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  2. Timeline of online dating - Wikipedia

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    1959. Happy Families Planning Service launches. Started by Jim Harvey and Phil Fialer as a class project at Stanford. Used a questionnaire and an IBM 650 to match 49 men and 49 women. [1] 1963. Ed Lewis at Iowa State University uses a questionnaire and an IBM computer "to optimize the meeting potential at dances".

  3. Online dating - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Since the 2010s, Internet dating has become more popular with smartphones. Online dating, also known as internet dating, virtual dating, or mobile app dating, [ 1 ] is a method used by people with a goal of searching for and interacting with potential romantic or sexual partners, via the internet. An online dating service is a company ...

  4. Dating - Wikipedia

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    Online dating services charge users a fee to post profiles, perhaps using video or still images, descriptive data, and personal preferences for dating, such as age range, hobbies, and so forth. Online dating was a $2 billion per year industry, as of 2014, with an annual growth rate of 5%.

  5. Internet relationship - Wikipedia

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    An internet relationship is a relationship between people who have met online, and in many cases know each other only via the Internet. [1] Online relationships are similar in many ways to pen pal relationships. This relationship can be romantic, platonic, or even based on business affairs. An internet relationship (or online relationship) is ...

  6. Dating app - Wikipedia

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    Dating app. An online dating application, commonly known as a dating app, is an online dating service presented through a mobile phone application. These apps often take advantage of a smartphone's GPS location capabilities, always on-hand presence, and access to mobile wallets. These apps aim to speed up the online dating process of sifting ...

  7. Tinder (app) - Wikipedia

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    Tinder. Tinder is an online dating and geosocial networking application launched in 2012. On Tinder, users " swipe right" to like or "swipe left" to dislike other users' profiles, which include their photos, a short bio, and some of their interests.

  8. Bumble - Wikipedia

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    Bumble is an online dating and networking application launched in 2014. Profiles of potential matches are displayed to users, who can "swipe left" to reject a candidate or "swipe right" to indicate interest. Until 2024 only female users could make the first contact with matched male users, [2][3] while in homosexual matches either person can ...

  9. Comparison of online dating services - Wikipedia

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    POF (PlentyofFish) Dating site mostly active in United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Brazil. Match Group, Inc. 100,000,000 registered as of 2015 [24] Yes. No; Features such as seeing the date and time a user viewed your profile and allowing you to see whether a user read and/or deleted your message.