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I think I've given up on dating apps, not because they are a hot dumpster fire, which they are, but because I'm looking for strong confident women and they aren't on the dating apps. I just can't connect with the insecure women that are on the dating apps.

Match Group reports Q1 revenue up 9% YoY to $859.6M, vs. $855.5M est., paying users down 6% YoY to 14.9M, and forecasts Q2 revenue below expectations (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/match-g

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.00341 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

Mathematical Model of Dating Apps' Influence on Sexually Transmitted Diseases Spread
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are a group of pathogens infecting new hosts through sexual interactions. Due to its social and economic burden, multiple models have been proposed to study the spreading of pathogens. In parallel, in the ever-evolving landscape of digital social interactions, the pervasive utilization of dating apps has become a prominent facet of modern society. Despite the surge in popularity and the profound impact on relationship formation, a crucial gap in the literatu…

Dating apps are collecting more of your information than you think - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/23/dating-app-privacy-data/

Dating apps are collecting more of your information than you think
Don’t just vet the people you meet on dating apps like Tinder and Bumble; vet the apps for privacy while you’re at it.

Bumble redesigns its app and adds Opening Moves, to let women ask a question men can answer, a major shift that ends the requirement that women message first (Valeriya Safronova/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/style/bumble-dating-apps.html

Bumble Tells Women They No Longer Have to Make the First Move
As dissatisfaction with online dating grows, the app that put women in control is shifting course.

Seeking Soulmate via Voice: Understanding Promises and Challenges of Online Synchronized Voice-Based Mobile Dating
Chenxinran Shen, Yan Xu, Ray LC, Zhicong Lu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.19328

Seeking Soulmate via Voice: Understanding Promises and Challenges of Online Synchronized Voice-Based Mobile Dating
Online dating has become a popular way for individuals to connect with potential romantic partners. Many dating apps use personal profiles that include a headshot and self-description, allowing users to present themselves and search for compatible matches. However, this traditional model often has limitations. In this study, we explore a non-traditional voice-based dating app called "Soul". Unlike traditional platforms that rely heavily on profile information, Soul facilitates user interactions…

Scammers Litter Dating Apps With AI-Generated Profile Pics
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-02-14/scammers-litter-dating-apps-with-ai-generated-profile-pics

💋 Dating apps have gotten so bad that speed dating is in again
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/dating-apps-have-gotten-so-bad-that-speed-dating-18709657.php

@… Hey - any tips in here for you? 😀🥰
"Renegade women: Meet the female pick-up artists who are kissing dating apps goodbye”
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Renegade women: Meet the female pick-up artists who are kissing dating apps goodbye
Forget the male-focused and misogynistic world that dominated the dating discourse of the Noughties. Helen Coffey joins a new band of fearless females who are learning how to chat up men IRL

A look at the collapse of dating apps' usability, which can be blamed on the paid subscription model and the near monopoly the apps have over the dating world (Magdalene J. Taylor/New York Times)
https://www.nyt…

Opinion | Dating Apps Like Hinge, Tinder and Bumble Are Getting Worse
Hinge, Tinder, Bumble: They used to be free and maybe too good to be true. Now paid versions and fatigue are making dating apps worse — and expensive.

Jamming of GPS in Mideast war disrupts Tinder. Israelis get matches in Lebanon & vice versa. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-and-lebanese-users-of-dating-apps-are-made-strange-bedfellows-by-war-baffled-gps…

This person claims there are restaurants that use bots on dating apps to trick people to “meeting” their dates at their restaurant. When the date predictably does not show up, the stood-up people are then very likely to buy a meal from the restaurant.
https://www.tiktok.com/@paretay/video/7305<…

💋 Dating apps have gotten so bad that speed dating is in again
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/dating-apps-have-gotten-so-bad-that-speed-dating-18709657.php

Tinder plans to roll out its new ID checks in the US, the UK, Brazil, and Mexico, after tests in Australia and New Zealand, to combat AI scams and dating crimes (Antonia Mufarech/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Tinder Dating App Expands ID Checks Amid Rise in AI Scams, Dating Crimes
Tinder is expanding its identity verification program at a time when artificial intelligence can make it hard to tell who’s real and crime is rising on dating apps.

"Imagine the app [that] gets paid only when people successfully match and leave the app!"
Now that's a romantic idea for #nexthackathon
https://www.…

Match and Bumble have lost $40B in market value since 2021, as they struggle to grow their $4.2B in 2023 subscription revenue and young users balk at paying (J. Edward Moreno/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/business/dating-apps-tinder…

Dating Apps Have Hit a Wall. Can They Turn Things Around?
The apps have changed our love lives, but they haven’t been able to convince enough young users to pay.

Match and Bumble have lost $40B in market value since 2021, as they struggle to grow their $4.2B in 2023 subscription revenue and young users balk at paying (J. Edward Moreno/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/business/dating-apps-tinder…

Dating Apps Have Hit a Wall. Can They Turn Things Around?
The apps have changed our love lives, but they haven’t been able to convince enough young users to pay.

Q&A with Yoel Roth, as he joins Match Group as head of trust and safety, 16 months after his public exit from Twitter following Elon Musk's acquisition (Lauren Goode/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/yoel-roth-twitter-trust-safety-match-datin…

Yoel Roth, Twitter's Former Trust and Safety Chief, Is Trying to Clean Up Your Dating Apps
Yoel Roth suffered targeted harassment after quitting as top content cop at Elon Musk’s Twitter. Now he’s head of trust and safety at dating giant Match Group, owner of Tinder, Hinge, and more.

Tinder, Hinge maker Match Group sued over 'addictive' dating apps : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/14/1231513991/tinder-hinge-match-group-lawsuit