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20% of Singles Run a Background Check on Their Dates
NEW YORK POST – Around one in five people run background checks on their online dates before meeting them, a new survey says. 38% of respondents say they "stalk" their first dates online instead. The survey was conducted by the Thriving Center of Psychology. 35% of the survey's participants revealed they do not feel safe when using dating apps, despite 67% claiming to have used them at one point. However, of those who have used platforms like Hinge, Bumble and Tinder, 69% despise the apps.
New ‘Pig Butcher’ Scam Has Experts Worried
NEWS.COM.AU – A new scam is starting to appear. The aptly-named "pig butchery" scam has sparked a warning from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and sees predators develop personal, even romantic, relationships with their victims to later trick them to invest in crypto. The scammers create a fake Crypto website and make it look like victims are earning a ton of money by investing into this website. Losses of over $200K were not uncommon as a result.
Dating App That Lets Singles Go on Double Dates Has Waitlist of 9k
NEW YORK POST – Fourplay, a new dating app created by two New York City singles, allows friends to create joint profiles for double dates – and it has a 9K-person waitlist. The app's buddy system requires unanimity among the four people who share two profiles in order to proceed to a group chat, where the users brainstorm over a time and a place to meet for their double date.
Pure, the Dating App ‘Where Anything Goes’
NEW YORK POST – Pure started up in Portugal and has spread throughout Europe. Launched in 2013, the app has only just started marketing the app in the US as a site for "shameless dating," an online ad board where users can explicitly say what they're looking for right now. The brainchild of Ukrainian entrepreneurs Roman Sidorenko and Alexander Kukhtenko, the app currently boasts a half-million active, international users, mostly in cities like London, Paris, Berlin and Moscow. In the New York City area, Pure has 20K prospective daters. In April 2020, Olga Petrunina, who previously founded several IT companies in the travel and crypto industries, became the CEO of Pure. According to the company, "As a woman, Olga's main goal is to improve the female experience with online dating." The site is mostly a go-to for heterosexuals searching for casual sex.
Match to Sidestep Apple and Google Pay With Imminent Updates to Korean Apps
NEW YORK POST – Apple and Google are about to face their first major test under a law targeting their app-store fees – and the result could be a battle in South Korea with Match Group. Match Group is angling to capitalize on a recently passed South Korean law that targets Apple and Google's fees, which can amount to ~30% of an app's revenue. The stakes are high for Match, which expects to fork ~$500M in such fees globally this year alone, representing ~20% of the company's global revenue. Match bought Seoul-based dating app Hyperconnect in June for $1.73B. Now, Match plans to submit updates to its apps before the end of October allowing South Korean customers to sidestep Apple and Google's payments systems. Match CFO Gary Swidler said the company was considering offering alternative payments systems to California customers at some point in the future.
Money Laundering Crew Busted for Role in Multimillion Dollar Dating Scam
NY POST – June 2 – Six people have been busted for their alleged role in an elaborate, multi-million-dollar dating site scam – after they helped launder $3.5M fleeced from vulnerable, lovesick targets online. The crew allegedly put the money, swindled from users of dating sites, into shell accounts – including $1M from a single victim.
New Dating Site for Christians Slams Feminists
NY POST – May 5 – As the brand suggests, Dominion Dating caters to religious singles who seek to fulfill marriage traditions as defined by the Old Testament. Part of the membership agreement entails a pledge to commit to "male headship" of the family, church and government, "believing that God has endowed men with real, limited authority to govern well for the good of mankind," its website reads, as well as a vow for women to assume their "dominion in the home as homemaker and helpmate, in glad submission to a husband." Currently, the site is urging visitors to "back this project" with donations of $15 to $500, offering various membership packages.
Coffee Meets Bagel Now Lets Singles Declare Vaccination Status
Single Seniors Excited for Vaccine so They Can Date Again
NEW YORK POST – Jan 11 – Helen Fisher, Ph.D., an anthropologist who conducts scientific surveys for Match.com, predicts that "seniors will be out in droves. They have been more cautious over the past year than their younger counterparts, but as soon as they're vaccinated they'll be out." According to Fisher, video chatting will remain commonplace as an important "vetting stage" before in-person dating. But, she added, "The brain is built to meet somebody in person. It's much more intense." Like everyone else, older singles are looking for "romantic love," she said.
by Suzy Weiss & Doree Lewak
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