BUZZFEED NEWS - There are a number of STI-focused dating apps, including H Date, HSV Singles, Meet Positives, Meet People With Herpes. Positive Singles is one of the most popular dating platforms for people with herpes, as well as other sexually transmitted infections like HIV and chlamydia. Successful Match, a dating company that owns niche dating sites like MillionaireMatch, InterracialMatch, SeniorMatch, and Meet People With Herpes, created Positive Singles in 2001. It boasts ~2.37M users, but it's experienced increased scrutiny over the years. In 2014, Successful Match paid out $16.5M in a settlement from a class action lawsuit after users accused the company of sharing private data with third parties. Positive Singles has made an increasing effort to recruit prominent STI influencers as product ambassadors over the years. Clinical psychologist and sex therapist Maggie Dancel said an STI dating platform has the potential to help those who are unable to escape the "damning and negative feelings associated with being diagnosed," and ideally find an empathetic community. But it may limit opportunities for growth and acceptance from the non-status community.
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People Have Mixed Feelings About STI Dating Apps
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Positive Singles Added FaceID and TouchID Identification
NEWSWIRE - An additional authorization has been added that will be required every time Positive Singles' users open their iOS app. The extra authorization comes in the form of Face ID, Touch ID, or other identification methods. With this extra layer of authentication, the site will be able to ensure that unauthorized people will not be able to access the app and thereby pretend to be someone else.
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Positive Singles Reached 2.3M Members
NEWSWIRE - Positive Singles, a dating site for people suffering from different types of sexually transmitted diseases, has reached 2.3M members. All members on the site are verified.
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Positive Singles Introduces a New 'Discreet App Icon' Feature
NEWSWIRE - June 10 - Discreet app icon is a customization tool for its users to replace the app image on their phone with another symbol. They can replace the icons, but the app name remains the same.
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PositiveSingles Launches Video Chat
NEWSWIRE - May 26 - PositiveSingles, a dating platform for people with STDs, has introduced a new video call feature for their iOS users. The website has ensured security and privacy while rolling out this video chat feature. There is a limit to the number of video chats users can have per day, to 20, and each call is for a max of two minutes. No one can send a video call request to hidden profiles and to people you are not in conversation with.
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Positive Singles Launches POZ Gay Dating Service
NEWSWIRE - Dec 9 - Positive Singles launches its POZ gay dating services. The service aims to help singles with STD find love.
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Positive Singles Recently Announced New Swipe Feature
NEWSWIRE - Oct 13 - PositiveSingles' iOS app will now come with the swipe left/right feature. Launched in 2001, Positive Singles is the world's largest STD dating site with ~1M users.
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PositiveSingles.com Debuts Live Question Sessions With Dating Advisor
PRESS RELEASE - May 9 - PositiveSingles.com is launching the Dating Advisor, a live online question and answer session for people with STDs and STIs. Available Monday-Friday from 6-9 p.m. EST, users can live chat and ask questions anonymously. Members can send in their questions via email during times when the Dating Advisor is offline.
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PositiveSingles Launches Anonymous Chat for People With STDs
NEWSWIRE - Jan 18 - PositiveSingles, the world's largest dating app for single people living with STDs, now have their own private, anonymous chat "drift bottle" available. The newly created one-on-one chat feature allows users to talk freely about their STDs, dating experience, sexuality and more with another STD sufferer. Only STD positive people are allowed to use the "drift bottle."
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PositiveSingles: Young Gays and Lesbians Daters With HIV Increased 1.4x
PRESS RELEASE - Dec 6 - A analysis by PositiveSingles shows that the average age of gay men and lesbian women daters living with HIV has been continuously dropping since 2011. The % of new HIV-Positive gay members age 18 - 30 has risen from 27 % to 37% in seven years. The overall number of these members represents 29% of the site's total member base. "Dating with HIV is more popular in young people than ever. Love does not know bounds, disease or sexuality," said Alex, the PR staff of PositiveSingles.com.
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PositiveSingles Says Apple Silent On Further Explanation To Its Removal From iOS Store
NEWSWIRE - May 11 - It has been nearly half a month since Apple suddenly removed PositiveSingles.com, the largest STD dating app, from its iOS store. Apple is saying that the app violated its rule 4.3. PositiveSingles.com reminds their users to temporarily use the mobile site instead which still contains most of the important functions. The site declares that it has begun a dispute with Apple and reserves the right for future actions.
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PositiveSingles Adds 11 New Member Features
NEWSWIRE - Mar 15 - PositiveSingles.com, a dating site and app for people with an STD, has launched 11 new features. These features include Live Support, Let's Meet, Live Dating Advisor, Successful Dating Advice, Success Stories, Inspirational Stories, Treatment Stories, Care Locations, STD Q & A, STD-related legal information, and an Offline Helping Guide.
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PositiveSingles.com Acquired The HIV Dating Site PozMatch.com
RELEASEWIRE - Oct 30 - "Founded in 1998, PozMatch.com is one of the oldest online HIV dating sites," explained Suny Smith, PositiveSingles.com spokesperson. PositiveSingles.com has acquired the PozMatch.com domain and trademarks. PositiveSingles.com claims 200k HIV positive members from around the globe.
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Dating Apps For People With STDs Offer A Safe Space
VICE - July 8 - In 2001, Rick Burton launched a website called HIVNet, one of the first STD-focused dating communities on the Internet. "It was started for purely selfish reasons... I thought it would last six months or a year," he recalls. "I could meet some people and shut the thing down." Burton was first diagnosed in the 1980s, when much of America was still treating HIV and AIDS like a problem that didn't matter much because it supposedly only killed gay people. More than 15 years later, HIVNet is still going strong. Its membership is restricted to people who are actively living with the virus but it's far from the only site of its kind on the Internet. There's PositiveSingles, Hope, POZ and PozMatch. Disclosure is the most important part of dating with an STD. There is strict legislation across the U.S. that punishes the failure to disclose STD-positive status with prison time.
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PositiveSingles, A Dating Site For People With STIs, Fined $16.5M
SKY - Nov 5 - SuccessfulMatch, the parent company of Positive Singles, is ordered to pay $16.5M in damages for displaying members' images on other sites. A lawsuit alleged that the plaintiff - known only as John Doe - and other members of Positive Singles were misled about their privacy when they joined the site. A jury agreed with Mr Doe's claim, and ordered the dating company to pay $1.5M in compensation to him, plus $15M in punitive damages.
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