Gen Z is ditching dating apps for old-fashioned matchmaking

Gen Z is ditching dating apps for old-fashioned matchmaking

Burned out youngsters are taking a match to dating apps, hoping to find a flame the old-fashioned way. Matchmaking services are seeing a surge of Gen Z singles signing up for their events after ditching digital dating options, such as Tinder and Hinge. “Matchmaking in this country has never been more popular,” Adam Cohen-Aslatei, director …

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Bumble makes big changes to its dating app

Bumble makes big changes to its dating app

Women, historically, have been responsible for making the first move on dating app Bumble. Now, men have a chance to start the conversation. The app plans to roll out a new feature called “opening moves,” which will allow male users to initiate conversations based on pre-selected questions from women. Previously, Bumble required women to initiate …

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Bumble is now rethinking women making the first move on app

Bumble is now rethinking women making the first move on app

Sex & Relationships By Brooke Steinberg Published March 13, 2024, 10:19 a.m. ET Since its founding in 2014, the sell of Bumble was that “women make the first move” as a mission of female empowerment. NurPhoto via Getty Images Ladies first… but possibly not for long. The CEO of Bumble, the dating app where women …

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Social Security Numbers Revealed on Dating Apps

Social Security Numbers Revealed on Dating Apps

Despite the majority of dating app users reporting being scammed, most will continue to use the platforms, a new report this week found. When they do, important identity information like Social Security numbers and banking information can be lost and stolen in mere seconds. A new report by identity theft protection brand IDShield discovered a …

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‘It’s a Waste of Time’

‘It’s a Waste of Time’

While finding love might be seen as an online game by many in today’s culture, there’s a wave of Gen Z-ers ditching the apps and searching for someone in-person. A whopping 65 percent of dating apps get deleted within just a month, a recent AppsFlyer survey found. And of those who uninstall the apps, 90 …

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What makes Coffee Meets Bagel different

What makes Coffee Meets Bagel different

Valentine’s day is around the corner. Increasingly, Americans are turning to dating apps to find someone to share the holiday with. Coffee Meets Bagel Co-Founder and CEO Dawoon Kang says people on their app are searching more for long-term relationships and finding a “genuine connection.” Coffee Meets Bagel is focused more on individuals searching for …

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Bumble’s new AI tool identifies and blocks scam accounts, fake profiles

Bumble’s new AI tool identifies and blocks scam accounts, fake profiles

Image Credits: TechCrunch Bumble announced today that it’s launching a new AI-powered feature that is designed to help identify spam, scam and fake profiles. The new tool, called Deception Detector, aims to take action on malicious content before Bumble users ever come across it. In testing, Bumble found that the tool was able to automatically …

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