MASHABLE - Cyberflashing is the act of sending non-consensual explicit photos. The violation is not currently illegal in England and Wales. It has been criminalised in Scotland for more than a decade. Bumble is launching a campaign #DigitalFlashingIsFlashing to call on the UK government to acknowledge the need for a new law in England and Wales criminalising the sending of non-consensual explicit images. According to Bumble, 48% of women aged 18 to 24 had received a non-consensual sexual photo in the last year alone, with 59% reporting they felt less trusting of others online afterwards, with one in four stating they feel violated.
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Bumble Is Campaigning to Make Cyberflashing Illegal
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Tinder Launches Vibes, A Compatibility Check Feature
MASHABLE - May 5 - Vibes is a new way to test compatibility. Tinder users will be informed when Vibes has kicked off in their area via push notification or when they open the app. They'll be asked to answer a series of questions on any number of topics like pop culture, personality traits to see whether they'll vibe with a possible match. Vibes will be rolling out globally in late May.
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OkCupid Predicts August 1 as the Hottest Dating Day of the Year in UK
MASHABLE - Feb 23 - According to OkCupid, Aug. 1 will be "the hottest day for dating in 2021," after Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to offer all UK adults the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by July 31. Vaccines are a hot topic among online daters at the moment, according to OkCupid data. The dating app reports a 137% increase in the mentions of 'vaccine' on OkCupid profiles between November 2020 and January 2021. 42% of OkCupid respondents said they'd cancel a date with someone who didn't want to take the vaccine.
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Bumble Bans Fatphobic Messages and Body Shaming
MASHABLE - Jan 28 - Bumble will be modifying its terms and conditions to prohibit unsolicited, pejorative, disrespectful comments about someone's body shape, size, health, or appearance. Comments that are fatphobic, ableist, racist, colourist, transphobic, or homophobic will also be prohibited. The ban will apply to comments made through the dating app's chat function.
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Hinge Rolls out New Features Including Roses
MASHABLE - Dec 7 - Dating app Hinge is rolling out some new features globally. One of them is Roses which works like Tinder Super Likes. In addition to Roses, Hinge is introducing Standouts, and a new feed featuring Prompts and Photo Prompts from possible matches. Standouts will refresh everyday to show users new Prompts curated based on their previous likes and comments sent to possible matches.
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Hinge and Headspace Launch Free Pre-date Meditations
MASHABLE - Oct 6 - From today, daters can access Hinge and Headspace's pre-date guided mediations on hinge.co/headspace at no cost. The meditations last around five to six minutes and they tackle a number of emotions singles might be feeling before a date, from self-doubt to negative self-talk.
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Tinder Is Making Its 'Orientation' Feature Global
MASHABLE - June 25 - Tinder users can identify as three of the following: straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual, demisexual, pansexual, queer, and questioning. Since launching a year ago in Australia in partnership with GLAAD, 62% of swipers have set an orientation, and one in five matches made identify as queer. Tinder also plans to expand its More Genders features on a global scale in the next few months.
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It's Time For Dating Apps To Move Away From Facebook Sign Ups
MASHABLE - Mar 22 - Since news broke about Cambridge Analytica's "hijacking" of 50M Facebook users' data in a bid to influence the U.S. election, people are thinking about deleting Facebook. But deleting Facebook will also prevent them from accessing their existing Tinder account. They can sign up for Tinder using phone number. This will, however, create an entirely new profile. With Bumble, it's a little different. Bumble currently requires you to have a Facebook account in order to sign up for the app. But, if users deactivate their Facebook, they can still keep Bumble profile and access it as usual. That access will end, however, if they log out of Bumble. Bumble is less than a couple of weeks away from releasing an update that includes a non-Facebook login. User of The League would need to upgrade to a membership option if they want to cut ties with Facebook. Hinge also insists on users having a Facebook profile. far too many dating apps are tethered to Facebook. It's high time they offered users another way to sign up.
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With "Apply To Date" Singles Can Now Play Their Own Game Of The Bachelor(ette)
MASHABLE - Mar 18 - Apply To Date lets singles build a shareable webpage that's a little bit like a dating resume. The webpage has its own shareable URL that daters can add to their tweets, Snapchat stories, and Instagram bios. At the top of the page, there's a button that allows people to ask them out. There's an introduction, followed by more background, a chance to list what they're looking for. At the top and bottom of the page photos from Facebook or Instagram will be shown, and links to social media accounts.
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Tinder Users Are Changing Their Locations To Match With Athletes At The Winter Olympics
MASHABLE - Feb 12 - People are changing their Tinder locations so they can swipe on athletes at the Olympic Villages in South Korea. According to Tinder, there's been a 1,850% increase in swipers "passporting" to the Olympic Villages. Tinder Passport is a feature which allows users to change their location to connect with people anywhere in the world. Tinder has given all its Olympic Village users free access to Tinder Gold during the games.
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Heterosexuals Are Obsessed With Height In Online Dating
MASHABLE - Nov 17 - In online dating, height appears to be an immensely valuable currency. Author and "dating coach" James Preece says dating apps encourage us to be "incredibly picky" and to rule out individuals based on arbitrary qualities. "Tall men know that their height is a big selling point, so they'll mention it to attract women," says Preece. Salonee Gadgil, co-host of dating podcast The Swipe Hype, doesn't necessarily think it's a bad thing to swipe left on someone because of a physical attribute. "I don't particularly like long hair, and don't find men with long hair attractive, so I would swipe left. Does that mean I am discriminating? Not really," says Gadgil. Benjamin G. Voyer - a psychology and behavioural science professor at London School of Economics - says the allure of height boils down to evolution. "Height is a sign of health, and we are looking for health characteristics when we look for potential romantic partners," says Voyer.
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OkCupid Launches Anti-dick Pic Pledge
MASHABLE - Aug 12 - OkCupid is making all current and prospective users pledge that they won't send unwanted sexually explicit messages on the app. In a blog entitled "Because You're Better Than a Dick Pic," the dating app said the member pledge is designed to remind their community of "dating etiquette."
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Appetence - The World's First Slow Dating App
MASHABLE - May 11 - New dating app Appetence wants people to take things slow. The app forces users to talk to each other before they can see each other's profile pictures. Upon downloading the app, users are asked to select a bunch of their interests and tastes. The app's "slow matchmaking" algorithm then shows them compatible profiles based on their interests. The app won't show any photos. Users have to chat and like messages first, and they need 50 likes in order to see each others photos. The real question is: Do people really have the time and patience to invest in a protracted conversation with someone you might not actually fancy?
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The League Is Coming To London
MASHABLE - Mar 27 - The League, the super-exclusive dating app for ambitious intellectuals, is currently only available in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington D.C. and Boston. But he app announces its plan to expand into 10 international cities this year, with London first up on the agenda. London was chosen as its first international stop due to its "similarities to Manhattan" - The League's "best market to date." The League will officially launch in London on April 25, and the app says it will select ~2k from the 10k people currently on its waitlist to join its founding London community.
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Is Super Liking On Tinder For Losers?
MASHABLE - Feb 10 - Tinder users can "Super Like" people they are "super" into to encourage them to swipe right on them. While the idea sounds flattering in theory, the reality of being Super Liked can be deeply off-putting for some users. PR executive Helen Parkinson says that receiving a Super Like gives her an ego boost at first, but she feels a little uneasy about the concept. "Often the sort of guys who Super Like me are a little on the creepy side," says Parkinson. She's not alone in this. Social media creative Gemma Clapp says it "seems too desperate" and web comic author Neil Bryer says he's only ever Super Liked by accident. Tinder's VP of Communications Rosette Pamakian disagrees: "We've consistently received positive feedback on Super Like. In fact, users are three times more likely to match with someone they Super Like and conversations initiated by a Super Like last 70% longer," says Pamakian.
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