Dating apps are usually very clear about their purpose. It’s literally in the name: they’re there to help you date. They might want you to find a one night stand, or perhaps they’re geared towards lasting relationships and even marriage. But as any good business person will tell you, diversifying your company is a good
In many places around the world, lockdowns are lifting, vaccination rates are rising and people are starting to come out of their houses again, eyes blinking in unaccustomed summer sunlight. Whilst many are jubilant, others feel a little more conflicted – saddened by the tragedy, afraid after months of being alone, concerned by new variants.
In 2009, dating app Badoo was ranked as being the worst dating app to protect its users’ privacy. 12 years later, it’s making some changes. A new feature called Screenshot Block, rolled out in June 2021, will prevent users from screenshotting anything on the app – provided they use an Android phone.Anyone with an IOS
The evolution of any social media site or dating app is interesting. Imagine if you woke up tomorrow and found that YouTube didn’t want to host videos any more, and instead was re-launching itself as a written news site. Or Tinder, where you used to be able to make snap judgements about how attractive someone
This may just be me, but when I’m dating, I’m only interested in open-minded people. I know what I like and what I’m looking for but really, what I want is a person, not a paper-thin ideal of all of my requirements. That is to say: I don’t love beards, but they aren’t a deal-breaker
There are some people who look at an international emergency and think of the best way to help everyone. Captain Tom, for example. There are others who decide to make everything more unpleasant for everyone. With lockdowns imposed, bars closed and meetups discouraged, lots of people turned to online dating in 2020 and 2021. Shut inside
This subject is close to my heart, and this post might be a little less light-hearted than what you guys are used to seeing here. Be that as it may, I need to let this out. It might seem counterintuitive, but the way that some people treat their potential or current sexual partners is atrocious.
I might be old and jaded, but at a certain point, new dating apps with pointless gimmicks seem tedious. Take Qemistry, a dating app soon to launch in London. My initial annoyance comes from the spelling – any primary-school child will tell you that if you use the letter “Q”, it must be followed by
There are few things, I think, that are more embarrassing than a corporation trying to be cool. I don’t need boohoo.com telling me about hot girl summer, and I don’t want Love Island merch everywhere. “It is what it is” is completely meaningless. Shut up. It’s like explaining slang to your parents who don’t quite
Let’s be straightforward: ghosting sucks. We may have done it and dealt with the lingering feelings of guilt, or we may have been ghosted ourselves, left with a string of unanswered messages and a lack of closure. But there’s almost nobody on the dating scene who hasn’t experienced ghosting at some point. And really, it’s
