Addicted to love: how dating apps ‘exploit’ their users Online services that promise to find people romantic matches have been likened to gambling products designed to keep customers hooked The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2024
Are online dating and data privacy an incompatible match? Mozilla is challenging Bumble, a popular dating app, to do better when it comes to users' privacy. Something is slowly changing, but you still need to do your part to protect your data. TechRadar · Nov 2, 2024
Bumble, Hinge, Instagram, and Facebook already know who you'd vote for Dating and social media apps are notorious for being the most data-hungry services. Yet, a new research shed new light on how they collect and sometimes share your political and religious beliefs. TechRadar · Oct 30, 2024
Australia Enforces Code To Protect Online Dating Users New code of conduct introduced by the Australian government to address sexual violence on online dating platforms, with major industry players agreeing to ... Top News · Oct 1, 2024
Australia's online dating industry adopts code of conduct to keep users safer Australia’s government says a code of conduct will be enforced on the online dating industry to better protect Australian users after research found that three-in-four people suffer some form of sexual violence through the platforms The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2024
Dating protection boost as apps swipe right for safety Online romantics are being promised a safer dating experience as popular apps work to comply with a code of conduct put in place to better protect users. AAP · Sep 30, 2024
We’ve ‘gamified’ dating – and I am part of that problem. But there are ways to make it human and fun again I admit I’ve ghosted men and failed to reply to them. The apps need to innovate, and our behaviour has to change too, writes journalist Elle Hunt The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2024
‘Some men tend to jump straight to innuendoes’: dating app users on why they quit As research shows many have a poor online dating experience, those who have deleted the apps discuss pitfalls The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2024
OPINION - It's the end of the dating app era for women like me, starting with Bumble September, the month of New York Fashion Week and back to school for the kids, is also the month in which the singles of this city return to the dating apps after a summer of fun. Getting back on the apps in the first week of September ought, meteorologically, to… Evening Standard · Sep 13, 2024
Bumble is giving you new AI tools to find love Bumble plans new AI features for dating app. TechRadar · Sep 11, 2024
The emotional toll of dating apps and why they’re no longer about finding love – podcast Dating apps are having a rocky moment. In February, Bumble said it would lay off 30% of its workforce after disappointing results in 2023. Match Group, which has struggled to maintain paying subscribers for its most popular app, Tinder, in recent years, announced plans to cut 6% of its global… The Conversation · Sep 5, 2024
Dating apps not working? Let an AI wingman do your flirting. Can AI actually make you better at flirting? With precipitous drops in user interest, Bumble and Hinge are hoping so. Fortune · Sep 3, 2024
‘Bumble fumble’: online dating apps struggle as people swear off swiping Online dating industry in crisis as shares fall and nearly half of all users report negative experiences on the apps The Guardian - US · Aug 17, 2024
Share your experience of quitting dating apps We would like to hear from people who have recently stopped using apps like Tinder, Bumble and Hinge, about what made them quit The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2024
Fortune · Aug 8, 2024 Bumble's bad date with investors sees stock plummet, BoA downgrade Bumble's strategy for returning to growth "appears to be very much in flux," according to analysts.
TechRadar · Aug 3, 2024 Privacy flaw in top dating apps could have revealed user location down to 2 metres Researchers found ‘oracle trilateration’ could be used by on apps such as Bumble and Hinge to locate a victim’s precise location.
Fortune · Jul 18, 2024 Tinder and Bumble are tanking because they treat men badly, Grindr CEO said Dating apps have been accused of weaponizing men’s frustration to make them pay more rather than helping them find love.
Pedestrian.tv · Jul 9, 2024 Dating Apps In Australia Have Agreed To A World-First Code Of Conduct — Here’s What That Means For Us Dating apps in Australia including Tinder, Hinge and Bumble have agreed to a world-first dating code of conduct
AAP · Jul 4, 2024 Online dating apps 'swipe right' on new safety code Tinder, Bumble, Hinge and eharmony are among popular online dating platforms to sign up to a voluntary industry code to crack down on sexual violence.
Pedestrian.tv · Jun 11, 2024 What Is Going Boy Sober And Why Is Celibacy On The Rise Among Gen Z? TikTokers have coined a new celibacy trend of going boy sober/girl sober. So what does it mean and does it help?
The Independent UK · May 21, 2024 Bumble buys community-focused app Geneva to further expand into friendship market With Geneva acquisition, Bumble says that it plans on focusing on ‘one-to-one connections to groups and communities’
The Independent UK · May 21, 2024 Julia Fox explains why she won’t quit her celibacy ‘Oh my god, it’s almost two and a half of years and it’s still going,’ she admits
The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2024 Sex-positive feminism had its moment – and now it has been replaced by voluntary celibacy From the ‘boysober’ trend in the US to the 4B movement in South Korea, more and more heterosexual women are giving up sex, writes Arwa Mahdawi
The Independent UK · May 19, 2024 ‘It was a very strong signal from my body’: How celibacy is revolutionising people’s sex lives As Bumble apologises for its anti-celibacy advertising campaign and Julia Fox touts the benefits of abstinence, Olivia Petter examines the unlikely sexual revolution that involves having no sex at all
Evening Standard · May 17, 2024 What is South Korea's 4B movement? Bumble apologises for its adverts mocking celibacy Celibacy is being utilised more and more as a protest against patriarchal societies