- eHarmony ‘Scientific’ Ad Banned by UK Advertising Standards Authority – The website failed to provide the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) with sufficient evidence that its users were more likely to find love.
- From Academia: Gender Differences in Online Dating (Literature Review) – A 2016 ResearchGate paper analysed the existing literature on gender differences in online dating.
- OkCupid Faces Backlash After Changing Name Policy on App – Since the announcement, OkCupid has faced a backlash of bad reviews on Apple’s App Store.
- Online Dating Activity to Spike on ‘Dating Sunday’ – The peak falls in the middle of ‘dating season’, which runs from the 26th of December until Valentine’s Day.
- The Independent Investigates the Sugar Dating World – Popular choice SeekingArrangement will find sugar babies an “experienced” “mentor” for “mutually beneficial” relationships.
- OkCupid Launches ‘DTF’ Ad Campaign – The DTF advertisements will encourage users to repurpose the acronym for themselves, giving examples like “DTFoot the Bill” and “DTFinish my Novel”.
- ExoClick and Dating Factory Sign Exclusive Members Area Traffic Deal – It is trying to grow its members area business to give its advertisers exclusive access to Dating Factory’s global network of membership traffic.
- Tinder ‘Caveman’ Ad to Hit Various Markets – Production company Buck have collaborated with the dating giant to produce the short animation, which begins by showing a naked caveman.
- Snap Interactive Appoints Blockchain Pioneer and President of NEM Foundation – Wong will be advising the company on its strategic development of blockchain initiatives.
- SaucyDates Finds 32% of Users have Found a Date on a Non-Dating App– The apps that came out with the top results were Facebook, with 55% of users finding a date on the platform, Instagram, 13%, and 10% on Twitter.
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