Category: Outlets – Daily Mail
Laura Anderson Stars in eharmony UK Ad
MAIL ONLINE – Feb 16 – Laura Anderson stars as a flight attendant in eharmony advert.
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Lumen – The New App for Over 50s
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – Feb 13 – Dating second time round can be both daunting and bewildering for many. Launched in September, dating app Lumen hit the headlines immediately. ~250K singles have signed up, making it the most popular app for over-50s in the UK. "The over-50s have been neglected by dating sites for years," says expert and founder of Lumen – Charly Lester. So, given 7.5M over 50s in Britain are single, divorced or widowed, Charly decided to invent the first over-50s app. For their ads, they used a photo of a real-life model, Paul Orchard (age 58), to show mature daters can be sexy and have a sense of fun. Most dating services aimed at fiftysomethings started as websites used on a home computer (eharmony and Our Time) or matchmaking agencies. The feeling was that 'mature daters' wouldn't find apps easy to navigate. But now 73% of those aged 50 to 59 own a smartphone, Charly thinks they're ready to embrace the technology. Lumen is clearly designed and simple to operate.
by Sara Davidson, Lizz Hoggard & Cosmo Landesman
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Tinder and Grindr Failing to Enforce Age Restrictions
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – Feb 11 - Dozens of children as young as eight have been sexually abused by paedophiles on apps like Tinder and Grindr because they are failing to enforce age restrictions. The figures were revealed by 10 of 46 British police forces. Jeremy Wright, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, described the findings as 'truly shocking'. He added: "I will be writing to these companies asking what measures they have in place to keep children safe from harm, including verifying their age. If I'm not satisfied with their response, I reserve the right to take further action." Tinder said it uses both automated and manual tools to moderate users, including scanning profiles for 'red flag' images, and said it also depends on users to report profiles that may belong to a minor.
by Rory Tingle
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Sex on the First Date Is No Longer a Taboo
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – Feb 4 – Research of 30K single people in the UK, US, Canada and Germany, has found that ~59% of daters are willing to have sex on the first date. German men and Canadian women are the most open-minded. Dating app Jaumo – which was founded in 2011 by Jens Kammerer and Benjamin Roth – also asked their users if they would be open to having unprotected sex outside of a relationship, and surprisingly people were open to it, despite the risk.
Meet the Founder of Righter, a Dating App for Conservatives
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – Jan 30 – Christy Edwards Lawton, 41, launched conservative dating app Righter last month after a Republican New York model complained she couldn't find a date. She is a banker-turned-elite-matchmaker who says: 'Not on any level would I raise my daughter as a feminist'. Righter targets users who believe that 'men should be men' and women should be 'feminine, not feminist,' promoting traditional gender roles. Christy says they have 20K global users already after a soft launch in December, all of them conservatives looking for like-minded partners. Christy had run an elite matchmaking service called StreetFox previously. Before that, she worked in banking. Righter has given her a new passion and purpose. It's free to sign up, but upgrades cost ~$10 a month.
An Aussie Matchmaker Makes $1,500/Month by Running Tinder Accounts for Singles
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – Jan 29 – Holly Bartter is paid to run the dating app accounts of young Australian singles. The matchmaker said that her clientele is 60 – 70% female. Her company, Matchsmith, offers a service that sees her paid as much as $1,500 a month to take over people's dating app accounts, flirt with matches and set up dates.
UK Police Are Dealing With 20 ‘Tinder Crimes’ a Week
DAILY MAIL – Jan 28 – The number of Tinder-related police call-outs has more than doubled in the last three years, official figures show. Police now receive ~20 reports a week linked to the online dating app. As recently as 2015, police had about eight Tinder-related calls a week, or a total of 442. Police figures indicate this rose to 1,087 in 2018.
Oxford University and eHarmony Analysed Online Dating Habits of Brits
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