An intriguing controversy is brewing in the land of app stores that is blending into the online dating community. This controversy, perhaps unsurprisingly, deals with COVID-19 and misinformation. However, beyond that, it sheds light into the amount of power that companies like Apple and Google wield in terms of providing access to smartphone apps. The …
People found strange ways to amuse themselves during the lockdowns. TikTok became huge. Bo Burnham had a strange breakdown, put it to music and added some surprisingly good visuals. Taylor Swift wrote two albums. Everyone decided to eat healthily, promptly forgot, then made banana bread instead. And a lot of people got into online dating. …
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 …
BlueCity Holdings Limited offers social internet services to diverse users around the world. Their portfolio includes the apps Blued, Bluedbaby, Danlan Public Interest, He Health, and other products across China, Korea, India, Vietnam, and Thailand. BlueCity became the world’s largest LGBTQ-focused online community in 2019. I found out they attained this height of recognition based …
If you’re like me, it’s likely that you’ve had a few negative experiences on dating apps. For most people, these experiences tend to involve things like dates with boring conversations or people catfishing you. However, a recent report from identity verification website Social Catfish reveals the frequency with which scammers target individuals on dating apps …
Match Group has paid $2 million to help settle a civil suit after finding itself accused of renewing paid subscriptions without the site users’ consent. As a result of the lawsuit, which was first brought to court in late 2020, Match.com has also pledged to make changes to its subscription and cancellation policies to make …
Intelligence and analytics company Sensor Tower recently released the 2021 “State of Lifestyle Apps” report, providing a number of interesting insights into the ways that we use our mobile apps from a social perspective. While many salient tidbits can be found within this report, there are a number of important findings for people using their …
We all dream of finding love. From the initial feeling of butterflies to the joy of being in a loving, supportive relationship, there are few things better. However, many people find themselves unexpectedly single later in life. Perhaps you are divorced or your partner passed away. Maybe you simply never found Mr. or Mrs. Right. …
If you’re in a diner with a friend or a family member, it can be fun to look at the other couples around you to try to work out if they’re on a first date and how it’s going. Does he keep checking his phone? Is she playing with her hair? Will they sleep together …
Love triangles. Whilst they might be adored by most romantic comedy fans, anyone who’s ever been involved in one in real life might well argue that they are, in fact, the worst. Unfortunately, a lot of people have been in a love triangle at some point in their romantic lives and it’s easy to allow …