Facebook started testing its new dating app that would aim at take on other mobile dating apps like Tinder and Bumble. Facebook, the social networking giant has started testing its new dating app in Colombia. "Facebook Dating" would be available within the social networking company's mobile app and won't be available for desktop users …

Facebook Dating comes a step closer to reality, feature's internal testing begins
6 years, 7 months ago

Facebook Dating comes a step closer to reality, feature's internal testing begins

Firstpost  

Facebook first announced its new Dating feature at the annual F8 conference earlier this year. In a bid to take on mobile dating apps like Tinder and Bumble, Facebook has begun testing its dating project internally with employees. I can't go past the signup screen because they are not activating all non-employee Dating profiles because, well, it's "pre-launch" ;) pic.twitter.com/VQFHUJIkuX …

The 13 biggest mistakes people make on dating apps - and how to up your game
6 years, 11 months ago

The 13 biggest mistakes people make on dating apps - and how to up your game

The Independent  

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Majority of dating app users looking for long-term love, research shows
8 years, 6 months ago

Majority of dating app users looking for long-term love, research shows

ABC  

Dating apps may not be the end of monogamous long-term relationships, researchers have revealed, after the majority of surveyed users flagged finding love as their main motivation for using the technology. Dr Hobbs said contrary to popular belief, dating applications were not creating a "hook-up" culture — but were instead facilitating dating for people in "thin markets" such as those …

Men! New dating app strictly by invitation only (see pics)
10 years, 8 months ago

Men! New dating app strictly by invitation only (see pics)

India TV News  

New York: For all the men out there vying for female attention online, the going may get tougher with a new app. This app would first like you to match up with the girl you are looking to date.Women can join the new dating app, called Wyldfire, free but men can only be invited by an existing female user.The baseline …

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