It’s not that often that you’ll find the publishing arm of a business reporting much negative about its own parent company, but Into took that unusual step earlier this week in reporting that Scott Chen, Grindr’s former CTO and now President, personally believed that marriage was between a man and a woman. The comments, made on […]
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The march of AI into the heart of the dating app world continues apace. A new Japanese dating app eschews humans to allow you to ‘date’ AI characters, while Bumble is attempting to crack down further on fake, AI-generated profiles. Elsewhere, there’s a new dating app safety code being introduced in Australia, although there is […]
Is this the end of an era for Bumble? Men can now initiate conversations with women on the app first, through the form of answering a question set by the female user. The ‘women-first’ dating app is now ‘women-first when messaging, but men can go first if they answer a set question’, which admittedly isn’t […]
There are many reports of predatory behavior from dating app users (usually men), but are dating apps themselves “predatory”? A group of men in the US think so and have sued a dating app company over their business practices, which the firm denies are unethical. Elsewhere, speed dating is making a comeback and potentially moving […]
Feeld had a bad December 2023, with the app going down for days, leading to many unfulfilled meet-ups. There was better dating app news from the world of AI, with the imminent launch of an app that lets AI profile avatars chat to each other until the almighty human steps in and takes over, and […]
With October now fully upon us and September a fast-fading memory, there’s just time to round up some of the notable dating app news updates from new and existing companies alike. Tinder Select: the new $499 mega-premium app tier Tinder’s super-exclusive (well, more super-expensive) VIP mode has arrived, allowing you to super-charge your dating profile […]