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Investigation Reveals Match Group Concealed Assault Information from Public 19 Mar 5:42 AM (14 days ago)
An investigation into Match Group by nonprofit news organization The Markup and Pulitzer Center's AI Accountability Network found that the company had information about users who were reported for sexual assault, but did not ban them from its apps, publicly identify them, or report them to authorities.
This report follows the company’s ouster of CEO Bernard Kim, who was not able to turn around the company’s revenue decline over the past several quarters. He was replaced by ...
Tinder Partners with Knorr to Encourage Users to Add Cooking Skills in Profiles 12 Mar 1:00 PM (21 days ago)
Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Tinder has partnered with food brand Knorr to encourage users to highlight cooking skills on their Tinder profiles. A whopping 93 percent of Gen Z Tinder users find a date’s ability to cook attractive.
According to Design Rush, the new campaign encourages Tinder users to “unlock their green flag” by touting their ability to cook in profiles and hopefully sparking conversation. Knorr is also helping Tinder users get inspired by offering recipes and cooking ...
Tinder Revamps Its Explore Page to Highlight Loud Looking 12 Mar 10:02 AM (21 days ago)
Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Tinder has partnered with food brand Knorr to encourage users to highlight cooking skills on their Tinder profiles. A whopping 93 percent of Gen Z Tinder users find a date’s ability to cook attractive.
According to Design Rush, the new campaign encourages Tinder users to “unlock their green flag” by touting their ability to cook in profiles and hopefully sparking conversation. Knorr is also helping Tinder users get inspired by offering recipes and cooking ...
Hinge Launches New AI-Driven Prompt Feedback Feature 5 Mar 7:13 AM (28 days ago)
Hinge just launched Prompt Feedback, a new feature to help users with profile building. The personalized, AI-driven coaching feature “guides daters to create more meaningful first impressions” according to the company’s website.
Prompt Feedback is Hinge’s first AI-powered coaching feature, and offers personalized advice to help daters improve the responses they give for Prompts. Hinge notes that writing Prompts can be difficult for its users. “On Hinge, 27% of all Prompts are just ...
Tinder Turns to TikTok Influencers to Help Reach Gen Z 26 Feb 8:00 AM (last month)
Tinder is courting some TikTok influencers, hoping they will lure Gen Z users back to the app.
Tinder paid six influencers to try out the app and post a series of videos about their experiences from September to December, ahead of the new year (which is the busiest season for dating apps). The TikTok stars posted videos about using Tinder and how things went meeting their dates in person under the hashtag #theconnectionexperience.
According to ...
Whitney Wolfe Herd Returning to Lead Bumble 21 Feb 7:38 AM (last month)
Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd announced that she will be returning to the company as CEO in March.
Wolfe Herd left the position early last year and Lidiane Jones, the former CEO of Slack, took the reins at Bumble. Jones oversaw a major reboot of the app which deviated from its original female-first approach, allowing men to message women first. During her tenure, the ...
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Dating Apps Turn to AI for Next Big Industry Transformation 6 Feb 6:44 AM (last month)
Match Group said its plans for the future will be centered around AI, according to remarks company executives made at Investor Day.
Executives from some of its more popular apps like Hinge, Tinder, OkCupid and more, teased how they were planning to implement AI on their platforms with the goal of transforming the way users interact with them, according to ...