Since its premiere in early February, over 50 million Netflix subscribers have tuned in to stream the documentary, The Tinder Swindler. If you are one of them, you know that this film chronicles the efforts of Shimon Hayut to pose as Simon Leviev, claiming to be the son of diamond baron Lev Leviev. While dating …
Dating is often a difficult endeavor fraught with disappointments. However, for some people, the act of online dating can lead to extremely traumatic outcomes. This is underscored by recent data from Britain’s National Crime Agency which reveals an increase in the number of victims of dating app-related sexual assaults among those aged 19 and younger …
Twitter bots on the internet are nothing new. Dating apps are full of them, social media sites have been struggling with this problem for years, and overall people have gotten quite good at detecting and ignoring bots. They mostly appear as background noise to anyone browsing their news feed or social media reel nowadays. For …
When you perform a search on any dating site or app, the main element of each profile that determines whether you click through and find out more or choose one of the interaction buttons is the profile picture. Some services are entirely dominated by the profile picture as the functionality element (think Tinder). So we …
Since I’ve been using online dating services, I have spent a lot of time with girls from Ukraine and Russia. Both just chatting online and on real life dates. I didn’t specifically go out looking for girls from Ukraine, it just happened. And ever since, I’ve developed quite a good affinity with them as I’ve …
When Tinder appeared I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread (would love to know where this saying originated). The simplicity of it was great and they seemed to very rapidly build up a user database, so there was no shortage of new faces. Eventually, however, the reality of it struck. Nobody was …
When Match.com first started (1995 I believe) it was soon followed by FriendFinder. And that is where I had my best online dating experience. It was new and exciting. I was actually able to find quite a lot of people either near me or within a short driving distance. It was part of my daily …
The biggest change I’ve come across has been the evolution of technology. The momentous shift to mobile technology has been incredible, making us more connected than ever before. I’ve witnessed the evolution of mobile dating from simple mobile web (wap) sites to SMS dating & Mobile App downloads. Quite a journey that has been too. …
It would be a fair observation to suggest that I was one of the earliest users of online dating services. I started using online dating back when Yahoo was relevant (hell, I even used Lycos… for those who remember who they are). Before that I did meet people through traditional newspaper classifieds. But we’ll leave …
About The Dating Detective My name is Ed, and like many before me, I have been searching for love on the internet. I don’t think there is a dating service out there that I haven’t used. Over the years (too many now) I’ve used most of the major online dating websites as well as some …