Dating apps ask their users many questions about themselves in the process of creating an account. For example, Bumble is interested in users’ political views and Plenty of Fish asks whether they use drugs. We analyzed the sign-up process of 10 different dating apps, specifically what kind of information is required.
Main Findings
Personal information like profile photo, name, age, location and social networks are asked by all examined apps.
Plenty of Fish asks the most unique questions, with 9: car [ownership], conversation starters, drugs [use], family information, how ambitious are you, longest relationship, postal/ZIP code, would you date a fat person and would you date a smoker. Grindr comes in the second place with 6 unique questions. On the other hand, Tantan and Badoo do not ask for any unique information.
The graph node for Plenty of Fish is connected to the most information nodes compared to all other apps, meaning that it is the app which asks the most information out of the user, with 38; Tinder, on the other hand, asks only 14 questions, the least out of the examined apps.
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