If you’ve used a dating app before, you’ve likely been a victim of catfishing (or the less severe form of deception called kittenfishing). On the other hand, perhaps you’ve been a perpetrator yourself. Well, according to a new survey by the dating app Hily, more than 50 percent of young Americans have been on dates…
A few months ago, my friend told me she met someone. “Hinge or Bumble?” I asked at the time, naturally assuming she’d swiped right to form this new connection. Videos by VICE “Actually…” she started, beaming with pride. “I met him at a local running club.” I nearly choked on my coffee in shock—not necessarily…
Match Group has a problem: The parent of Match.com, Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, and other dating apps has abusive users it’s known about for years but has kept under wraps. That’s per the Guardian, which centers on Stephen Matthews, a doctor serving a 158-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting women he met through Hinge and…
If you’ve ever used dating apps, you likely understand the struggle of online dating in today’s non-commital world. That’s why so many people are opting to get off the apps in 2025. While it’s served its purpose back during the pandemic when we literally couldn’t leave the house, dating apps appear to be leading us…
A Malaysian man has tied the knot with a Muslim Chinese woman after they met on a street in China when he asked her for directions to a launderette. Ethic Malay Zairy Amir, 38, comes from the state of Selangor in West Malaysia. He runs a delivery store in Guangzhou, in southern China’s Guangdong province….
Chinese actress Esther Yu Shuxin, who is known for her playful personality and bold fashion choices, pursued her passion for acting despite coming from a privileged background. The 28-year-old was born in Shanghai to a wealthy family – her father a mining magnate and her grandfather the head of a steel corporation – with an…
In the hour before the Chaotic Singles x Tinder dating event kicked off at the Moxy South Beach in Miami, the sky opened and the downpour began. The patrons of the nearby restaurant where I’d been dining were caught in the deluge, the rain soaking them as though they’d just swum in directly from Biscayne…
The singles run club was the brainchild of Lunge’s founder, Steve Cole, and Rachael Lansing, a NYC-based fitness coach. The two met through a mutual industry connection and dreamed up a weekly meet-up where singles could chat with one another in a casual, fitness-based environment. They added a few twists on a traditional club: encouraging…