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Ask just about anyone what’s wrong with modern dating and they will likely tell you the same thing: The apps suck. They’re built on a pay-to-win model. Fewer people are finding quality partners. Some studies have even suggested that…

Of all the gay hookup apps Brennan Zubrick uses, Sniffies, a cruising app for men interested in discreet sex-positive casual encounters with other men, is by far his favorite. Some of the most popular kinks among members on the platform…

There is a special agony to existing in limbo, that state of eternal in-between, where time stretches into infinity.Today, that experience is especially true for people vying to join Raya, the members-only dating app. Obtaining a Raya…

Tinder made Lauren Grauer feel like a delinquent dater.While watching videos on YouTube last month, the New York talent marketer was served an ad for “Double Date,” a new feature the dating app launched that lets users pair their profiles…

Alise Morales just happened to be on the dating app Feeld the night a man was detained by ICE agents a mile from her Brooklyn, New York, apartment.Fresh off of a divorce, Morales, a 35-year-old comedian, was in the market for something…

The first time Alesandra Madison’s husband incorporated AI into their relationship was in late 2024.She’d forgotten to do her “nightly kneeling ritual,” and he asked ChatGPT how to properly discipline her. The large language model suggested…

If you’re the type of person who cares about Valentine’s Day, not having someone to spend it with can be a bummer.While dating apps have been yielding diminishing returns for singles for years now, more people are finding companionship with…

In the US, nearly half of adults are single. A quarter of men suffer from loneliness. Rates of depression are on the rise. And one in four Gen Z adults—the so-called kinkiest generation, according to one study—have never had partnered…

The embattled Tea app is back.Months after being removed from Apple’s App Store in light of major data breaches, the app that allows women to share anonymous Yelp-style reviews of men is relaunching with a new website designed to help women…

I am, admittedly, a big flirt. I love everything about the exchange of getting to know another person. The playful banter. The rush of dopamine. The sexual subtlety and subtext of everything not said. Flirting, to me, remains one of the…