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People are ghosting big-name dating apps, as smaller platforms make a splash

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer and Erika Soderstrom
Oct 22, 2024
Robyn Exton, CEO and founder of the sapphic dating app HER, explains how the online dating market has changed over the years.
Just in time for cuffing season, smaller identity-based apps are having a moment.
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Some singles are done with dating apps

by Kristin Schwab
Sep 7, 2023
And they've turned their efforts to other methods, like speed dating and matchmakers.
Participants at a speed dating event in London.
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Background checks in dating apps aim to promote safety, but raise privacy concerns

by Kimberly Adams
Mar 17, 2021
A leading dating-app company is working with a nonprofit to bring criminal checks to one of its platforms.
A woman walks past a Tinder advertisement.
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Love in the time of COVID: Dating apps are thriving

by Jasmine Garsd
Nov 24, 2020
Hookup culture could be waning in the era of COVID-19, with infection a constant concern.
Bumble, the dating company, went public last week, making Whitney Wolfe Herd the youngest female CEO to take its company public.
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Tinder gets serious about dating

by Sally Herships
Mar 3, 2015
The dating app has put a cap on the number of swipes you can make for free.
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Algorithms: The language of love?

by Eliza Mills
Dec 19, 2014
On trusting data to find a date.
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Playing matchmaker in Silicon Valley

by Marketplace Contributor
Sep 29, 2014
Dating coaches update wardrobes, make reservations and even buy new hand towels.
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In online dating, one company is the big matchmaker

by Dan Bobkoff
Aug 8, 2014
IAC/InterActiveCorp owns Match.com, OkCupid, Tinder,HowAboutWe and more.
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Your parents met on Match.com?

by Kai Ryssdal
May 5, 2014
Match.com's latest campaign goes beyond the baby carriage to college.
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Hacking OKCupid to find true love

by Molly Wood
Jan 23, 2014
A mathematician has written a new book that tells you the secret of OKCupid's algorithms.
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