Online dating is hell, but the new webcomic-inspired mobile game Demon House of Dates makes this sentiment literal. And actually, it’s a better time than most of your nightmare Tinder hookups.
Released Thursday, the visual novel dating sim is a demon…
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OKCupid data reveals what your fave ‘Game of Thrones’ couple says about you
You might not be able to date Jon Snow, but OKCupid still believes Game of Thrones can get you a fiery date.
To celebrate launching their new Game of Thrones profile badges Wednesday, the online dating service published revealing data about how users…
VCs aren’t falling in love with dating startups
Coinciding with Valentine’s Day, Crunchbase News took a look at the state of that most awkward of pairings: startups and the pursuit of finding a mate.
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In our Love App-tually series, Mashable shines a light into the foggy world of online dating. It is cuffing season after all.
Digital courtship exploded with the rise of the smartphone.
Match and eHarmony laid the online groundwork decades ago, but momentum built after the first iPhone was released in 2007: Grindr was founded two years later, Tinder in 2012, and Bumble in 2014.
These apps, bolstered by location-tracking, swiping, and almighty algorithms, brought the masses to online dating. But as we look to the future, online dating companies have a new problem to tackle.
“I feel like we’ve solved the volume problem,” said Hesam Hosseini, CEO of online dating behemoth Match (Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, and Plenty of Fish are all owned by Match). “How do you solve the quality part of that volume equation? If we’re going on a lot of dates, great, but are we really on a better path to finding a partner?” Read more…
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View More What will online dating be like in 2030?Romance scams cost more money than any other type of consumer fraud, says the Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission has released data that shows romance scams cost more money than other types of consumer fraud reported to the agency last year—and the problem is getting worse. Romance scammers target people through dating sites and apps or social media, often using fake profiles and sob stories to convince victims to send […]
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In our Love App-tually series, Mashable shines a light into the foggy world of online dating. After all, it’s still cuffing season.
The swipe is about as casual a gesture as it gets.
On Tinder, Bumble and every copycat dating app, choices are made in the blink of an eye. You’re not making definitive decisions about this stream full of faces; it’s more a question “could this person be hot if we match, if they have something interesting to say, if they’re not a creep and we’re a few drinks in?”
You feel so far removed from the process of dating at this stage, let alone a relationship, that swiping is simply a game. (Indeed, the makers of the mobile medieval royalty RPG Reigns intended its simple left-right controls as a Tinder homage.) You’re like Matthew Broderick at the start of the 1983 movie War Games — enamored with technology’s possibilities, gleefully playing around. Read more…
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The rise of the Tinder-themed wedding
In our Love App-tually series, Mashable shines a light into the foggy world of online dating. It is cuffing season after all.
The Tinder catchphrase “It’s a Match!” has always contained a semi-ironic nod to the decidedly old-school roots of matchmaking. But the phrase that launched a thousand hookups takes on an even schmaltzier meaning when an initial swipe right turns into marriage.
Far from ashamed, couples who meet each other on dating apps are now paying a grateful — if tongue-in-cheek — homage to how it all began.
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I don’t miss being single, but I do miss swiping
In our Love App-tually series, Mashable shines a light into the foggy world of online dating. Just in time for cuffing season.
There was a time in my life when I wanted nothing more than to get off dating apps.
Back when I was in my twenties, …
Here’s the dating app for you, based on your zodiac sign
In our Love App-tually series, Mashable shines a light into the foggy world of online dating. Just in time for cuffing season.
Picking which dating app will drag you down to hell is no easy task. So why not select one based on the internet’s favorit…
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Let’s be real: Ain’t nobody got time to waste on online dating. Yet for busy single people, dating apps and websites feel …
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In our Love App-tually series, Mashable shines a light into the foggy world of online dating. Just in time for cuffing season.
Instagram has become a cemetery for my failed online dates.
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Match is offering 25% off most premium subscriptions
Cuffing season is generally considered to run from October to March — it makes sense that people want to be cozied up when cold weather hits.
But the most lonely months are easily January and February. Though some insist that Valentine’s Day is a capitalist scam to get you to spend money, it’s hard to not want to be coupled up when romance is being shoved in your face. It’s probably why the first Sunday of the new year has the highest number of online dating signups.
Match wants to help: The online dating giant is having a huge sale on its premium subscriptions, offering 25% off monthly prices on three-month, six-month, and year-long memberships — no code necessary. Slashed prices are as follows: Read more…
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