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Here are the best gay dating apps, since meeting people IRL is hell

sudshr47 February 16, 2018

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Dating. Whether you hate it a little or hate it a lot, it’s a rite of passage for most of us.

It’s also particularly challenging for members of the LGBTQ community, who’ve traditionally only had access to hetero-based sites and apps. When I was on the apps in the late aughts, queer women could barely be found. I met so many cis straight men who checked the “women seeking women” box so they could match with queer women who, they fantasized, would magically change their sexual orientation just for them. (Nope.) 

Some of that hasn’t changed. But as the number of out LGBTQ people has grown, so too have their opportunities in online dating spaces. Queer-friendly dating apps and sites are multiplying, and there are even a few that are — wait for it — pretty damn good. Read more…

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Even gorillas need dating apps to find love

sudshr47 February 14, 2018

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If a lonely Valentine’s Day has you doubting the power of dating apps, get ready to believe again. 

Calaya and Baraka met just three years ago thanks to a matching algorithm. Since then, the two strangers went from potential dates, to lovers, and finally, to expectant parents — of a baby gorilla.

Baraka and Calaya are western lowland gorillas, residents of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Their, erm, fruitful partnership, only got underway thanks to a dating algorithm, made specially for gorillas.

As reported in the New Yorker on Monday, the Smithsonian’s “Gorilla Matchmaking” program is responsible for the union of Baraka and Calaya. The Smithsonian brought Calaya to meet Baraka back in February 2015 (quite the Valentine’s Day present), thanks to a match determined by a genetic and personality algorithmic compatibility ranking. The initial “Gorilla Matchmaking” technology was designed as part of the Gorilla Species Survival Plan back in the ’80s, and they’ve continued to refine the algorithm to promote gorilla breeding and species health ever since.  Read more…

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Here’s how single people of all ages feel about these hotly debated love topics

sudshr47 February 13, 2018

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With every Valentine’s Day comes the unavoidable question all single people silently ask themselves: Does everyone else hate this as much as I do?

Hater, the dating app that matches people based on their mutual dislikes, revealed just how divided generations are on certain hot-topic issues in the world of dating. The data is split by user age — from age 15 to 40 — to clearly illustrate the difference of opinion across generations.

Per Hater, when it comes to Valentine’s Day in general, it looks like commercialized holiday cynicism has yet to take hold of teenagers. Meanwhile, folks in their 20s and 30s are more disillusioned.  Read more…

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Bumble just made it way easier to stalk people on Instagram

sudshr47 January 23, 2018

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Bumble just borrowed another page from the Tinder playbook.

Per VentureBeat, the dating app has integrated users’ Instagram accounts into their profiles, allowing potential matches to view each other’s ‘grams without leaving the Bumble application. (Yes, that includes all those mirror selfies you’ve been missing.)

Should you want to share your Instagram with would-be lovers, you can activate the feature under the “Edit Profile” menu. Your 24 most recent Instagram posts will then appear on your profile — a great way to add some pizzazz. Read more…

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Cryptocurrency pickup lines will make your Tinder success surge to an all-time high

sudshr47 January 10, 2018

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Allow me to let you in on a little secret that’ll make your Tinder matches go weak at the knees. You won’t need to scour their photos for a thoughtful opener. You won’t have to read their bio to find a mutual interest. You won’t even need to stoop to the low level of uttering the word “hey.” 

All you’ll need is a rudimentary understanding of cryptocurrency. And, if you fancy yourself something of a crypto-expert, your Tinder profile could well be about to blow up. 

I’m talking about sending your matches cryptocurrency-related pick-up lines. And, before you dismiss this as the dorkiest, silliest thing you’ve ever heard, just take a look at what happened when I embarked on a little Tinder experiment. An experiment that—to my pleasant surprise—proved to be wildly successful. Read more…

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Dating site ad banned for claiming that its algorithms work better than fate

sudshr47 January 3, 2018

Dating’s a numbers game. But, one dating site’s assertion that it applies a “scientifically-proven matching system” has resulted in the banning of an ad on the London Underground for making misleading claims. 
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OKCupid’s rating sinks as users rebel over new ‘real name’ policy

sudshr47 December 29, 2017

 OKCupid’s users are angry – very, very angry. Just ahead of the new year, the company made a radical change to its policies, and now requires people to use real names instead of an OKCupid username, as before. The change eliminates one of the biggest differentiators between the dating app and rivals like Tinder and Bumble, which have users log in via Facebook in order to use their… Read More

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