San Francisco: Despite dismissing Tinder cofounder Sean Rad as irrelevant, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg allowed the dating app special access to user data, as revealed by leaked exchanges between the two executives. Access to Facebook data helped Tinder thrive, but there came a point when it inched closer to losing that access, Forbes reported on Thursday. […]
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These Indian cities swipe right the most on Tinder
New Delhi: As per data made available by online dating platform Tinder, Pune tops the list of six Indian cities that have the highest rate of swiping right on its app. The other cities in order of most right-swipes are: Delhi-NCR, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru. On Tinder, which during August 2019 was the most downloaded […]
Tinder launches new safety feature for LGBTQ users
New Delhi: Global online dating app Tinder on Thursday announced a new safety feature for members of the LGBTQ community aiming to protect them from the risk of using dating apps in nearly 70 countries where the LGBTQ status still remains criminalised. Called the “Traveler Alert”, the in-app feature would appear in such hostile countries […]
‘Women use Tinder to confirm attractiveness, men for casual sex’
London : Women on dating apps like Tinder are more often looking for confirmation of being attractive, whereas men desire for casual sex and short-term relationships, a study has found. “Women use dating apps to feel better about themselves more than men do,” Mons Bendixen, Associate Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology […]
Use Tinder at your own risk
New York : Apart from helping you to find a partner, dating app Tinder may also increase the chances of getting you caught if you are cheating on your partner, revealed a study. According to the researchers from Texas Tech University, US, many participants said they were not sure if Tinder was a good way […]