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SeekingArrangement’s Report: Universities With the Most Sugar Babies

Posted on March 12, 2019

FSeeking iconOX11 – Mar 12 – SeekingArrangement, the world's largest "sugar daddy" dating site, lists the "Fastest Growing Sugar Baby Schools." The company states that ~2.5M of the 20M members on the site are American college students. The report states that student loan debt in the US has quadrupled from 2004 to 2017. Additionally, the average yearly cost of tuition and fees at a public, four-year institution has more than doubled since 2001 to $9,510, according to the College Board.

Top 3 fastest growing sugar baby schools:

  • Georgia State University (306 new sugar baby sign-ups in 2018, 1304 student members in 2018)
  • University of Central Florida (296 new sugar baby sign-ups in 2018, 1068 student members in 2018)
  • University of Alabama (270 new sugar baby sign-ups in 2018, 968 student members in 2018)

by Mary Stringini
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Extramarital Affairs Make Some Couples Happier, Says a Study

Posted on March 6, 2019

InfidelityTNN – Mar 6 – Dr Alicia Walker from Missouri State University surveyed more than thousand users of Ashley Madison and asked them how infidelity impacted their 'life satisfaction'. Seven out of ten participants confessed that having an extramarital affair made them feel more satisfied in their marriage. Women felt more satisfied than men while having an extramarital affair.

See full article at Times of India

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Extra-marital Dating Platform Gleeden Claims 300K Users in India

Posted on February 20, 2019

Gleeden logo 2017THE ECONOMIC TIMES – Feb 19 – Primarily marketed to women – specifically those who are already in a relationship – Gleeden was launched in France in 2009 and arrived in India in 2017. Today, it has ~4.9 M registered users globally, mostly from the EU. In India, it has crossed ~300K subscribers within less than two years of its launch. Gleeden.com is run by a female team and is completely free for women users.

The full article was originally published at Economic Times, but is no longer available.

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Ohlala.com, Paid Dating Platform, Claims 120K Users

Posted on January 9, 2019

Ohlala logo 2017INTERNET WORLD – Jan 9 – "Paid dating" dating app Ohlala.com claims 120K users in Germany, according its founder Pia Poppenreiter. Ohlala is her second start-up she is involved in. Previously, she founded Peppr in 2014 together with Florian Hackenberger. The company wanted to provide a mediation service for escorts and freelancers. She left the company in 2015 following disagreements with Hackenberger, and started Ohlala. The app allows users to be paid (100 – 200Eur) for going on a date. The revenue us generated by selling Ohlala coins to unlock chats. In 2019 Pia going to publish a book about her experience as a businesswoman.

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Ashley Madison Still Gets Thousands Of New Users Every Day

Posted on October 15, 2018

Ashleymadison logo mar 2018BUSINESS INSIDER – Oct 13 – Ashley Madison operates in 50 different countries, in 17 different languages. Even after the data breach in 2015, people keep coming back to the site. Ashley Madison currently sees 20K new sign ups a day, and ~40K affairs happen on the site every day. 'People don't generally cheat because they want to leave their relationship, says Ruben Buell, the company's director and CTO, but to outsource their sex life. Research from sociologist Alicia Walker last year found that women in particular "cheat to stay."

by Lindsay Dodgson
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No ICO For Dating Startup Ohlala

Posted on October 12, 2018

Ohlala pia poppenreiterGRUENDERSZENE – Oct 11 – "Paid dating" startup Ohlala wanted to raise 100M Eur from an ICO. But Ohlala's founder Pia Poppenreiter now said there will be no public token sale. "I realized that this would not serve the larger goal of building a sustainable, global player in the paid dating industry," said the founder. The Ohlala team does not seem to be the only one that currently disregards an ICO. ICO global investment fell sharply as the year progressed: In January, companies raised $ 2.4B in ICO compared to $300M in September. ICOs can be a huge risk for the investors: Those who participated in the ICO of the Frankfurt Fintechs Savedroid money, lost 93% of their money.

by Pauline Schnor
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AdultFriendFinder User Files Suit Over Data Breach

Posted on October 9, 2018

Lawsuit pic 2018LEGAL NEWSLINE – Oct 9 – A California man alleges his confidential personal information was compromised in an adult dating site data breach that happened in October 2016. Hackers accessed 339M accounts. The plaintiff holds FriendFinder Networks Inc. responsible because the defendant allegedly failed to implement industry-standard measures to safeguard users' personal information and failed to immediately notify its members whose information may have been compromised.

by Jenie Mallari-Torres
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Cheaters Are More Likely To Forgive Their Partner’s Infidelity

Posted on July 30, 2018

Ashleymadison screenshot 2018THIS IS INSIDER – July 27 – According to Ashley Madison, people who have been unfaithful themselves are more likely to be forgiving if their partner cheats. This could be because they are more aware of the nuances of cheating, and know it means an opportunity to fix what's broken in the relationship. Out of 3,000 Ashley Madison members, 53% indicated a forgiving mentality when it came to being cheated on. Men were more likely to forgive women, with 59% saying they were more likely to forgive their partner than their partner is to forgive them, compared to 51% of women.

by Lindsay Dodgson
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In ‘Sugar Dating’, Sex Is Optional, Says Sugarbook Creator

Posted on July 23, 2018

Sugarbook iconMALAY MAIL – July 19 – Darren Chan, the Malaysian creator and CEO of Sugarbook, wants to make it clear that his dating app is not a platform for prostitution. "Sugar dating is about saying what you want in life and not being afraid to say it," Chan told Malay Mail in a recent interview. Chan claims Sugarbook has 200k members across Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, the US and Thailand to date. He elaborated that 70% of members are what he called "sugar babies". The start-up is looking to expand into China and Japan next and is seeking funding. In February, Sugarbook attracted the attention of Singapore's Minister for Social and Family Development Desmond Lee, who said the police will keep a close watch of the dating platform and its users.

by Melanie Chalil
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Ashley Madison Leader Ruben Buell Explains The Positive Side Of Adultery

Posted on July 18, 2018

Ashley madison ruben buellDALLAS OBSERVER – July 17 – Ruben Buell, president of Ashley Madison, says the site isn't as bad as some in the media have portrayed it. It's not breaking up marriages and families, he says; divorce does that. While Buell says he endorses his company's product, he and his wife don't use ashleymadison.com. But he says they "try to be really, really open about it." Although he believes the site can help a marriage, he doesn't think it would have helped his first marriage. ~54M members have joined Ashley Madison since 2002, and in 2016, 1,707,169 people signed up. In 2017, 1,932,000 users signed up, and so far for 2018, 1,243,633 have logged in.

by Paige Skinner
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