Tinder

Several companies market bots that hold realistic-sounding conversations on apps like Bumble and Tinder to save users time and get them dates with zero effort

As users expand their horizons, the platforms are beginning to resemble each other

Rowland says the government is concerned about the rates of sexual harassment, abusive and threatening language, unsolicited sexual images and violence facilitated by the platforms

Trends such as ghosting and gamification have led to growing disenchantment with these types of applications

Data and experts indicate that each generation is engaging in fewer sexual relationships than the previous one due to a variety of reasons from technology to job insecurity, housing, and feminism

A huge number of singles in their 40s and 50s are re-entering the dating pool after many years as part of a couple, but they soon find out that technology has completely changed the world of romance

Platforms for flirting are conceived as a catalog of people among whom you can navigate and decide if you are interested in them or not. This quantity and ease is possibly the basis of its success. However, numerous studies and users talk about the hook they produce and the fragility of the ties they generate

Anthropologist Helen Fisher has been researching love for decades. For nearly 20 years, she has also been working to understand the importance of the internet in romantic relationships

Dating apps, detachment, too much porn and bad relationships (especially for women) ruin heterosexual expectations