Investigation: Match Group, which runs 12+ dating apps, has known for years about abusive and violent users, but chooses to leave millions of people in the dark
The company behind more than a dozen dating apps, Match Group, has known for years about the abusive users on its platforms …
Tinder warns of declining to flat direct revenue through 2026, below estimates, and says it plans to prioritize improving its user experience over monetization
now it's trying everything, including AI, to hold onto its paying users Bluesky: Ed Zitron / @edzitron.com : tech company has crazy idea. Analysts say “company is insane” and “they demand the app cos...
In its latest security report, Meta says it removed 2M+ accounts this year connected to pig butchering scams conducted from Southeast Asia and the UAE
Here's Why TechRadar : Meta reveals major crackdown on organized crime scams Cynthia B Brumfield / Metacurity : Meta Addresses Pig-Butchering, Claims Two-Year Collaboration with Law Enforcement Wired ...
Dating apps are struggling as users seek organic ways to meet; Match Group reported a decline in its total number of paying users for seven straight quarters
and getting addicted to — AI voices Punisheddonjuan / Don Juan in Hell : ‘Bumble fumble’: online dating apps struggle as people swear off swiping … Bluesky: @chickenpuppet.bsky.social : Wow it turns o...
Dating apps are struggling as users seek organic ways to meet; Match Group reported a decline in the total number of paying users for seven straight quarters
Online dating industry in crisis as shares fall and nearly half of all users report negative experiences on the apps
Researchers: vulnerabilities in Badoo, Bumble, Grindr, happn, Hinge, and Hily let malicious users pinpoint locations to two meters; the apps fixed the issue
A group of researchers said they found that vulnerabilities in the design of some dating apps, including the popular Bumble and Hinge … Mastodon: @lorenzofb@infosec.exchange and @obrien_kat@mastodon.w...
A look at the collapse of dating apps' usability, which can be blamed on the paid subscription model and the near monopoly the apps have over the dating world
“The golden age of dating apps is over,” a friend told me at a bar on Super Bowl Sunday. As we waited for our drinks … X: @gayathriv , @nytopinion , @mattsheffield , @nytopinion , @magdajtaylor , and...
Interviews with 40 current and ex-content moderators across Match Group, Grindr, and Bumble describe their mental health issues that they link with their jobs
Niamh McIntyre / The Bureau of Investigative Journalism : Bluesky: @cachiporra.bsky.social . X: @cocobyname , @jaspjackson , @alphabetworkers , @jaspjackson , @niamh_mcintyre , @edwardsiddons , @niam...
A survey of 978 US students: 79% say they don't use any dating apps even as much as once per month; 12% say they use Tinder monthly, the most of any dating app
Young people aren't on dating apps. — That's according to a new Axios/Generation Lab survey of college and graduate students nationwide.
Nonprofit Garbo plans to drop its background checking tool used by Match Group's apps on August 31, saying most tech companies “see trust and safety as good PR”
Tinder is shutting down its background check tool because it disagreed with the non-profit that built the tool on how the tool would be used on the site. … X: Danny Groner / @dannygroner : I have neve...