The promise of dating apps like Tinder was to make it easier to meet people, but the results have included more casual sexual encounters, greater difficulty finding stable relationships and an even more competitive dating scene.
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Dating apps reshape human connection, love, choice and intimacy into market transactions designed to maximize profit rather than build relationships.
Apps and users might be hopeful that Gen-AI can make dating apps fun again.
Online dating can be enhanced by using AI to create profiles, provide advice and identify matches.
Dating apps are powerful allies for public health organisations - but there are still ethical issues to address.
Dating apps provide a valuable social service. The industry should be regulated to protect consumers, increase competition and address fraud.
The world’s largest online dating company – which runs Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, The League and more – is being sued for making its apps too addictive. Are we swiping right into a trap?
Use of dating apps is on the rise and they can provide a wealth of choice. Research also shows that they can leave some users feeling overwhelmed and exhausted.
Research reveals individuals that score high for vulnerable narcissism are likely to present themselves inauthentically while online dating.
Confident chatbots could undermine trust and romance - but probably won’t. They may even enhance online dating.
The convenience of dating apps can also make them difficult to navigate.
Chinese-oriented online dating platforms create “Chinatowns” in cyberspace, where Chinese daters gather in hopes of finding true love.
Two women ruled the dating app tech industry last year. How they were portrayed by mainstream media versus how they portrayed themselves in social media says a lot about how women leaders are viewed.
Newer apps like Thursday prioritise meeting in person over possibly endless online chat.
An expert had a confusing time trying out Facebook dating.
The study found most use Tinder casually because they’re bored, playing with the app like a kind of smartphone game - even though many use it to find true love.
If you use dating apps, you might have experienced ghosting, or worse.
Dating on apps is the new reality, but do they really make dating easier? A Cape Town study finds Tinder complicates it further.
Despite the belief that people are deeply skeptical of strangers, study after study shows that humans are primed to trust one another.
It’s easy to say “I’d never fall for that” when confronted with the stories of women who were conned by romance fraudster Simon Leviev. But a determined scammer can be very convincing and persuasive.
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British Academy postdoctoral fellow, University of Warwick
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Queensland University of Technology
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Concordia University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Relationships, University of South Wales
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Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University
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Director, Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of Manitoba
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Honorary Research Fellow of The Ethics Lab, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, School of Health Studies, Western University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor, Federation University Australia
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University of Sydney
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Ph.D. Student in Psychology, University of Hawaii
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Assistant Professor in the School of Social Sciences, University College Dublin
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Professor of Media and Communication and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology
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PhD Candidate, Curtin University