Here’s the thing about dating app bios: Most of them are incredibly bad. Most dating app bios are too long and too boring, especially for something people might not even be reading.
A lot of users, particularly on swipe apps like Tinder and Bum…
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Facebook Dating wants to be the anti-Tinder
Facebook is likely the last company you think about when you hear the words “dating app.”
But now the social network is beginning the (very slow) rollout of Facebook Dating, its first foray into online dating. The service, which will be part of the m…
I watched HBO’s Tinder-shaming doc ‘Swiped’ so you don’t have to
Have you ever wanted to see one of your “hate-reads” stretched out to feature-film length? If so, you’ll want to watch HBO’s new documentary, “Swiped,” which takes a depressing, trigger-inducing and damning look at online dating culture, and specifically Tinder’s outsized influence in the dating app business. The film evolved from journalist Nancy Jo Sales’ […]
View More I watched HBO’s Tinder-shaming doc ‘Swiped’ so you don’t have toOkCupid now has a dedicated space for preferred pronouns
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Personal pronouns are important as they play a vital part in acknowledging and respecting people’s right to identify however they choose.
That’s why it’s a huge step in the right direction that dating app OkCupid now allows users to display their pronouns prominently in a dedicated space on their profiles.
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Before, users had to write their pronouns in their bio to avoid misgendering, since the profile template had no designated pronoun space. Now, pronouns can appear right at the top along with other basic information. Read more…
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My Hinge match invited me to dinner and blocked me as I waited for our table
It was a Thursday night and I had a date. Or, so I thought.
Instead, I had an experience of something so strange that I’ve decided it needs a name: “cloaking.”
I grabbed my backpack, donned my headphones, and blasted my pre-date anthem (A…
Tinder launches Tinder U for the college kids
There’s a new Tinder in town. It’s a feature called Tinder U, made specifically for users of the dating app who are in college. And the company is rolling it out just in time for the start of the new school year.
To set up Tinder U on an account, use…
Tinder’s latest feature, Tinder U, is only for college students
Tinder is today rolling out what may be one of its smartest additions yet with the launch of Tinder U, a feature designed specifically for Tinder users in college. Once enabled, students with a .edu email address will be able to register with their school, then swipe on students who also attend their school or […]
View More Tinder’s latest feature, Tinder U, is only for college studentsThe accidental Super Like: Tinder’s most awkward phenomenon
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People have a lot of opinions about Tinder’s Super Like function. For some people, receiving one feels like a compliment. For others, a Super Like feels excessive, even creepy — the dating app version of making eye contact for too long.
But there is one thing we can all agree on. It is way too easy to Super Like someone accidentally, and thus way too easy to plunge yourself into an uncomfortable Tinder situation.
As if dating apps needed any more of those.
There are a number of different ways that an accidental Super Like can occur. Users who swipe through people quickly, for example, are more likely to unintentionally swipe up — a Super Like — while trying to swipe right or left. (If they intended to swipe left, then god help them.) If you use the buttons on the bottom of the screen instead of swiping, your chances of messing up are even worse. The Super Like button is right next to the “no” button! Read more…
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Jokey Tinder profiles are ruining the internet (and online dating, for that matter)
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I remember the halcyon days of the internet when jokey Tinder profiles elicited a genuine chuckle.
Those days are long gone.
Six years after Tinder first launched, the internet is flooded with people’s thinly veiled attempts to achieve viral fame through their, let’s be honest, mildly-amusing-at-best Tinder profiles.
Back when Tinder was still a relatively newfangled concept, we hopeful, hapless daters were getting to grips with the new app like toddlers trying to walk. Every once in a while, someone’s earnest attempt to make themselves stand out from the crowd on the app would be shared into our feeds or timelines, inviting the mirth of fellow internetters. But, somewhere along the way, something changed. And, not for the better. Read more…
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View More Jokey Tinder profiles are ruining the internet (and online dating, for that matter)Facebook is testing its very own dating app
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Yes, Facebook Dating is a real thing. And we may have just received a sneak peek.
Jane Manchun Wong — an app researcher who’s spotted Facebook features in the past, like Talent Show — posted photos from what she claims is an internal test of Facebook Dating.
Facebook is internally testing Facebook Dating.
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
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) August 3, 2018
The company wouldn’t say whether these pics are the real deal, although it did confirm it’s testing Facebook Dating internally. Read more…
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View More Facebook is testing its very own dating appSwiping sucks and even the dating industry knows it
Your finger flits through face after face as you amass matches like collectors’ items left to gather dust on a forgotten shelf. You swipe, you match, you…never speak to them. So goes the interminable revolving door of online dating.
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Here’s the only good use for ‘alexa play despacito’ in a Tinder message
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Though women named Alexa the world over are likely over the Amazon Alexa jokes, one Tinder user still managed to squeeze one in during a DM conversation.
Reddit user u/weedlewarrior69 shared a conversation with a recent Tinder match named Alexa, in which they decided to take a shot at a classic Amazon joke—a fairly common occurrence these days.
U/weedlewarrior69 asked Alexa how likely it was that she would “unmatch” in response to a joke about Amazon’s AI assistant, to which she replied: “Very likely.” This prompted the response: “this is so sad alexa play despacito”—a reference to one of the best memes of the year thus far. Read more…
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