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Tinder Matchmaker Lets Your Friends and Family Play Cupid
Tinder has added a matchmaking feature that gives users’ friends and family members autonomy to hand-pick who they should date. The move aims to streamline the process of getting other people’s opinions and allows them to recommend potential matches within the app. The feature speeds up the so-called “friend test,” to determine if the person…
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Tinder Is Getting an AI Upgrade to Help You Decide What Photos Are the Hottest
Like every other tech company, Tinder is bringing artificial intelligence to its operations in an attempt to create a better user experience, its parent company Matchgroup said in its Q2 earnings letter on Wednesday. The company says it plans to create new features around the needs of Gen Z users. Aside from Tinder, Match Group…
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Yes, Tinder Is Working on a $500 Subscription Tentatively Called ‘Tinder Vault’
Tinder is working on an ultra-expensive subscription offering that seems explicitly geared toward those wealthy enough (or at those feigning affluence) looking to swipe right on other semi-influential folks. The company is leaving the door open to abandon the idea altogether, meaning that those with deep pockets would be left swiping left on the riff-raff…
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Could Mandatory Background Checks Curb Trust Issues on Dating Apps?
The vetting process on dating apps may become more stringent as governments around the world look at perhaps implementing mandatory background and ID checks for those who use the apps. Strategies and considerations of how to better protect people searching for love online were discussed at roundtable talks in Sydney, Australia on Wednesday.