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Love Lingo 2024: The Hottest Dating Terms You Need to Know

admin — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:03:50 +0000

Tinder and Bumble are buzzing with the newest dating lingo trends that are hotter than a fresh cup of coffee. From “male-casting” to “kiss-met,” these terms are the secret code to navigate the modern dating world. So, grab your phone, swipe away, and get ready to decode the language of love in the digital age!

Loud Looking

Whether it’s a “Man in Finance” or “Gamer Girlfriend,” singles are ditching the vague and getting vocal and specific about their needs and desires, confidently and unapologetically.

Kiss-met

is a playful twist on “kismet,” meaning destiny or fate. A Kiss-met embodies the idea of seeking out spontaneity and stumbling upon joy. It’s essentially a modern rebrand of the classic “meet cute.”

Nano-ships

No romantic connection felt too small to matter. Singles are finding meaning in even the tiniest interactions—whether it’s something serious or just for fun, those little micro-moments are leading to real possibilities.

Micro-mance

It’s clear that people want romance, but instead of grand gestures, they’re embracing it through micro-mance (simple gestures that show you care). In fact, the majority (86%) of singles surveyed agree that how we show affection has changed to include behaviors like sending memes, a playlist, or sharing inside jokes. On Bumble, ‘The quickest way to my heart is’ is one of the top prompts globally, showing that micro-mance is already alive and well on the app.

On The Same (Fan) Page

In 2024, sports took the spotlight, but we’re also seeing a rise in micro-communities—like book clubs and run clubs—plus fandoms and niche interests taking over our social feeds.

DWM (Date With Me)

Male-Casting

there have been more conversations on male stereotypes than ever before. But are these narratives actually helpful? 1 in 4 (27%) men surveyed say they feel uncomfortable about these tropes because they can lead to people making assumptions about their character. As we head into 2025, over half of women (53%) surveyed agree that the conversations around masculinity need to evolve to allow men to define what positive masculinity looks like.

Future-Proofing

With 95% of singles surveyed saying that their worries about the future are impacting who and how they date. Our data shows that a majority (59%) of women respondents want a partner who brings emotional stability—someone who’s emotionally dependable, steady, and knows what they want in life. Looking ahead, singles can expect these conversations to be top of mind from the get-go, with 1 in 4 (27%) women pushing these topics to be discussed earlier than before. After all, it’s easier to enjoy the dating experience when you know you’re on the same page about what’s ahead.

Guys That Get It

The rise of the guy best friend. Nearly a third (31%) of single women surveyed say they are more open with their male friends than they used to be about their dating lives. Among women, 1 in 5 (22%) respondents now ask their male friends to vet potential dates, and a majority (54%) rely on the men in their lives to offer honest insights into men’s dating behavior.

A huge thank you to the yearly Tinder ‘Year in Swipe’ and to Bumble’s research about the hottest trends of 2024!.

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Bumble blurs out unwanted pictures with new AI tool

admin — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 20:12:47 +0000

A new safety feature by Bumble is launched and in this article we will explore their new AI tool called: Private Detector.

Private Detector

Private Detector works by using A.I. to automatically blur a potential nude image shared within a chat on Bumble or Bumble For Friends. It’ll then notify you that you’ve been sent something that’s been detected as inappropriate; it’s up to you to decide whether to view or block the image. (You can also easily report the image to Bumble. We don’t tolerate any bad behavior, including sending unsolicited obscene photos!)

The Private Detector feature joins a roster of safety initiatives we’ve rolled out since our founding in 2014 to help keep you safe while using Bumble Date, Bizz, and BFF. These include a ban on guns and other weapons of violence in profile pictures, a ban on hate speech, and video chat and voice call within the Bumble app so you can meet new people without sharing your phone number or email before you’re ready. (We also use photo verification to help validate that the person looks like the photos on their profile.)

While Private Detector is designed to help keep our community safe from unsolicited nudes within our app, the internet at large can feel like the wild west, with online harassment all but openly tolerated everywhere from social media DMs to AirDrop. What’s more, when we originally researched the issue, we found there was no legislation in place to deter this sort of digital indecent exposure, also known as “cyberflashing.”

Discuss your opinion about this new AI tool in my Telegram community and let me know if you found this article handy!

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The ultimate guide to thrive after a break up

admin — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 21:04:28 +0000

Recently I saw a very dear friend of mine being hurt by heartbreak. He asked me for advice, and we talked for many hours.

It made me realize that for men, there isn’t a good guide that helps them learn how to deal with sudden pains, emotions and a change of life.

This is why I decided to make an ultimate guide to thriving after a break-up so that you do not have to suffer alone, you have the tools to get through the process and be a new, better and wiser version of yourself.

Your heart can really hurt

It hurts so much when your relationship ends. But did you know that in rare cases, the feeling of a broken heart can be a medical condition too?

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as ‘broken heart syndrome’, is a generally short-term heart condition triggered by intense emotional or physical stress. It causes temporary changes to the way the heart pumps blood and sometimes causes the heart to pump harder, which is often experienced as chest pain.

The symptoms of broken heart syndrome mimic a heart attack, which can make it difficult for patients and doctors to tell the difference between the two.

i am not feeling good, what now?

Women are naturally emotional, and they process breakups in a way that allows them to go on.

Unfortunately, men may not often have the abilities to process their feelings or have been taught how to do so. As a result, they can get stuck and ultimately harmed after a relationship ends.

When your world is upside down, we know now that processing feelings is a must and that this is a process that needs to be experienced fully. There is no looking back, the only way to thrive is through it all.

It is a war in your own mind between the heart and the mind. You will think: ‘What could I’ve done better?’, ‘What are my mistakes that I did?’ and many more questions jammed stuck in your head on repeat.

First, you need to stop overthinking and realize, this isn’t about you!

Despite your best efforts, you will not be everybody’s favorite flavor. You will ultimately sort through what you did wrong and want to do better the next time, and yes, you will make mistakes because you are human. The knowledge you gain will be useful for the person you are destined to be with. But right now, all you need to know is that if staying true to yourself means they can’t stay, it’s all about how they relate to you, not who you are.

We project our reality onto those around us and those whom we care about. The closer we get to someone, the more we project, and if we’re feeling bad on the inside, the projection will be negative as well. Relationships that last involve people who can accept their ability to project, realize its fragility, and be purposeful about keeping present with the reasons we want to be in the relationship. It requires effort. It isn’t easy, but it’s ultimately worthwhile.

When you experience a phase where everything feels dark and overwhelming, it is extremely important to realize that this phase is just a phase, it will pass with time. It will end.

The war in the mind and the heart doesn’t stop here, you will probably start blaming yourself from the mistakes you have done. This is completely normal, and I think every human on this earth will find itself guilty of doing this at least once.

It’s easy to blame and criticize yourself when someone leaves. It is difficult to accept that you had no control over the situation.

No amount of reconciling, compromising yourself and your wants, apologizing, altering, begging, or pleading would have altered the outcome. Because it never included you. They were leaving, for whatever reason, and it was necessary.

If you have to give up who you are to delay that outcome, you’re in the wrong relationship. Healthy relationships are based on work and intention. Your desire to continue putting in effort and intention will not jeopardize the connection. It will not last forever. Now or later. It’s sad. And it’s terrible. You do not deserve it. But you don’t have a choice this time.

A love lost is the same as grieving

When a person dies, you often see that loved ones go into a grieve process. They cannot share the love they shared for the dead person anymore, and this makes them go through the stages of grief.

I am a believer that a relationship that ends feels like you cannot share the love any more too, but this time it is for a person who is still alive and well but will become a stranger to you with time passing.

With every dark emotion in life, you can think that for example grief is a part of you, that anxiety or sadness is you. I am here to remind you that, this isn’t part of what makes you. This is an emotion that, right now, accompanies you. Feel it fully, embrace and recognize the emotion for what it is and give it a place so you can let go and move on.

solitude and reflection are powerful tools

With a dagger in the heart, screaming inner voices in the mind, it is best to find a calm place where you can be alone.

Put all of your smart devices in airplane mode and take a pen and a piece of paper or grab that laptop and open up Word.

With the deafening silence of solitude, you will turn inwards and write answers to my break-up journal prompts (see here down below).
It won’t make you any less masculine to confront memories and feelings, instead, I think it will empower you to embrace the here and now with a clearer mind and better knowledge about yourself.

this list makes you powerful and thriving after a breakup

1

Be with your loved ones and friends. A man shouldn’t think he needs to suffer and go through this alone. Seek out emotional support from the ones you can truly trust.

2

Go for acceptance, but avoid helplessness. Go for active acceptance: staying calm and confident, moving beyond the negative, focusing on the future. Avoid slipping into resigning acceptance: becoming passive, hopeless, and negative about the future. If you need more help with this, please feel free to book coaching sessions with me.

3

Reconnect with your true self. Reflect on parts of your true self.
Hobbies, passions and sports that you neglected with your ex. Try to think of this break up as a chance to reconnect with your true self.

4

Change your perspective – Positive reframing. Maybe you didn’t choose this break up. The way you think about it, however is a very powerful tool. Look for the positive aspects about this breakup, if you do this long enough, you will re-frame your thoughts.

5

Add positive experiences and emotions. The absence of a negative doesn’t equal a positive. Healing requires not only coping with your negative emotions, but also creating as many positive experiences and feelings as you can.

6

Let it all out. As mentioned before, it is good to pick up a sports like weightlifting in the gym or to reflect in solitude and writing it all down in a journal/with the prompts.

7

Block, delete and move on. We all live in a digital world nowadays, there is no denying this. But not many have learned how to properly deal with this because it is all so new to be online all the time.
So please, feel free to unfollow her from social media, delete the conversations and block her on your messaging app.

8

Be mindfully influenced by algorithms. Do a spring-cleaning of the people you follow, the content that gets pushed to you on all digital platforms and subscribe to people who give you tools, tips and expertise’s that will make you in a more powerful version of yourself.

With this new list, you must endeavor to remain optimistic and lighthearted, to avoid becoming resentful, and to see your needed life lesson in this extremely difficult era of life.

When you continue to pursue personal growth, you choose a life that actually makes you content, and you progress, you will notice that life becomes less dreary and better over time.

“When One Door Closes, Another Opens” is a well-known aphorism.

The door will open a new love for you if keep heading forwards and you truly processed your breakup well!

A huge thank you to the blog article of AJbrowncreative, the Pinterest infographic of Attachment project and this blog article from yourtango for supplying me with words spoken from their own broken hearts and experiences.

I hope you enjoyed this guide to thrive after a break-up. Most probably, this and other guides will be updated in the future.

Don’t forget to give me a follow-on Telegram and Instagram to stay in touch with me.

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An artificial intelligence matchmaker in a dating app.

admin — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:02:20 +0000

We are living in 2024, and so we must take the current trends and make it the best experience for us, catering to our needs and wishes.

I highly believe that you can have traditional values while utilizing modern tools, and I will be happy to explore them with you.

In this blog, we will digest this app, which incorporates AI to cater matches that actually match you.

Let’s begin!

"Online dating shouldn’t feel like playing the lottery"

“Endless swiping, catfishing, and awkward dates – typical online dating is full of risks. You shouldn’t waste time finding your perfect match or settling for a relationship lacking mutual attraction. With iris Dating, you don’t have to settle.”

A powerful statement on their home page declares the current struggle most singles struggle with right now.

Just like Spoyify and Youtube for example are trained to give you the most entertaining videos exactly to your liking, so does this dating app. It teaches it self what you like and dislike, your taste, “Extensive research and insights were gathered from over 2.5 million users. These data-driven insights have shown that AI recommendations are preferred up to 12 times more than random profiles.”

But how does it work?

Like any other AI, it needs time and training to learn about you. After your training with stock photos or using the upload function, you will get your first personal recommendations.

You do, however, need to verify yourself via a selfie.

The app rewards trusted members who upload six photos, write a bio, and don’t ghost by giving a trust rating, which includes special extras.

You can also give a digital flower to your matches, which will make your profile stand out so your interest doesn’t go unnoticed.

Try it yourself!

I think there is absolutely no harm in trying out new things. Especially when it comes to dating apps.

So give it a go and see where it takes you!

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The virtual Dick gallery by Plenty of Fish

admin — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 20:11:23 +0000

From time to time I love to explore new metaverses and virtual galleries (in the web3 space). Recently I stumbled upon the most hilarious virtual exhibit I have ever visited.

Explore with me in this article…

Dick Pic Gallery

Plenty of Fish wrote in their blog article:

Creepy DMs, surprise crotch shots and unsolicited nudes happen, there’s no denying it. In fact, over 50% of women report receiving a dick pic they never asked for—gross, right? We believe in making online dating feel welcoming again, because for every dick out there, there’s thousands of nice people just looking to find someone they click with.

We’d like to show you our dick pic gallery that’s not filled with nasty nudes, just a crew of wholesome guys named Richard. Let’s meet the Dicks.

They continue explaining that they have taken measures to counteract this trend from the past with a ‘Are you sure’ feature.

They also explained that they have a dedicated moderation team that removes all images that break the community guidelines.

With this virtual gallery being a brilliant way of making a statement about intimate pictures, you can also read how Bumble reacted to dick picks in my blog article here.

I hope you enjoyed the virtual gallery as much as I did and had a good look at all the Dicks that were exhibited there.

Discuss in my Telegram chat community which Dick was your favorite Dick.

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Celebrate being single on Valentine’s day with us.

admin — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 06:26:04 +0000

This day can feel so horrible when you’re single. You rather try to avoid the supermarkets, shops and all the happy couples outside, social media will push lovey-dovey content out to you with picture perfect scenarios of influencer couples and the tv commercials promoting it on repeat.

So, to say F*** it all, I have organised an anti valentine’s party for you all.

What do we need for this party?

Every party needs some good music play list and this party ain’t different!

Send a fun Valentine card to your single friends

Especially for you all I have made five unique fun cards to send to your (digital) friends, colleagues and whoever comes in your mind!

don't be alone

On a day like this, connect with others who are single too.

Don’t be shy, say hello to us in my Telegram chat community and get to know the other like minded individuals who like you are out there trying to find the love of their lives.

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Say Goodbye to Fake Profiles with Bumble’s A.I. Deception Detector.

admin — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 18:14:56 +0000

Today we will explore a well known issue amongst the people who are as single as a pringle and are looking for loving online, and how the dating app Bumble has come with a brilliant solution for this.

The online dating world keeps growing and expending rapidly. In each world that grows, so does the scammers. We always need to be on our top game, knowing how to recognize the scammers, what tricks they got up their sleeves. In the online dating world it seems that fake profiles, romance scams and bots are a really common occurrence.

Bumble listened and performed a research where it stated that worldwide, respondents cited fake profiles and the risk of scams as their top concerns when online dating. Almost half of women surveyed (46%) said their number one issue while dating online was not knowing if the person they’re talking to is who they say they are.

Deception Detector

To help you feel confident while making new connections, Bumble has launched Deception Detector™, harnessing artificial intelligence (A.I.) to weed out fake, spam, or scam profiles. Of those accounts identified as spam/scam profiles, Bumble Inc.’s testing showed that Deception Detector™ supported in blocking 95% of these accounts automatically.

Others will go through a verification process to ensure they’re authentic, and could be removed from Bumble altogether. This Deception Detector™ A.I. model is supported by our dedicated team of human moderators, who prioritise our community’s safety above all.

Will this be the perfect solution to combat the army of fake profiles that are out their to drain your wallet?

I can’t wait for you to try out their new detector and do let me know in my Telegram community if this is working for you!

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Tinder’s Year in Swipe 2023!

admin — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 18:36:17 +0000

I always wrote on my photography blog every year about them, and I just can’t resist taking you with me and explore the hottest dating trends.

My personal favorite was that one of the most used emoji’s is the Yerba maté one, showing it’s not only me who is exploring healthier herbal alternatives, and I am here for it!

It has gone a long way though, it used to be an infographic, but now they upgraded it to their own dedicated website like Spotify does too. Very fun!

From trending emoji's to most played songs, what were the trends of 2023?

On the site you can learn the most hottest trends from “Daters de-influenced delulu” – Dating’s not delusional if you know you’re delusional until “Girl power was a super power” -The voice of this generation celebrates women.

Read about the most attractive interests. Did you know for example that watching a certain kind of anime is the most trending interest globally?

It doesn't stop there!

With amazement I watched them spitting out top Spotify artists and anthems. So when you visit the site do checkout if your music style is in sync with the trends or that you are more of a connoisseur in a certain type of genre.

What is the most popular info people give away on their profiles?

See what people are now searching for, desiring and do you agree with them? For example did you know that a zodiac sign is super trending?

Love languages matter

It is in the past that we don’t discover what makes us tick, what makes us special. I can’t stress it enough. We have tons of info out there online and via coaches like me, so why not explore your love languages and communication styles?

Having said that, check out what the most popular styles and languages are.

A global competition

Interestingly enough they even digested it this far that they can see which country has the longest bio until which country ghosts the least.

Local trends

Search on the interactive map your country or country of interest and the the local trends!

Dating Quiz

And now to finish it all, a fun dating quiz that takes all the noted trends and test you on what kind of dater you are.

I got ‘Dating For the Plot’.
What was your result? Share it in my Telegram community!

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Be ready for Dating Sunday!

admin — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 12:26:04 +0000

A very happy new year to you reading this blog article. I hope you are feeling fresh, hopeful and determined to chase your happiness and find your love this year. In this article you will read why the very first Sunday of the year is the most important one for you to have your dating profile optimized and to be active on the platform(s)! Let’s explore!

January, a month to start fresh and determined.

This coming Sunday is like the month of January in a gym, the most busiest, fruitful day in the entire year. With a fresh new start and Valentine knocking on our doors, it is absolutely no shock that this the most popular season to find love!

What is Dating Sunday?

The period between New Year’s day and Valentine’s day is peak dating season.

In fact during those six-ish weeks, 114 million more messages are sent as well as 58.7 million more likes compared to other times of the year.

With 2263 pictures added to the profiles, everyone is ready right now to find love.

This is the best time for you to find your true love! Optimize your dating profile with my PIMP YOUR PROFILE service and get ready for the ‘ultimate surge’ in activity that happens on the first Sunday of January according to Tinder.

Don’t let 2024 be a year where you let opportunities slide, put yourself first and get yourself out there right now!

Not tomorrow, but today!

Book your own Pimp my profile session with me now!

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Happy holidays!!

admin — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:26:19 +0000

It is that time of the year again where everybody is in their most festive clothes, together with family and loved ones eating and having an incredible time.

But what if, you’re single? You don’t have any plans out?

I totally get how lonely and possibly stressful that can feel to you!

This is why I will drop a free, not cheesy, movie into my community on Telegram that you can watch!

The only thing you need to do is join the fun community and download the movie and watch it!

before you click away, how about learning the secret insider tips from an online dating photographer?

In my upcoming online dating course 'Be more matchful' I will finally share my top secret tips as an experienced online dating photographer for over 8 years and learning you how to become the best version of yourself a long the way!

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