MASHABLE – Oct 8 – The mirror selfie ban is part of a larger update to Bumble's photo moderation. Also banned are any photos in underwear, any bikini or swimwear photos taken basically not at the beach and any photos of just children, with no adults.
Category: Outlets – Mashable
Tinder Boost Is Now Available In The UK
MASHABLE – Oct 7 – Tinder Boost, which just launched in the UK, increases users' chances of a match by making their profile top of the pile in their area for 30 minutes. The feature can be bought via the app and the rate per Boost changes depending on how many users buy. One boost costs £2.29 ($2.82), but a bundle of 10 works out at £1.50 ($1.85) each.
Tinder Is Testing New “Boost Function”
MASHABLE – Sep 28 – Tinder has begun trialling a new service called Tinder Boost. It allows paying users to skip the line, appearing as one of the first profiles when someone opens the app. Users can purchase "boosts" any time, and if they already pay for Tinder Plus, they get one free "boost" every week. Tinder is currently testing Tinder Boost amongst users in Australia exclusively.
Parents Can Now Monitor Their Kid’s Tinder Activity
MASHABLE – Apr 29 – TeenSafe, a phone-monitoring web program for parents who want to know what their kids are doing online, includes now the ability to monitor Tinder activity. Parents can now see if their kid has installed Tinder, their profile, who they've matched with, liked, super liked and skipped. Parents can also see any conversations their child has with other users. Tinder allows users aged 13-17 to sign up and use it. This demographic makes ~7% of Tinder users, and this group can only match with other users in the same age range. But an underage users can lie about their age and match with older people. TeenSafe has been around since 2011, where it began as the first phone-monitoring program that worked with iPhones.
Tinder Launches Group Dating In Australia
MASHABLE – Apr 27 – Tinder has just launched Tinder Social, a new function that allows users to create a group on the platform, which can then match with other groups looking for a night out. Tinder Social is currently being tested with a small group in Australia.
Bumble Update: Men Have To Reply To Women Within 24 hours
MASHABLE – Apr 25 – Dating app Bumble will require male users to reply to women's messages within 24 hours, or they lose the match. Bumble launched in 2014. Once a couple matches (through a swipe function) only women can initiate the conversation, and they have to message within 24 hours or lose the match. At that point, men are permitted to message back. Up until now, men had "forever" to do so. Now they're beholden to the same time window as women are.
STD Awareness Campaign On Tinder
MASHABLE – Apr 4 – A new campaign in Australia is using Tinder to raise awareness of safe sex and STIs. The campaign is a collaboration between HERO Condoms and Straya Cash artist Aaron Tyler, who created 10 fake Tinder profiles modelled after common STIs.
Tinder Experienced Tech Problems, Matches Disappeared
MASHABLE – Mar 15 – Users of Tinder were upset on Monday when they discovered their matches had mysteriously vanished. A Tinder spokesperson said that all matches would be restored once the tech problems were patched up.
Tinder Users Uploading Photos That Don’t Stand Out
MASHABLE – Jan 10 – According to a new study, the majority of Tinder's users were uploading similar photographs with outfits that didn't make them stand out. 72% of men and 56.2% of women choose neutral colors. "A profile photo provides an important glimpse into an individual's personality," says Dr. Jessica Carbino, a sociologist.

