As romance gets swiped from the screen, some twentysomethings arenât liking what they see.
Lâamour avant Tinder
Grâce Ă lâanalyse dâun million de petites annonces matrimoniales en France, en AmĂŠrique du Nord et en Inde, des chercheurs en ĂŠconomie retracent la transformation de nos critères amoureux au
'love island' and the mirror of red pill ideology in modern dating
red pill masculinity, the objectification of women through entertainment ecosystemsâand how it helps script modern heterosexual dating culture
âMen seem to make life for women worseâ: single US women share the woes of dating in 2025
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When I asked Tinder for my data, it sent me 800 pages of my deepest secrets | Hacker News
It's going to be interesting to see how Tinder tackles the 2018 EU General Data Protection Regulation in 2018 and how things will play out in courts and practice.
How social media is fueling an intense form of romantic obsession
The digital world is primed to fuel episodes of profound infatuation known as limerence.
Metaâs âDigital Companionsâ Will Talk Sex With UsersâEven Children
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Logged off: meet the teens who refuse to use social media
Generation Z has grown up online â so why are a surprising number suddenly turning their backs on Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat?
Automated Intimacy
This isnât capitalismâs first loneliness epidemic. But in the 21st century, relationship simulators like Replika are here with the solution: your very own AI lover.
The Future of Sex Work Slams Up Against Big Tech
As influencers peddle more sexually explicit content, Big Tech's biggest platformsâFacebook, Instagram, and Twitterâare increasing restrictions.
Reciprocal Relationships between Trajectories of Loneliness and Screen Media Use during Adolescence
Adolescence is the peak period for loneliness. Now a ubiquitous part of the adolescent landscape, electronic screens may provide avenues for ameliorating feelings of loneliness. Conversely, they may act as risk factors for the development of such feelings. Although cross-sectional studies to date have investigated the relationship between screen use and loneliness, longitudinal studies are needed if causal and directional associations are to be investigated. Utilising an accelerated longitudinal design and online survey we collected four waves of data from 1919 secondary school adolescents aged 10â15 years over two years. Random intercept cross-lagged panel models tested whether changes in five types of screen use (i.e., total screen time, social media use, gaming, passive screen use, and web use) are associated with changes in loneliness in the subsequent time-point, or changes in loneliness are associated with changes in screen use in the subsequent time-point. We found significant reciprocal associations between screen use and loneliness, with the strongest associations between social networking and electronic gaming and quality of friendships. These findings highlight that any significant increase in an adolescentâs screen use may be a potential indicator of changes in quality of friendships or feelings of isolation.
Honestly, it's probably the phones
The most plausible explanation for teenage unhappiness.
We've Lost the Spaces That Foster Friendship
We keep offering individual fixes for loneliness while ignoring the disappearance of the spaces where adults once built real relationships.
What the Internet Is Teaching Young Men About Desire
When pornography becomes the default sex education, it reshapes how a generation learns about power, intimacy, and attention
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Late-stage capitalism figured out how to monetize loneliness.Erase third spaces. Make going out too expensive. Work people too hard to keep up friendships.Then sell the emptiness back as dating apps, delivery, streaming, and subscriptions.Isolation as recurring revenue.âŚâ sammy (@_itzsammy) October 28, 2026