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 …
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Facebook Dating Was Set To Take Over the Market – Instead It Was Dead in the Water
An expert had a confusing time trying out Facebook dating.
Tinder Use in Cape Town Reveals the Paradox of Modern Dating
Dating on apps is the new reality, but do they really make dating easier? A Cape Town study finds Tinder complicates it further.
Chinese Scammers Enslave Jobless Teachers and Tourists in Cambodia
Cambodia shut its borders when COVID-19 struck, giving rise to new wave of trafficking, with stranded foreign workers and tourists lured into working for fraudulent investment schemes.
How the COVID-19 Lockdown Has Changed the Way We Fall in Love
After two years of embracing the shallow-ness of 21st-century romance, I found myself flirting with the idea that maybe, despite the apocalypse, love could go beyond a few heart …
WhatsApp and That Millennial ‘Thing’: When Friendships Turn Sour
The final chapter of a friendship spanning three decades.
‘Unicorn Hunting’: What I Learnt From Exploring Tinder With Married Couples
The power dynamics in the virtual world are closely tied to those in the real world.
On Grindr, Profile Pictures Are All About Signalling Physical Fitness
On Grindr, the currency used to attract your date is physical fitness versus wealth symbols, used by straight men on Tinder.
On Hooking Up, Freedom and Consent
Thanks to hook-up culture, we're bringing taboo topics like sex, consent – women's sexual autonomy – out into the public sphere.
Ghosting Isn’t Cruel, It’s Elegant
Let's be honest, every man or woman that lives on your phone is only half-real. Do they really deserve your time and justifications?