Materialists (2025)
A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.
Dating and intimacy worries
How Companies Monetize Loneliness
Loneliness is a product of our modern world, and something that's only getting worse in our society over time. But how did we get here? And, more importantly, how have companies managed to benefit from an increasingly lonely society?
YourMove AI
YourMove AI perfects your profile and puts your texting on cruise control. So you can spend less time swiping, and more time dating.
🥇 AI Dating App Photos - TinderProfile.ai
Look your best on every dating app. In 15 minutes our AI generates over 100 realistic and high-performing photos designed to get more likes and dates.
The Dating App Scam: Why They Don't Want You to Find Love
Despite having the slogan 'designed to be deleted,' boardroom meetings at Match Group say otherwise. Executives have made it their mission to keep us on the apps longer, turning loneliness into profit.
Developer conferences 2025 / 2026
Good list of automated development events across the world
You're Not Crazy. Capitalism RUINED Dating.
How capitalist broke everything including communities and dating rant. Very american but noteworthy for the western world
Bumble to lay off one-third of its workforce as dating apps struggle
Mass layoffs at dating app provider Bumble are the latest sign that more people are splitting from the high-tech way of making connections. With Treena Orchard
AI is about to change everything, including how we date.
In recent years, the novelty of dating apps has given way to burnout and frustration. Falling revenue suggests that people are looking for alternatives, leading to speculation that dating apps may have reached their peak. The industry, it would seem, is in need of a refresh: Enter AI.
Online Dating Is Out, IRL Is In
As Gen Z and Millennial daters flee the apps and look for love in the wild, many have no idea where to start.
Bumble cuts almost a third of staff as dating app woes deepen
Dating app Bumble is axing almost a third of its workforce, as it struggles to grow and investors sour on its prospects.
Dating in 2025 for different people (mainly Americans)
All across America, people are expressing growing frustration with dating apps—many even saying they’re done with them altogether
We’re lonelier than ever — and there’s one big reason | Arthur Brooks
Thanks to modern-day social media, it’s easier than ever to connect with the people you care about. But is this really the case? Professor Arthur Brooks discusses how social media is actually harming our ability to socialize, and proposes a way to fix it.
Oxytocin, the bonding neuropeptide in our brains, needs eye contact and touch—things we don’t get from Zoom or social media. This lack leaves us feeling hungrier for connection, which only fuels the loneliness epidemic, and causes us to further distance ourselves from others.
The Truth About Dating — Are Dating Apps Dead? | UNTOLD: The Real Dating Experiment | Channel 4 Docs
Channel 4 doc, about online dating and the trend heading to in real life dating
The great friendship collapse: Inside The Anti-Social Century | Derek Thompson
“You can debate all sorts of things about how the texture of American life has changed. What you can't debate is the sheer, objective, existential fact that Americans are more alone than ever.”
After hundreds of complaints, eHarmony’s auto renewal subscription case begins in Australian federal court
Opinion | Progressives Are Driving Themselves Into Extinction
Why Dating Apps Finally Died
The businesses behind the biggest dating apps has gotten so greedy that they've ruined them. How dating apps contribute to the demographic crisis. These companies, instead of trying to find you the right date are instead focused on appeasing shareholders, trying to bring in record revenue. Turns out, the more you try to profit off your users, the worse the dating environment becomes. OMG!!! Who would have thought?!?
Tired of Dating Apps, Some Turn to ‘Date-Me Docs’
Writers of the online text profiles, which can read like 1,000-word versions of the personal ads of yore, hope for a more meaningful connection than a swipe might allow.
Did The Internet & Dating Apps Really Ruin Dating?
Did online dating and dating apps really ruin dating for all of us? And are dating cheating AI apps making things even worse? Let's unpack what's really going on...
Artificial Intimacy | Columbia University Press
How do people REALLY meet these days? | Love & Dating in Europe
DW on how people datte in 2025
Ronny Chieng Wants You to Break Up With Your AI Girlfriend | The Daily Show
Funny light piece from the Daily Show about AI girlfriends
Young men are struggling. What does this mean for young women? | BBC Global
Good interview with Scott Galloway about masculinity
Japan's population shrinking as marriage and birth rates plummet | 60 Minutes
Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country’s economy, national defense, and culture. Now, policymakers are working to boost birth rates.
Burned Haystack Dating Method™ Critical Discourse Analysis of Successful Dating Profiles:
The Burned Haystack Method is a dating strategy that encourages users to actively block profiles that don't meet their standards, making it easier to find suitable matches. This approach focuses on being selective and efficient in online dating, reducing time spent on unproductive interactions.
Burned Haystack Dating Method™ Critical Discourse Analysis of Successful Dating Profiles:
Black Mirror 4x04 "Hang the DJ"
Paired up by a dating program that puts an expiration date on all relationships, Frank and Amy soon begin to question the system's logic.
Tinder Introduces AI-Powered Flirting Game in Partnership with OpenAI
Tinder has launched a new AI-powered game, The Game Game, designed to help users refine their conversation skills in a simulated dating scenario. The game, created in collaboration with OpenAI, features a voice-based chatbot using OpenAI’s GPT-4o model to mimic real-life conversations.
The Psychology of Modern Men and The Relationship Recession
explore the cultural shifts and challenges that are fueling the “relationship recession.” Drawing inspiration from the Netflix series Adolescence, we’ll dive into the disillusionment many men are facing, the frustrations women are experiencing, and the hidden dynamics making connection feel so elusive.