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College Students Dump Dating Apps as Bumble CEO Steps Down

Young people are breaking up with Axios, showing that 79% of college students don’t use any dating apps. A decline in interest from dating apps’ core demographic is wreaking havoc across the industry, as Bumble’s CEO and founder…

MBy Megan ForbesNov 07, 20231 min read

Young people are breaking up with Axios, showing that 79% of college students don’t use any dating apps. A decline in interest from dating apps’ core demographic is wreaking havoc across the industry, as Bumble’s CEO and founder Whitney Wolfe Herd steps down a day before the company reports earnings, says the Wall Street Journal Monday.

WatchThis Giant Company Owns Almost Every Dating App CCShare SubtitlesOffEnglishplummeted 15% last week after reporting a AdvertisementOver half of college relationships begin with in-person connections, according to the survey. College students rank personality as the most important factor in dating, with only 15% citing looks as the most important, which is bad news for apps that allow users to swipe on hot pictures of each other. Respondents said Tinder was the most popular dating app, with only 8% of respondents using Bumble in the last month.AdvertisementWolfe Herd, who also cofounded Tinder, started Bumble to create an app where women could have more control by initiating conversations with men to reduce the unwanted and creepy messages that plague dating apps. She’s succeeded by Lidiane Jones, a former CEO of Slack, who’s looking for opportunities to use artificial intelligence in dating app algorithms.“AI and generative AI can play such a big role in accelerating people finding the right person, finding the right friends and the right community,” Jones told the WSJ.AdvertisementThe resurgence of organic relationships deals a major blow to Bumble, Tinder, Hinge, and other dating apps that have profited off the boom of hook-up culture. Hinge users said back in August they were

Young people are breaking up with Axios, showing that 79% of college students don’t use any dating apps.
Megan Forbes · Thehackingpost

Based on reporting by gizmodo.com.

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