#Tinder will allow users to run background check on dates

#Tinder will allow users to run background check on dates

“#Tinder will allow users to run background check on dates” They’ll ensure that your Tinderella isn’t a catfish in disguise. You no longer need a relative in the CIA to screen your upcoming dates. Tinder and other Match Group-owned dating platforms will soon allow everyday users to conduct background checks on their matches, the Verge…

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#Coffee Meets Bagel lets singles declare vaccination status

#Coffee Meets Bagel lets singles declare vaccination status

“#Coffee Meets Bagel lets singles declare vaccination status” Do you have a shot at love? Coffee Meets Bagel, a San Francisco-based dating app, is adding a person’s COVID-19 vaccine status to their individual profiles. Specifically, a tab at the top of a profile — above descriptions of the love-seeker’s personality and interests — can reveal…

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#Dating app Bumble expects higher demand amid COVID-19

#Dating app Bumble expects higher demand amid COVID-19

“#Dating app Bumble expects higher demand amid COVID-19” The owner of the dating app Bumble said Wednesday it expects a higher demand from people who avoided dating in person because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and an increase in revenue in the fourth quarter, according to a report. The Texas-based Bumble Inc. predicts the quarter revenue…

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#Here’s why racism is rampant on dating apps

#Here’s why racism is rampant on dating apps

“#Here’s why racism is rampant on dating apps” The authors of a new book are arguing for race-blind dating apps — and the removal of filters for race and ethnicity. Finding love, they say, isn’t so black-and-white.  In a new book, “The Dating Divide: Race and Desire in the Era of Online Romance,” sociologists Jennifer Lundquist,…

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#How Bumble’s CEO became a billionaire — after ending some awkward relationships

#How Bumble’s CEO became a billionaire — after ending some awkward relationships

“#How Bumble’s CEO became a billionaire — after ending some awkward relationships” Whitney Wolfe Herd just became the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire with her Bumble dating app’s initial public offering — and she did it after ending some awkward relationships. The 31-year-old chief executive founded Bumble as a female-focused app in 2014 after leaving Tinder, where…

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#New York Review of Books is hookup spot for intellectuals

#New York Review of Books is hookup spot for intellectuals

“#New York Review of Books is hookup spot for intellectuals” A recent issue of the New York Review of Books served up critiques of early Joan Didion, Brazilian literary master Machado de Assis and Italy’s celebrated 17th-century baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi. Ravenous readers could also feast on less erudite content — intriguing personal ads appearing…

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#Bumble will ban users for body shaming potential dates

#Bumble will ban users for body shaming potential dates

“#Bumble will ban users for body shaming potential dates” Dating app Bumble is putting the kibosh on body shaming. The company announced Wednesday that the app would begin throwing out members caught using “language that can be deemed fat-phobic, ableist, racist, colorist, homophobic or transphobic.” The new restrictions will apply to users’ direct messages as…

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