Bumble now considers ghosting a date 'bullying and abusive conduct'

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Ghosting a date now breaks Bumble's community guidelines.

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‘I Was Shadowbanned:’ How Hinge's Algorithm Decides Who You Date

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Last year, a friend came to me with a strange tech problem. “The algorithm is screwing me over,” he said, peering over a drink at a bar in Manhattan’s East Village. Anthony, a 31-year old engineer who asked to withhold his real name, had been on the dating app Hinge for five years. He said he always had a hard time…

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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's superyacht engagement party reportedly included business titans and celebs, from Bill Gates and his girlfriend to Leonardo DiCaprio

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Jeff Bezos and fiancee Lauren Sanchez hosted a private, but star-studded engagement party on their $500M yacht

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I asked ChatGPT and a human matchmaker to redo my Hinge and Bumble profiles. They helped show me what works.

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My profiles on the dating apps Bumble (above) and Hinge could use some help. So I enlisted ChatGPT and a human writer to overhaul them.

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Could Mandatory Background Checks Curb Trust Issues on Dating Apps?

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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,…

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