THE GUARDIAN – July 7 – Scouring photos for a conversation starter has become standard on Tinder, as a woman's viral post about toilet paper proves. Hana Michels, a comedian and writer from LA, who shared a screengrab of her Tinder profile to Twitter, found that a lot of men whom she matched with weren't interested in her at all but in her toilet paper holder. She had been chastised by 23 men in a year for the direction in which her toilet paper was facing. On apps like Tinder, you're expected to start a conversation with very little to go on. As such, mise-en-scene trawling has become an essential way of opening a dialogue. Tinder users admitted to scouring the backdrop for conversational fodder.
Month: July 2018
Match.com To Offer Free Babysitting To Single Parents
Online Ads Of Marriage Agencies Under Scrutiny
KOREA HERALD – July 9 – The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family in South Korea will review online video advertisements by international matchmaking agencies to see if any of them incite bias or are likely to infringe on human rights. Several marriage brokers have recently been ordered by the ministry to delete ads that sexually objectify women or promote bias. Some, for instance, claim that women of certain nationalities have "nice figures" and are "simple." Those found to have violated the law will be ordered to immediately delete the ad. If they do not comply, they will be subject to criminal charges or administrative measures such as suspension of business and cancellation of business registration.
by Kim So-hyun
See full article at Korea Herald
Match.com To Host Speed Dating For Single Parents
METRO.CO.UK – July 8 – Match.com and Pizza Express are hosting a speed dating for single parents. Parents can meet like-minded singles while their kids are kept entertained by creating pizza with fully qualified babysitters from service Yoopies. Upon arrival, parents will be greeted with a glass of prosecco, whilst kids will be welcomed by Yoopies babysitters before getting rolling on their pizza-making party. Parents will then get the chance to speed date other single Match.com members for around an hour, with couples rotated to allow singles to meet as many people as possible. The event will be held on 29 July, at Pizza Express, Leicester Square.
BharatMatrimony Launches New Dating App In 8 Languages
NEWSNATION – July 9 – Aimed at serving a larger audience, the new app was launched by BharatMatrimony, an online matchmaking service provider. The mobile app will be available in eight languages – Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, Marathi and Gujarati. The Indian languages internet user base was expected to grow to 536 million by 2021. Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu has the largest language users on the web in the country.
See full article at NewsNation
~65% Of Women Prefer To Pay For The First Date, Study Finds
INDEPENDENT.CO.UK – July 7 – A new study from Badoo has revealed that 65% of women prefer to pay on a first date. Badoo asked 2K 18-30-year-old female Brits. The poll also found that 74% of British women who use the dating app are also making the first move and starting conversations with new matches.
One Third Of Gay People ‘Swipe Left’ On HIV-positive Users
PINK NEWS – July 7 – Three in 10 lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people 'swipe left' to reject people who are HIV-positive but on effective treatment, according to the latest research carried out by YouGov for sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust. 51% of LGB respondents do not believe that people living with HIV on effective medication can't pass it on. Today, HIV can be effectively treated to reduce the viral load in the blood to undetectable levels, meaning that it cannot be passed on. Just one in five of respondents said they would feel comfortable having unprotected sex with an HIV-positive person on effective treatment.
Fosun Buys Matchmaking Service Provider From Chairman For $603M
DEAL STREET ASIA – July 5 – Fosun International Ltd said it would buy 69% of match-making and dating service provider Baihe Jiayuan Network Group from Chairman Guo Guangchang for 4B yuan ($603.4M) cash. Baihe Jiayuan has ~310M registered users and ~200 offline service centres covering 75 Chinese cities. In May, Fosun's tourism arm said it was hunting for more overseas deals to grow its leisure vacation business.
by Donny Kwok
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Tinder Loops Rolls Out Globally
