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Tinder now offers criminal background checks, but there’s a big problem
As of this week, Tinder users will be able to run criminal background checks on their potential dates. The feature – launched in partnership with Garbo, a background check provider that aims to make public safety information more accessible – is intended to make Tinder users feel safer.
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Tinder owner bets on 'summer of love' to lift revenue as curbs ease
Match Group Inc (MTCH.O) forecast current-quarter revenue above expectations on Tuesday, banking on its online dating apps including Tinder and Hinge attracting more subscribers as easing pandemic curbs encourage people to socialize.
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Tinder says 'there are definitely registered sex offenders on our free products'
Highly popular free dating apps owned by Match Group — including Tinder, OkCupid, and Plenty of Fish — do not have clear policies or screening practices to prevent registered sex offenders from signing up. As a result, people are matching with sex offenders on those apps and, in some cases, have faced attempted sexual assault, according to a new investigation by ProPublica and the Columbia Journalism Investigations.
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Facebook gave Tinder and other dating apps special access to user data
Tinder and other popular apps were given 'whitelist' privileges
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Facebook gave Tinder and other dating apps special access to user data
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg flirted with the idea of getting into the online dating business in 2014 — but instead gave Tinder and similar apps access to user data, leaked documents show.
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Tinder bypasses Google Play, joining revolt against app store fee
Tinder joined a growing backlash against app store taxes by bypassing Google Play in a move that could shake up the billion-dollar industry dominated by Google and Apple Inc.
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Quiet nights and takeout food: George Zimmerman was just kicked off another dating app
If George Zimmerman wants to meet women, he’s likely going to have to do it the old fashioned way: at a club, bar or dog park. Because it seems the dating apps are onto him. The former volunteer neighborhood watchman who was acquitted of killing unarmed Miami teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012, was kicked off popular hookup app Tinder this week.
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Tinder Users Have Low Sexual Disgust Sensitivity, Study Finds
Tinder and similar dating apps have undoubtedly changed dating for an entire generation of people, and numerous scientific studies exploring the impact Tinder has had on human relationships have come out over the years. A new study by Barış Sevi of West Virginia University sheds light on the link between sexual disgust and Tinder use. Published in Evolutionary Psychological Science, the study builds on Sevi’s past research...
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How the Tinder algorithm actually works
Some math-based advice for those still swiping this Valentine’s Day.
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Tinder gives extra control to women with 'My Move' feature
The setting allows women to start the conversation, and it's currently being trialled.
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The Tinder lawsuit is going to get nasty
It’s just getting started
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Tinder co-founders sue Match Group for $2 billion
Tinder is one of Match Group’s biggest and most profitable brands
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Using Tinder doesn't result in more casual sex
Users of picture-based mobile dating apps like Tinder are generally more open to short-term, casual sexual relationships than the average person. But this doesn’t mean that the users of these apps end up with more sexual partners than non-users with the same preference for casual sex. “Apps have become the new public arena for dating. But to a large extent, the people using them are the same ones you find dating other ways,” says professor Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair at NTNU’s Department of Psychology.
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Tinder and Bumble Are Seriously at War
Is all fair in love and apps? Many highly paid lawyers suggest that nothing is ever fair. We’ll explain the drama.
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Tinder is not actually for meeting anyone
We’ve done the math on Tinder… and it doesn’t look good
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Is Tinder Plus’ Age-Based Pricing a Discount for the Young or a Surcharge for People Over 30?
In one fell swipe, a California state appeals court found Tinder guilty of age discrimination for charging people 30 and older more money for its premium service, Tinder Plus. On Monday the court ruled in favor of Allan Candelore, who claimed that charging older users $19.99 a month, compared with $9.99 a month for younger people, violated two California laws: the Unruh Civil Rights Act and the Unfair Competition Law.
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Tinder can't charge older users more for premium services, court rules
Tinder can no longer charge higher rates to users aged 30 and over after a California court ruled on Monday that the practice was a form of age-based discrimination. Tinder Plus, a premium version of the free dating service app Tinder, violated state civil rights law by charging users who were aged 30 and over a $19.99 subscription fee, while at the same time charging users under the age of 30 only a $9.99 or $14.99 subscription fee for the same features, according to a ruling handed down by the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles. The pricing had been in place since its release in March 2015.
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I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets
At 9.24pm (and one second) on the night of Wednesday 18 December 2013, from the second arrondissement of Paris, I wrote “Hello!” to my first ever Tinder match. Since that day I’ve fired up the app 920 times and matched with 870 different people. I recall a few of them very well: the ones who either became lovers, friends or terrible first dates. I’ve forgotten all the others. But Tinder has not.
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Tinder: Swiping Self Esteem?
Whether they’re swiping left or swiping right, male users of the popular dating app Tinder appear to have lower levels of self-esteem and all users appear to have more negative perception of body image than those who don’t use the app, according to research presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association. “Tinder users reported having lower levels of satisfaction with their faces and bodies and having lower levels of self-worth than the men and women who did not use Tinder,” said Jessica Strübel, PhD, of the University of North Texas, who presented the research that she co-authored with Trent Petrie, PhD...
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Tinder swiping study reveals a feedback loop that forces users into ever more extreme strategies
Back in 2012, a new craze swept the Internet centered on a dating app called Tinder. The app shows users pictures of potential dating partners in their local area. Users swipe right if they like the picture or swipe left if they don’t. When two users like each other, the app puts them in contact with its built-in messaging service. Tinder changed the ground rules for dating apps. Until then, most dating services had found matches using a range of factors such as shared interests, age, future plans, and so on. On Tinder, all that matters is first impressions.
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