• Trying to fix the dating app backlash

  • Oct 24 2024
  • Length: 9 mins
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Trying to fix the dating app backlash

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  • Unanswered messages. Endless swiping. An opaque algorithm. The backlash to online dating feels like it's reached a fever pitch recently. For today's Love Week episode, why people are unhappy with online dating and what Hinge's CEO is trying to do about it. Also, a Nobel Prize economist delivers a little tough love.

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    Hinge: Justin McLeod (How I Built This)
    The dating app paradox
    The economics behind sorority rush

    Special thanks to Grant-Lee Phillips for our Love Week theme song and Kaitlin Brito for episode artwork.

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