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Dating platforms start rebuilding around real-world meetups instead of swiping

Fortune, Sep 20 · read the original

Tinder and Bumble are adding pickleball nights, trivia events and fewer in-app chats to fight swipe fatigue, the same week a California tech executive's dating 'non-negotiables' list got mocked into a broader argument about how people actually want to meet partners.

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