Quick links to today's dating news headlines.
- Baklava App Reaches 160,000+ Members in First Year – Businesswire
- Social App Momo Mulls Secondary Listing in HK, Eyes Higher Valuation – Equal Ocean
Month: February 2022
Study Finds Aussie Dating App Users Warming to Video Chats & VR Interactions
B&T MAGAZINE – US video-based human insights firm UserTesting recently captured the reactions of men and women in Australia and other APAC countries about video chatting and virtual reality interactions on dating apps. While video chatting emerged as the most popular trend amongst young people, concepts such as "dating in metaverse" were commonly perceived as highly futuristic, niche, and appealing. 80% reported their openness to try new formats of dating such as metaverse. However, a few also expressed concern on the lack of clarity about the functioning of a metaverse.
Bumble Pushes to Make Cyber Flashing Illegal in All States
WTSP – Cyber flashing is sending a nude, unsolicited picture of a body part to someone. Bumble, started a movement to make cyber flashing illegal. The company is headquartered in Texas, which is the first and only state to make cyber flashing illegal. In 2019, lawmakers passed House Bill 2789 that criminalizes cyber flashing. With that law in place, a person can be fined $500 for cyber flashing in the state of Texas. Bumble is trying to get the same law in all states by educating people on what it is and why it is a problem.
What Really Happens on Ashley Madison?
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY – Americans' acceptance of non monogamy is growing. Many are interested in having affairs. Recent data suggests that the affair-based website Ashley Madison is more likely to produce texts or sexts than physical interactions. A previous study of Ashley Madison members found that most people join because they're unhappy in their relationships, disappointed and feeling neglected, angry, and sexually frustrated. But in this recent study, almost one-quarter said they were very satisfied with their relationships, and more than half said they were at least somewhat satisfied. In the survey, 17% said their primary partners knew about their membership and consented. The site now says it focuses as much on supporting polyamory as encouraging cheating.
Unjected – Dating & Friendship App for People Who Love Medical Freedom
REBEL NEWS – A Q&A with Shelby Thomson about why the app was started, why was it temporarily banned from the Apple Store and Google Play, the smearing from the legacy media labelling the app "tinder for anti-vaxx" and how it isn't necessarily a dating app, but more of an app that's building a community.
Dating News Headlines: Tinder, Mingout, Hello Group
Quick links to today's dating news headlines.
- Study Finds Aussie Dating App Users Warming to Video Chats & VR Interactions – Bandt
- Users of the Dating App in France Will Be Encouraged to Vote in the Upcoming Presidential Election – EMEA Tribune
- Mingout, an Indian Startup, Just Hosted the First Metaverse Date in the World – PR Newswire
- Hello Group Is an Obvious Value Play – Seeking Alpha
Dating News Headlines: Jeevansathi
Quick links to today's dating news headlines.
- Jeevansathi Uses Onfido to Confirm Customer Identities – Find Biometrics
Billionaire Investor Peter Thiel Is Reportedly Pouring $1.5M Into a Dating App for Conservatives
BUSINESS INSIDER – Early Facebook investor Peter Thiel is reportedly pouring $1.5M into "The Right Stuff", a dating app for conservatives. John McEntee, Trump's former political aide, is behind the project. It will launch first in Washington DC this summer and will initially be invite-only.
by Katie Canales
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The Global User Expenditure of Dating Apps Exceeded $4.2B in 2021
EQUALOCEAN – According to the mobile 2022 status report of APP Annie, the global user expenditure of dating apps exceeded $4.2B in 2021, an increase of 95% YOY compared with 2018 and 30% YOY compared with 2020. Tinder is still the global market leader. Its user expenditure reached a record $1.35B in 2021.
Pandemic and Crypto Fuel Increase in Romance Scams
WALL STREET JOURNAL – The number of romance-related frauds reported to the FTC rose ~70% in 2021, and the total amount lost jumped to $547M. The pandemic may have fueled the continued growth of romance scams as the coronavirus has provided a convenient excuse for scammers to say they aren't able to meet in person. Last year also saw scammers increasingly using romance as a hook to lure people into bogus investments, particularly those involving cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency was the top method that victims used to make payments in 2021, at ~$139M. That is nearly five times the cryptocurrency amount reported in 2020 and more than 25 times that in 2019, the FTC said. In comparison, ~ $121M was lost through bank transfers or payments and another $93M through wire transfers in 2021, FTC data shows.