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Du bist nicht allein
(You are not alone)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 1.4.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | online dating, smartphone, Snapchat, social media, threat
Summary | Smartphones have revolutionized social life. They promise us that we will never be alone again if we stay online. We are always connected wia social media, we can communicate with select people directly by speaking, texting them, or sending them images and video. While we are all digitally connected, we become more isolated face-to-face. On the street, nobody interacts anymore. Smartphones have also begun to be our matchmakers thanks to Tinder and seemingly intuitive swiping which is rather learned in reality.
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Diese Emojis solltest du dir beim Flirten sparen
(You should avoid these emojis when flirting)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 24.4.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, gender, misunderstanding, online dating, research/study
Summary | Emojis can be quite tricky because they can lead to misunderstandings. This is particularly problematic in online dating. The dating app Clover analysed their users' chats to find out which emojis are a success in online dating and which emojis should be avoided. They found out that women like the hearts-for-eyes emoji, the monkeys and other animals, as well as the tongue emoji. They dislike the eggplant emoji and emoijis displaing strength, for instance the biceps of fist emoji. Men like the kissing emoji as well as the cheeky tongue-out emoji. They dislike the ring and the poop emoji.
Image Description | The emojis women/men like and dislike.
Image Tags | emojis
Zusammen gegen Gorillas
(Together against Gorillas)
Newspaper | die Weltwoche
Date | 30.3.2017
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | online dating
Summary | A new dating app called "Hater" connects users based on what they both dislike. The users set up their profiles by checking a bunch of boxes indicating things that they hate, for instance the Gorilla Harambe, people who talk to animals as though they were babies, chewing on finger nails, and many others. This is a great way to get to know someone humoristically rather than to go through the usual boring online dating catalog of "what do you do?", "you like walks on the beach, too!" and so on.
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