Why Everyone Is Arguing About Tame, the New Dating App
Photo: Dragana Gordic (Shutterstock) You may have noticed chatter about a new app called Tame. While dating apps keep popping up like weeds—and infesting our social feeds with ads—this one…
Stop Sharing Tinder Screenshots on the Internet, You Monsters
Photo: Tero Vesalainen (Shutterstock) “The internet has a privacy problem,” isn’t a statement that’s likely to shock you. But just because we’ve all lost a lot of what we traditionally…
Avoid These Dating App Clichés So You Actually Get a Match
Photo: Boryana Manzurova (Shutterstock) While dating apps have become a staple of modern life over the past decade or so, they’ve always been a little hard to use. Some people…
How Long Should You Chat on a Dating App Before Meeting Up?
Photo: NeonShot (Shutterstock) Browsing on dating apps can be fun, but the chat box can also be intimidating. How much is too much small talk? What’s a good way to…
13 of the Best Dating Apps to Find Love or Mess Around
Photo: Vladimka production (Shutterstock) One quick caveat before we move away from swipe-based dating and into diving into the mathematical battlefields of eharmony, Match, and OkCupid: algorithms can’t actually predict…
How to Use Twitter Like a Dating App, According to People Who Have Done It
I’m single. I’m extremely online. I’ve watched the people behind Twitter accounts with whom I’ve formed parasocial relationships start to date each after publicly–and presumably privately–interacting on the app. All…
How to Actually Get (Good) Responses on Your Dating Apps
If you’re on dating apps, then you know that for every match you get, you’re doing a lot of swiping. And swiping. And…some more swiping. Even if you have plenty…
Try “Slow Dating” If You’re Sick of Puddle-Deep Partners
Photo: Eugenio Marongiu (Shutterstock) If you’re accustomed to swiping through a sea of profiles on Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, or any of the major dating apps, the process of searching for…
How to Make Friends After a Big Life Change (or Ever)
Photo: Monkey Business Images (Shutterstock) Did your friends move away during the pandemic? Did you get a new job and find yourself among mysterious colleagues you only know through Slack…
How to Block Your Exes and Coworkers on Tinder
Meeting people on dating apps can be fun, but the last thing most people want to see while swiping is a face from their past. Luckily, avoiding your ex—or anyone…