Month: September 2019
60% of Women Have ‘Dumbed Down’ on a Date
MIRROR.CO.UK – Sep 17 – A new survey by Match asked 2K participants about their behaviours when it comes to dating. 52% of female respondents struggle to find someone who stimulates them intellectually, with 37% feeling like they intimate men with their intelligence. 59% have actually 'dumbed down' on a date to seem less intelligent. But 82% of respondents said they’d go on a date with someone who wasn't clever, as long as they were attractive.
Dating App Tinder Is Building out a Safety and Moderating Team in Dublin
FORA – Sep 17 – Tinder is assembling a trust and safety compliance team in Dublin that will moderate the dating app to investigate abuse, reports from users and other violations of the terms and conditions. The company has similar teams based at its other offices globally.
Is Facebook Dating Mining for More User Data or Making Love Matches?
IB TIMES – Sep 17 – Facebook rolled out the dating app in the U.S. on Sept. 5, matching users to those that have common interests, events, groups, and preferences. Facebook's user base is shrinking in the U.S. as its younger users move to other popular social media sites. To help with this situation, Facebook has integrated the dating app with Instagram to take advantage of where users are still growing, allowing for the cross-use of posts and a new opportunity for Facebook to gather data.
Why Tinder Beats Bumble
E27 – Sep 17 – Bumble launch was a powerful social statement globally, where it sent off a strong message about women empowerment, encouraging women to make bolder choices in not just dating, but in business and life. A lot of celebrities has been supporting the app, including support of the app, including Kris Jenner, Priyanka Chopra and Karlie Kloss. So why did Tinder still manage to retain itself as the crowd favourite? Tinder is much easier and quicker to sign up and get going. Bumble asks users to answer a series of questions and build a more detailed profile, which can sometimes feel like a matrimonial page. The sexist nature of the app, which only allows women to pick who they want to speak with can potentially carve down the entire niche of the market, making it more attractive to women. Male users can sometimes feel alienated by this system.
Top Dating News – First Facebook Dating and Now Vkontakte!
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Tinder to Launch Its First Scripted Video Series
REUTERS – Sep 17 – Tinder has wrapped filming on its first television series. Making new shows is part of a larger strategy that will be revealed in the near future. The multi-episode series centers on an "apocalyptic" storyline and includes a relationship sub plot. It was filmed in Mexico City in late August. Offering original content is an increasingly popular strategy for the technology and retail industries. The strategy seeks to engage users on a deeper level even when they are not using the service.
by David Alire Garcia & Angela Moon
See full article at Reuters
Apple Introduces a Grace Period for Lapsed App Store Subscriptions
TECH CRUNCH – Sep 17 – Apple is changing how subscriptions work on its App Store. Before, any lapse in payment could cut off the customer from being able to use the app's subscription-based features and make it more difficult for the developer to reacquire the customer. Now, developers will have the option to instead offer a "grace period" for auto-renewable subscriptions, which gives Apple more time to collect payment on the developer's behalf. The new Grace Period, which is opt-in, not opt-out on the developer's part, is enabled from App Store Connect, where developers manage their apps.
Bumble Launches Pitch Competition for Women-Founded Businesses in Asia Pacific Region
Racism on Grindr Is Bad for the Brain
