A new dating app, Sonder, has a deliberately annoying sign-up process (and it’s working)
Sonder’s founders couldn’t bear to encounter one more dating app profile in which someone boldly declared that their…
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OkCupid gave 3M dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, FTC says
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FTC Takes Action Against Match and OkCupid for Deceiving Users by Sharing Personal Data with Third Party (AI)
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against OkCupid and its affiliate Match Group Americas over allegations OkCupid deceived users of its dating app by sharing their personal information,
I am making an effort to spend more time than I spontaneously would on profiles of people who are not white. It’s horrible to realize the internalized racism that makes me overlook BIPOC people.
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First fun episode is nerdy: my deGoogled phone makes it weirder to use #Hinge and I was actually locked out of my profile for days because my phone number was not recognised.
I had to get in touch with their tech support lol
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🧵 Sooooo here is a thread collecting my rants and anecdotes after I unpaused my #Hinge profile. 😱
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My Screen Time report told me I had opened Grindr 27 times in a single day.
I did not get past “hey” with anyone. I kept returning anyway, because I was not looking for a date. I was looking for the number in the small circle. The moment I saw it, something in my chest loosened.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/gay-online-and-still-lonely-how-digital-validation-hijacks-intimacy-06954e5ae32a?sk=bc384bc04e4f88b65655c3cf42b8373c
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