Cosmopolitan

Are Your Dating Apps Encouraging Sexual Racism? I Went Up Against the Algorithm to Find Out

When my long-term relationship came to an end last year, I was morbidly curious to see what dating apps were like. I knew things weren’t good out there — I’d been reassured that I’d effectively got ...
Christianity Today

What Algorithms Have Brought Together

Christian singles aren’t going to church to find life partners. They’re swiping on the apps. The first time Alex Entz saw his future wife, she was behind a paywall. The popular dating app Hinge had ...
Yahoo

ByteDance’s agreement to sell TikTok puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the ‘For You’ page works and what’s to come

TikTok is on track to change hands, but what that means for users is up in the air. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Chinese tech giant ByteDance has signed an agreement to sell a majority stake ...
Business Insider

The rise of 'friendship apps'

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Contra-dating: A trend challenging app algorithms and old romantic patterns

Contra-dating is receiving more and more attention as a bewildering dating trend, which aims to change the repetitive romantic patterns that are influenced by the algorithms of dating apps. The point ...
Houston Chronicle

ByteDance’s agreement to sell TikTok puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the ‘For You’ page works and what’s to come

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kelley Cotter, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) Chinese tech giant ByteDance has signed ...