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Month: January 2022
Seeking.com Partners With UrSafe
PRESS RELEASE – Seeking.com, the world's largest upscale dating website, has added another feature to enhance members' safety via a $30M commitment to UrSafe, a premier hands-free, voice-activated personal safety app fully integrated with 911. As of Feb 1, 2022, everyone in the Seeking community will have access to a free 60-day trial. UrSafe app includes real-time location sharing as well as voice-activated safe words that immediately notify law enforcement, and friends and family, if the user feels endangered.
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Tinder Updates Its Approach to Handling Reports of Abuse and Harassment
TECH CRUNCH – As a result of its ongoing partnership with nonprofit and anti-sexual assault organization RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network), Tinder announced a handful of product improvements as well as training for internal teams to better support survivors of abuse and harassment. Soon, Tinder members will have access to background checks on their matches through Garbo, a non profit Match Group invested in last spring.
Bumble Hid Drop in Paying Daters Before Offering, Investors Say
BLOOMBERG LAW – Bumble misled investors about the loss of paying dating app users ahead of its Sep 2021 secondary public offering, a new suit alleges in federal court in New York. The company didn't disclose how its "previous favorable paying user growth trend had abruptly reversed" in the fiscal quarter leading up to the Sept. 10 offering. Bumble had lost tens of thousands of paying users during Q3 2021. Paying users had been more reluctant to sign up for the Bumble app during the quarter because of the recent price hike for paid services.
S’More Launches “3D Profiles”
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Wells Fargo Survey: Singles Looking for Love Vulnerable to Scams
BUSINESSWIRE – According to a new Wells Fargo survey, over half of all singles (52%) have used a dating app or site, including one in five singles who are age 65 or over (20%). What's more, of those 52% of singles who've used a dating app or site, 63% have been contacted by somebody they thought might be a scammer. Furthermore, of all singles surveyed, one in three (33%) have known somebody who fell for an online romance scam.
Lovoo’s TikTok New Campaign
LINKEDIN – Dating app Lovoo has created a campaign in close cooperation with TikTok that celebrates dating and closeness. After one week, the clip by Helge Mark generated ~14M views and 1.5K mostly enthusiastic comments in which TikTok users praised the ad and shared their positive experiences with Lovoo.
Dating App Fitafy Matches Health-Conscious Singles
BIGTIMEDAILY – Today, there is no shortage of dating apps or relationship sites. But most of them ignore the element of health and fitness. Fitafy is a new dating app for health-conscious people who want to share common interests and lifestyles. With the Fitafy app, users can meet new friends, find a match and share their fitness goals with them. Though the app prioritizes the elements of health and fitness, it doesn't discriminate against anyone who may or may not be in their optimum health. Right now, the app is live in the UK and Australia. However, users can get access to the site from ~170 countries.
by Michelle Langton
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