BOSTON GLOBE – Oct 17 – The app officially debuts in Boston on Oct 26 but has already accepted 2K local founding members, a diverse group of singles from businesses, academia, the medical field, and the nonprofit sector. An Ivy League degree isn't necessary to get in, but it helps. The free app's algorithm screens applicants' Facebook and LinkedIn profiles to identify their university degrees, title and employer, preferences, size of their network, and other relevant variables.
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Dating Apps Court Older, Wealthier Users
by Georgia Wells
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High-End Dating App, The League, Is Hosting An Egg-Freezing Mixer
by Jane Ninivaggi
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The League Launches A Rebuilt, Event-centric Dating App
TECH CRUNCH – Apr 29 – The League, the elite dating startup, is launching version 2.0 in LA. The League is best-known for its screening process of new members before they can join. The screening is still part of the app, but what's new is a focus on events. Members will now be able to create interest groups with group chat and also organize events.
Dating App The League Will Now Let Users Buy Someone A Gift
BUSTLE – Feb 9 – The League, the selective dating app, which pulls in LinkedIn and Facebook info and has an admissions-based model, paired up with two on-demand services that will make same-day flower or drink deliveries in New York and San Fran.
High-end Dating Apps – The League, Luxy And The Inner Circle
THE GUARDIAN – Jan 3 – The League dating app heavily vets members, claims that only 20-25% of those who apply are allowed in, and has ~75K people on its waiting list. It launched in America last year and is now coming to the UK. Applicants must provide access to their profiles on LinkedIn. One selective dating app already operating in the UK is The Inner Circle, which has 22K members and ~24K on the waiting list. The app will launch in the US this year. Luxy dating app bills itself as "Tinder without the poor people". To be accepted, users must be either rich or beautiful.
by Gareth Rubin
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Dating Apps: Tech Doesn’t Matter, Says Sex Columnist
NYMAG – Oct 6 – Users choose dating apps the same way they choose bars – based on the people. The make-or-break factor in whether users stick around, is the crowd. With new apps getting launched every few months, the dating app people will like best is the one that happens to have a user base that fits the demographic of people they want.
Here's a breakdown of some of the dating apps Maureen O'Connor, a sex columnist, have experimented with:
- Tinder: Single people who hang out at bars.
- OKCupid: Single people who hang out at coffee shops.
- Match: Squares.
- JDate: Jewish squares.
- eHarmony: Christian squares.
- Ashley Madison: Horny married guys.
- Blendr: Horny single guys.
- Happn: People with nice jeans who live near your subway stop.
- Coffee Meets Bagel: Risk-averse nice guys.
- The League: Hedge funds and Hamptons.
Dating apps, like all social situations, are malleable. They're whatever people want them to be.
Are Black Dating Apps Necessary?
FUSION – Oct 1 – Bae, a dating app which stands for Before Anyone Else, is aimed at black singles. Bae is not the only one but with ~100,000 downloads since April, it may be the biggest. A competitor, Meld, intended for more serious-minded black professionals, doesn’t disclose its user base, but says it has matched 3K couples since its debut last year. There’s also Soul Swipe and The League. According to an experiment by Anne Helen Petersen at Buzzfeed last year, the "more" black a user registers as, the less likely he or she will get a right swipe. Education and wealth help, but users of color still appear to be at a disadvantage.
by Collier Meyerson
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“The League” App Is Like Tinder For The Elites
THE GUARDIAN – Aug 8 – "The League" dating app is for ambitious driven, young professionals that want to date other ambitious, driven young professionals,” explained Amanda Bradford, founder of The League. There’s a waiting list 100K people long to be accepted into The League. Once accepted, members receive five new matches every day at 5pm. The app is linked to LinkedIn. It launched in San Fran in Nov 2014, then in New York and expects to launch in LA and London soon. Another apps for the elites is BeLinked and Luxy that self-described as Tinder without the poor people.