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In response to requests from multiple political parties, the <keyword id="19895782" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="election-commission" source="keywords">Election Commission</keyword> (EC) has decided to postpone upcoming by-elections in <keyword id="19894922" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="uttar-pradesh" source="keywords">Uttar Pradesh</keyword>, Kerala, and Punjab. Originally scheduled for November 13, the polls will now take place on November 20. This rescheduling aims to accommodate local festivities and boost voter turnout. The EC’s decision follows appeals from parties like the <keyword id="19895371" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="congress" source="keywords">Congress</keyword> (INC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and <keyword id="19984283" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rashtriya-lok-dal" source="keywords">Rashtriya Lok Dal</keyword> (RLD), which expressed concerns over potential low turnout due to regional celebrations during the original polling date. The Congress highlighted that in Kerala's 56-Palakkad Assembly Constituency, many residents will participate in the Kalpathi Ratholsavam festival, a major event set to run from November 13 to 15. Similarly, representatives from the BJP, BSP, and RLD raised concerns in Uttar Pradesh, where people begin travelling several days in advance for <keyword id="22124352" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="kartik-purnima" source="keywords">Kartik Purnima</keyword>, an important festival observed in the state. In Punjab, the Congress pointed out that celebrations for the 555th Prakash Parv of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji are scheduled for November 15, with religious observances starting on November 13. These festivals are expected to draw significant portions of the electorate, particularly in rural areas. The EC has previously demonstrated flexibility to prioritise voter participation by adjusting poll dates to avoid clashes with religious or cultural events. In recent years, polling dates were modified for various elections, including the <keyword id="23790298" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="punjab-state-elections" source="keywords">Punjab State Elections</keyword> 2022 during the Shri Guru Ravidas Jayanti, and the <keyword id="23790297" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections" source="keywords">Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections</keyword> 2012 for <keyword id="23790296" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="barawafat" source="keywords">Barawafat</keyword>. Similar changes were made in Manipur, Mizoram, and Rajasthan to respect community schedules and increase voter convenience. With this adjustment, one assembly constituency in Kerala, four in Punjab, and nine in Uttar Pradesh will now hold their by-polls on November 20, while the dates for vote counting and final poll completion remain set for November 23 and 25, respectively. (With inputs from agencies)

By-polls in Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, and Punjab rescheduled due to clash with religious festivals — check new dates here

Ben Keenan estimates that over the past year, he's spent somewhere between $1,500 and $2,000 on dating. Despite spending a hefty sum on everything from drinks and food to tickets and Ubers, the 31-year-old Seattle communications consultant and content creator said the payout had yielded no real results: His relationship status is "nonexistent.""A lot of times I'm spending money just to get to know somebody out from behind a screen," he saidLike many younger Americans, Keenan is encountering a harsh reality: Not only is the modern <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-dating-declines-all-time-low-inflation-loneliness-friendship-2023-10">dating scene really tough</a>, but putting yourself out there adds up. To be smarter about his romantic spending, Keenan has become more selective with whom he meets — and instead of immediately suggesting pricey drinks, he's proposing lower-cost options like grabbing a coffee or going for a walk.As someone who's also been dating through whatever it is we've been doing romantically since 2020, I've noticed that my dating costs are going through the roof. There are, of course, the basic increases in just about everything, as anyone who's bought groceries or gas knows. In addition, new costs are getting layered on every day as the dating pool becomes tougher to navigate — relationship apps are barren unless you pay for access, and the new crop of exciting <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/speed-dating-better-than-online-dating-apps-2024-3">speed-dating events</a> will cost you (if they don't sell out first).In an age of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/loneliness-epidemic-decline-in-third-places-friends-parks-community-2023-9">increasing isolation</a>, an intimate relationship can be especially valuable. And, pragmatically, finding a partner can have some economic advantages — after all, things are cheaper when they're divided by two. But the price tag to find the right person is getting higher. Love, in this economy, is increasingly reserved only for those who can afford it.<h2>Bring in the dating coaches!</h2>There's no magical financial formula for a relationship (sadly), but to sketch out the new cost of love, I decided to ask several dating coaches a few questions that could help me develop a relationship road map: How long does it usually take to find out whether you're compatible? How much should a date cost? Who is expected to pick up the tab?The coaches said it usually takes about three months of seeing someone once or twice a week for most people to consider it a relationship. So that's at least 12 dates before getting into a relationship. Not every date is the same — costs and activities will vary by person, location, and what you're drawn to. Amy Nobile Messing, a New York City <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/love-amy-nyc-matchmaker-perfect-dating-profile-2020-2">dating coach</a> with a holistic and technology-based approach and clients aged 25 to 81, recommended a "mini screener date" for a first meetup before escalating to anything more."First dates should not be the traditional go out to dinner for four hours and spend a ton of money," she said. "They really shouldn't."Damona Hoffman, a Los Angeles dating coach, similarly recommended doing drinks because clients could otherwise end up overstaying their welcome and shelling out a whole lot of money."First dates should be something short and sweet," she said.After the first date is when the tabs get more substantial — a longer meal where you can sit across from one another and delve deeper. Daphney Poyser, whose <a target="_blank" href="https://www.fernconnections.com/press">Fern Connections</a> specializes in queer dating, recommended dinner and an activity like mini golf, ax throwing, or cooking classes.As things progress, another big question is who's picking up the bill — a decision that comes with a host of gendered assumptions and changing norms. Messing said that among her heterosexual clients, there's still an expectation that the man is paying for all the dates."If you're in a heterosexual relationship and you believe in chivalry, which, again, 95% of my clients do, then the man is paying, period, end of story," Messing said.But the answer is not as clear-cut for same-sex couples, couples who don't skew toward traditional heterosexual norms, or younger generations."My younger daters, they're like, 'Of course, we're going to split the cost of the date,'" Hoffman said. "That's a huge shift."Poyser tells her clients that everybody should expect to split the cost."If you like someone and they like you, then you should be willing to split the cost," Poyser said. Among Messing's queer clients, the rule of thumb has been that whoever asked the other person out or planned the date should pay — and they naturally trade-off as things progress.So for simplicity's sake, in our road map, let's assume that you're always splitting costs, with the expectation that straight men will pick up the bill more often.<h2>The nitty-gritty</h2>Now that we have a sense of the time, shape of the activities, and share of the bill, we can get a sense of what dating costs look like for a 12-date plan. Of course, these numbers are all approximations — your favorite restaurant or activity might cost more or less. But to get to rough estimates, I tried to stick close to real menu prices and approximate how much costs have risen.Since the coaches' first-date suggestions generally boiled down to drinks, I started the tabulation by looking at the average cost of a cocktail, which was <a target="_blank" href="https://conormclaughlin.net/2019/06/a-semi-scientific-study-of-american-cocktail-prices/">about $12 in 2019 across major US markets</a>. Adjust that for inflation, and it's about $14.50 in 2024 dollars. For alcohol-free drinkers, the average price of a coffee <a target="_blank" href="https://ny.eater.com/2024/5/9/24151420/price-of-coffee-nyc-latte-cold-brew">is about $6</a> in New York City, which is <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/03/people-in-this-city-spend-the-most-on-coffeeits-not-new-york-or-la.html">comparable</a> with other markets."The cost of everything is more expensive," Hoffman said.For movies, prices vary across the country. The average ticket cost $11.75 in 2022, the research firm EntTelligence estimated; round up for recent inflation, and the average movie ticket costs about $12, plus $27 for a large popcorn, a drink, and candy. The same logic can be applied to museums: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/arts/design/museums-raise-admission-fees-guggenheim.html">Ticket prices across the country</a> have ticked up to the $30 range. I chose the American Museum of Natural History as our museum date spot because it is, inarguably, a great place to go on a date. The cost of an adult ticket: $28 for non-NYC residents. I also chose a premium concert experience for our daters since those <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jennifer-lopez-cancels-tour-slow-ticket-sales-concerts-prices-ticketmaster-2024-6">are less likely to get canceled than smaller shows right now</a>. Pollstar, a live-music industry publication, found that the average ticket price for a tour of the top 100 performing artists was $123.25 in the first quarter of 2024, up from $95.63 in 2020.Numbers got a little fuzzier when I looked at how much it cost to go out to dinner or order in. I chose my favorite date spot — Thai72 — as a menu example, and it tracked fairly closely with MoneyGeek's <a target="_blank" href="https://www.moneygeek.com/living/analysis/cost-of-a-date-in-major-cities/">estimate</a> that a romantic dinner out costs $96. Similarly, I used my favorite pizza spot — Mama's Too — to gauge the cost of a nicer takeout pizza and then added a Trader Joe's Caesar salad and a bottle of Josh rosé.After they have a few dates under their belt, I figured that many daters clustered in too-small urban apartments would want to get some breathing room. After all, there's nothing like a day trip to figure out what longer-term travel with your partner might look like. I looked at the cost of driving from New York City to Hudson, New York, a popular mini-road-trip destination (and, conveniently, a great way to visit Business Insider's economic-data editor, Andy Kiersz, who helped oversee these calculations). For our later dates, I also included a few spicier ideas, like a visit to the board-game café Hex&amp;Co., a pasta-making class, and a cheese tasting at Murray's Cheese, as fancier date activities.With these estimates, it's easy to see how dating adds up: Our hypothetical dater is spending $650 to make it to the 12-date mark.The estimates also don't take into account the subtler costs of dating. That could be as simple as the price of the commute to and from your meetup — which would cost you $5.80 if you took New York City's subway — or having to fill up your gas tank. The dating experts I spoke with also listed services their clients may want to invest in for dating, from hair and makeup to Botox and dating-app subscriptions.Hoffman, for instance, said that beauty norms had shifted: Skincare and different types of fillerl, along with Botox, are increasingly seen as necessary parts of a beauty regimen."All of these beauty enhancements, people aren't really thinking about the cost of them, but many times the reason that they're doing it is for attraction," she said. "I consider that a cost."Given these costs, I decided to incorporate a few of the major categories into the road map. An <a target="_blank" href="https://youprobablyneedahaircut.com/how-much-does-a-haircut-cost/">informal survey</a> of salons across the country pegged the average haircut at $56, so add one of those to the tab for the three-month getting-you-know-you period. In a 2023 survey by the data-analytics firm Inmar Intelligence, one-third of surveyed consumers said they <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/beauty-shoppers-still-spending-big-as-us-consumers-cut-elsewhere-2023-3">spent over $500 on beauty products in the past year</a> — that works out to $125 in beauty-product spending, if we're accounting for around a three-month period. Meanwhile, an informal 2022 report <a target="_blank" href="https://www.styleseat.com/blog/waxing-cost/">found</a> that the average cost of a full body wax was $152, and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/beauty/a36462846/botox-cost-guide/">Cosmopolitan reported</a> in January that low-end forehead Botox would cost you $300. Taken together, that could mean up to $500 more in beauty spending alone.Modern dating also comes with a new cost: forking over money for dating apps. In a 2022 Pew <a target="_blank" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2023/02/02/the-who-where-and-why-of-online-dating-in-the-u-s/?utm_source=npr_newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=20240202&amp;utm_term=9250242&amp;utm_campaign=money&amp;utm_id=8562679&amp;orgid=128&amp;utm_att1=#paid-to-use-a-dating-site-or-app">poll</a> of adults who were online dating, 35% said that they'd paid to use one. Messing recommended paying for HingeX — <a target="_blank" href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90849674/hinge-is-rolling-out-its-50-per-month-subscription-on-thursday">$50 a month</a> — and <a target="_blank" href="https://bumble.com/en-us/the-buzz/bumble-premium">Bumble Premium</a>, which runs about <a target="_blank" href="https://mashable.com/review/bumble-premium-review">$40 a month</a>. Hoffman doesn't have a uniform recommendation for dating apps but said people should pay for what's important to them. Similarly, Poyser recommended paying for Hinge preferences."The average dater that only started using dating apps in the last five or 10 years has what I feel like is an unrealistic expectation of what they should get from a free dating-app experience," Hoffman said. She added: "A lot of the apps are breaking out the different levels of service, different features that you can pay for, and it's kind of like streaming television. You just pay for the ones that you are going to use."You could also choose to employ a dating coach. Messing's services run $25,000 for a four-month program. Hoffman's costs range from $9 into the five figures; she said her most popular program was group coaching, which costs $2,500. Poyser said that she charged $200 for her initial one-hour session and then $150 for bundled sessions afterward.After adding up all the direct and implicit costs of dating, the price of finding that special someone rang in at about $1,000 for around 12 dates. Adjusting for inflation, that would've come out to about $800 in 2019 — without accounting for the loneliness and geographical shifts the pandemic caused, where people are willing to spend more to find friends. Notably, the $50 paid version of Hinge that our coaches recommended rolled <a target="_blank" href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90849674/hinge-is-rolling-out-its-50-per-month-subscription-on-thursday">out in 2023</a>, and <a target="_blank" href="https://fortune.com/2023/09/22/tinder-500-a-month-subscription/">pricier app</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.platformer.news/grindr-ai-boyfriend-wingman-monetization-paid-taps/">offerings</a> are a more recent invention all around.And that's just the cost to get into a relationship. Even deeper down the romantic path, couples face <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/average-wedding-cost-in-biggest-metro-areas-of-us-2023-2">the soaring cost of weddings</a> — not to mention the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/millennial-gen-z-parents-struggle-lonely-childcare-costs-money-friends-2023-11">rising price of being a parent</a>.<h2>What does that mean for all of us?</h2>The daters out there might not be too surprised to learn that getting into a relationship is expensive — though even I was taken aback by just how much I'd been sinking into finding a partner.But the rising costs of dating aren't just an issue for the lonely hearts of America, they also point to a growing problem for everyone in the US: The things that bring us joy, happiness, or meaning are all getting more expensive. Dinner out with friends is <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/food-prices-cheapest-option-groceries-restaurants-fast-food-2023-12">more expensive</a>. Going on vacation is <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/young-people-booking-vacations-despite-finances-debt-summer-economy-travel-2024-6">getting pricier</a>. Owning a pet <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/protect-finances-pets-likely-recession-2022-11">will cost you more</a>.Even those who have moved beyond the cycle of dating and into building a family are facing these price pressures. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/middle-class-marriage-is-declining-and-likely-deepening-inequality/">Research</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.30.2.79">has found</a> that <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/american-marriage-family-structure-kids-over-2023-9">marriage is becoming increasingly reserved</a> for the wealthy and more educated. Some people are happily opting not to have children, while others are finding themselves pushed into a child-free existence because they can't afford to have kids. But even with the high up-front cost of dating, getting into a long-term relationship might pay off in the long run. Solo Americans often come up against what's known as the "singles tax": They're <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rent-higher-singles-tax-living-alone-new-york-san-francisco-2024-2">paying thousands more than couples to live alone</a> and need to make nearly (if not more than) six figures to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/single-family-city-living-costs-income-nyc-la-inflation-rates-2024-3">live comfortably</a>.Keenan, the Seattle dater still looking for love, is keenly aware of the singles tax."Bills are made for a household," he told me. "I'm paying the same amount on my sewer and my garbage and my gas as I would if I had four people living in my apartment as I do with one person living in my apartment. There's nothing that is intended to be comfortable for one person."As things get more expensive, the singles tax gets worse — creating an ever-increasing price for singledom."Just because I haven't found my person, suddenly society's expecting me to pay more because I'm living alone," Keenan said.But Keenan's still out there. For about six to eight months, he tried to just meet people in person — which, as he noted, is often cheaper. Bumping into somebody at a bar means they probably already have a drink, and it's less formal than a sit-down dinner.Keenan's status, though, might be familiar to fellow beleaguered daters out there: He's back on the apps. It's a fate we all may have to resign ourselves to in the era of modern dating. It looks like those $12 first-date cocktails aren't going anywhere anytime soon (and they soon may be $20 cocktails). The only question is what new paywall might emerge in pursuit of a partner.<a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/author/juliana-kaplan">Juliana Kaplan</a> is a senior labor and inequality reporter on Insider's economy team.

The heartbreaking cost of modern dating

New Delhi, The <keyword id="40807" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="election-commission" source="Orion">Election Commission</keyword> on Wednesday changed the date of polling for the Rajasthan assembly elections from November 23 to November 25 citing "large-scale" weddings and social engagements. In a statement, the EC said the decision was taken following representations made by various parties and social organisations for a change of the date of poll "considering large-scale wedding/social engagements on that day (November 23) which may cause inconvenience to large number of people, various logistic issues and may lead to reduced voters participation during poll". "The Commission, having considered these factors and representations, has decided to change the date of poll from 23rd November, 2023 (Thursday) to 25th November, 2023 (Saturday)," it added. The counting of votes will take place as scheduled on December 3, along with the same for four other state assembly polls. The poll panel announced the assembly poll schedule for <keyword id="13051407" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rajasthan-madhya-pradesh" source="Orion">Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh</keyword>, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram on Monday.

Weddings over elections: Rajasthan polling date pushed to November 25

The <keyword id="19895782" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Election-Commission" source="keywords">Election Commission</keyword> has received eight applications from aggrieved <keyword id="19902220" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="candidates" source="keywords">candidates</keyword>, including those from the <keyword id="19894848" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="BJP" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="BJP" meta.hostid="153" meta.entityid="BJP">BJP</keyword> and the <keyword id="19895371" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Congress" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Congress" meta.hostid="153" meta.entityid="Congress">Congress</keyword>, for verification of tampering or modification in micro-controller chips embedded in the EVMs post declaration of Lok Sabha election results on June 4. Terming the suspicion of manipulation of the electronic voting machines "unfounded", the <keyword id="19895345" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Supreme-Court" source="keywords">Supreme Court</keyword> had on April 26 rejected the demand for reverting to the old paper ballot system. But at the same time, the top court had opened a window for the aggrieved unsuccessful candidates securing second and third places in the poll results and allowed them to seek verification of micro-controller chips embedded in five per cent EVMs per assembly constituency on a written request upon the payment of a fee to the poll panel. BJP's Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) candidate Sujay Vikhe-Patil has sought verification of the machines from 40 <keyword id="20300567" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="polling-stations" source="keywords">polling stations</keyword>. Vikhe-Patil had lost to Nilesh Lanke of NCP (Sharad Pawar) faction. A YSRCP and a DMDK candidate too have applied for the verification, according to data shared by the poll panel. According to the EC, eight parliamentary seats spread across six states are involved. The total number of polling stations for which verification has been sought is 92. Candidates who come second or third and seek verification of the EVMs will have to pay Rs 47,200 per EVM set, according to the standard operating procedure issued by the EC on June 1. According to the EC's Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), the cost submitted by manufacturers BEL and ECIL to carry out EVM "check and verification" is Rs 40,000 (plus 18 per cent GST) per set of EVM. "In addition to the cost incurred by the manufacturers, there are also administrative costs like cost of labour to shift the units, CCTV coverage, electricity charges, videography costs and various other operational costs at the district election officer level," the document said. It, however, said to make the <keyword id="21143428" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="verification-process" source="keywords">verification process</keyword> "more accessible" and inclusive in compliance to the referred mandate of the Supreme Court, it is decided that instead of going purely by the actual economic costs incurred, the administrative expenditure on <keyword id="22122362" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="EVM-verification" source="keywords">EVM verification</keyword> will be treated as "election expenditure and borne by the central or state government, as the case may be". "Accordingly, the administrative charges will be waived for the applicants -- the same shall not be charged to the applicants," it noted. The charges for EVM verification to be paid by the applicant candidate is for the current financial year 2024-25 -- till March 31, 2025, it said. An EVM set has at least one Ballot Unit, one Control Unit and a <keyword id="19975285" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="vvpat" source="keywords">VVPAT</keyword> machine. Separately, YSRCP and BJD candidates from Andhra Pradesh and Odisha respectively have also applied for EVM check following the announcement of assembly results on June 4. Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh were held along with the Lok Sabha elections. In the verification exercise for assembly poll results, total assembly constituencies involved are three where verification has been sought in 26 polling stations. According to the SOP, the concerned state chief electoral officer (CEO) was required to communicate to the manufacturers the consolidated list of applicants within 30 days of the date of declaration of results -- by July 4. The CEOs have already conveyed the same to the manufacturers 15 days ahead of the schedule, the EC said. The technical SOP enumerating the methodology and steps for checking and verification of burnt memory/ micro-controller of the EVM units will be issued by the EC in due course.

EC receives applications for EVM verification on 8 LS seats in 6 states

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Gen Zers are bored of traditional dating apps, thinking they're no fun anymore.</li><li>Wingman's CEO Tina Wilson has introduced voice notes from friends to attract Zoomer users.</li></ul>Gen Zers <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.vox.com/technology/23665101/voice-message-whatsapp-apple-text">love a voice note</a>. And one dating app CEO is jumping on the trend.Tina Wilson, the CEO and founder of Wingman, said her app has a clear USP. It puts the success of your dating life in the hands of your friends or family, who create your profile for you.Your friends can then leave raving reviews to help get willing singletons to date you.The company also introduced voice notes, where friends or family leave an audio message about why their chosen bachelor or bachelorette is worthy of a chance.Focus groups with Zoomer users of Wingman suggest this is a hit, Wilson said, partly because they are turning away from some of the more traditional dating apps."The business model of some of these things is that they want to keep you single because as soon as you leave, then they lose you," Wilson said.Many Gen Zers have been on social media since they were tweens, and by the time they reached dating age, they were jaded."They demand authenticity," Wilson said. "For me it was like, how do we deliver something that's authentic and quick and easy to use, but also with the insight of helping somebody else?"<h2 id="2d2625f5-df39-4011-a3c2-64e06eb78abc">Dating used to be fun</h2>Many people believe dating apps aren't fun anymore. <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.forbes.com/health/dating/dating-app-fatigue/">A Forbes Health survey</a> earlier this year of 1,000 Americans found that 79% of Gen Z respondents said they were experiencing dating app burnout.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1358185/us-online-dating-users-by-age">According to Statista data</a>, people aged 18-29 now make up only 26% of online dating service users in the US.Generally, the apps have lost touch with younger users, who think some of their <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tinder-rizz-first-redesign-gen-z-online-dating-apps-2023-11">marketing ploys are cringe-worthy.</a> <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bumble-billboard-ads-celibacy-not-answer-dating-backlash-tiktok-2024-5">The great "Bumble fumble" of 2024</a>, for example, where the company put up billboards that seemed to poke fun at celibacy, was considered a massive misstep many young users have yet to forgive.Some say older apps miss the point of what made them fun in the first place — <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tinder-hinge-okcupid-operator-match-sued-making-dating-apps-addictive-2024-2">going after profits</a> rather than real connections."We've just turned dating into more work," Anna Pompilio, a senior cultural strategist at the brand design agency Marks, told BI. "Dating is not always fun, but that was an unfortunate byproduct of dating. Now, dating is baseline unfun, and if you can get a few nice dates out of it, that's actually the byproduct."Some Zoomers are switching things up and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-virtual-first-dates-high-cost-of-living-2024-4">meeting virtually for first dates</a> to save time and money or wading <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-zers-are-leading-a-sober-dating-revolution-2024-7">into the dating world sober</a>.Others are opting for <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-dating-trend-online-apps-friends-romantic-partners-relationships-2023-3">more traditional means of finding a match</a>, like hanging out in cafés and bars alone or being set up with friends of friends.The trend seems to be leaving apps struggling. <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.axios.com/2023/11/05/dating-apps-college-students-tinder-bumble">An Axios poll</a> last year of 978 American students found that 79% of respondents didn't use a dating app even once a month.Shares in Match Group, which owns some of the big hitters, including Tinder, Hinge, and Match.com, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/content/d01eb409-10c4-5982-a80c-22b65c50f0df">fell 68% between 2020 and this summer</a> amid the dwindling number of paying users. The company also <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0xj08l9055o">announced layoffs in July</a>."People are just actively trying to put themselves back into the real world again," Pompilio said. "And that's more fun."<h2 id="60860a11-13c1-4b81-81ef-e44e7259bc1f">The karmic reward of having a wingman</h2>Wilson agreed that many dating apps lack the energy they used to have, which is why she thinks the voice note feature has been popular with younger users, both in focus groups and with Gen Zers who use the app (a recent poll of 500 Wingman users found that 69% of Gen Zers used the voice note feature).However, Wilson said meeting with other industry "bigwigs" before Wingman's launch in 2017 was a bit disheartening because they told her the concept of friends setting up dates would never work."They were like, no one will spend time helping another person," she said. "Fundamentally, people are too selfish, and unless there's something in it for them, they're not going to do it. And I was just like, 'Well, you must just have horrible friends.'"Wilson believes these founders were wrong because Gen Zers enjoy the "karmic reward" of Wingman."As cheesy as it sounds, people are repaying kindness by being kind themselves," she said. "Even if they're doing it for fun or banter, there's something to be said for wanting to lend a hand or doing that part of somebody else's journey."Having somebody else answer questions about your life leans into the authenticity Gen Z craves because it gives a better snapshot of who you are as a whole, "rather than this very polite, curated voice, which doesn't actually tell you very much about the person," Wilson said.Wilson said that someone's friendship group tells you a lot about who they are as a person, and she wanted to tap into that."It's like somebody grabbing a mic and saying, let me talk about my mate," she said.Having a matching sense of humor is also vital in a relationship, and that doesn't always come across in a traditional profile."Lots of the voice notes, they want to throw them under the bus, but they do it with kindness," Wilson said. "One of my favorite profiles was a sister writing about her brother saying, I don't know why my brother Dylan says he's six foot because he's not. He's 5' 10" with a Cuban heel."Another woman posted a voice note saying her friend had a "banging set of baps.""Someone might listen to that crack up laughing and be like, oh yeah, that's my vibe," Wilson said. "But if somebody is offended by that and offended by someone's friend, chances are they're not your person."Of course, the quality of your reviews depends on the quality of your friends. Some may be tempted to lie or exaggerate to land their friend a date, or others may take jokes too far, leading their buddy to attract the wrong type of person.Overall, Wilson thinks having a "wingman" encourages better dating etiquette because someone is watching.Social media is full of young people who complain about their dates being a waste of time because the other person wasn't how they imagined or they didn't show up at all. Some report their dates becoming abusive if things don't go their way.There's also something charming about getting a glowing review from your grandmother, as one college student recently did."He got so much engagement," Wilson said. "All the girls were swooning."

Gen Zers don't think dating apps are fun anymore, but this CEO thinks she's cracked the code

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Some Chinese youths are turning to AI love coaches for dating advice. </li><li>Apps like RIZZ.AI and Hong Hong Simulator teach them how to navigate romantic scenarios.</li></ul>Socially awkward and chronically single Chinese youth are turning to AI-powered love coaches to boost their dating game, according to a new report from the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3264654/ai-love-coach-millions-romance-seekers-download-apps-help-relationship-faux-pas-master-sweet-talking">South China Morning Post.</a>Unsure of what to say during dates or how to flirt, some youths are using AI applications like "RIZZ.AI" and "Hong Hong Simulator" to learn how to talk to potential love interests, the SCMP reported, citing posts on the app seen on Chinese social media.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.sohu.com/a/672375120_120855974">A 2023 survey</a> by the China Youth Daily Social Survey Center found that young people in China report lacking social skills and having trouble breaking out of their comfort zones and making friends.Research from the survey, which polled over 2,000 singles in China, showed that 60% of the respondents reported having less than two close friends.With the <a target="_blank" href="https://rizz.ai/">RIZZ.AI app</a>, nervous youth can interact with fictional characters in scenario settings they must navigate. Rizz, derived from charisma, is a Gen Z slang indicating one's ability to charm or woo someone.<h2 id="99b93292-0c62-40b1-b8a9-5bcdc231b73b">"Maddie" and "Kristen"</h2>BI tried RIZZ.AI out on its $0.99-a-day plan and found several available scenarios in RIZZ.AI. Some include getting "Maddie," an attractive student in the school library, to agree to a study date, or telling "Kristen," your vegan Tinder date, that you don't like the food without being rude.The app asks users to unmute themselves and talk with the characters, helping them with prompts like "ask her to take a coffee break together."After asking "Maddie" for a coffee date, the AI character responded: "Um, coffee sounds nice, but I really can't take a break right now. I'm totally swamped with studying for this final. Maybe another time, though."It then assigns a Rizz Score based on the user's performance, along with a breakdown of how they did and what they can improve.Some pointers include "follow through on the coffee suggestion" and "make a more engaging transition to studying together."<div type="image" title="A screenshot from RIZZ.AI." height="1616" width="2871" msid="111691328" hostid="261" sizebytes="77464"></div>The app also offers longer-term plans, such as "Rizz Pro," which costs US$2.99 per week, and "Rizz Pro (Monthly)," which costs US$9.99. A more China-tailored app, <a target="_blank" href="https://36kr.com/p/2616770651347073">Hong Hong Simulator</a>, teaches users how to coax angry partners, per the SCMP. Users are then given a forgiveness rating to determine their answers' effectiveness.For example, in the scenario "you hung up on me," the user has to appease a girlfriend after accidentally falling asleep while on a call with her and hanging up, per the SCMP.Saying: "I'll set a special ringtone for your number so I won't mistake it again," for instance, will get the user a 100% forgiveness rating, the SCMP reported.And while some youths are turning to AI apps for love advice, others have gone a step further and claim to be in relationships with the AI chatbots.Disappointed with their prospects in the real dating world, women in China have taken a liking to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.com/articles/c4nnje9rpjgo">ChatGPT chatbots like "DAN,"</a> which stands for "Do Anything Now."DAN flirts and provides emotional support around the clock, prompting some users, like 30-year-old Xiaohongshu user Lisa, to declare that they are in relationships with the chatbot.Lisa, who has shared her relationship with DAN extensively on the Chinese Instagram-equivalent platform <a target="_blank" href="https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/60a6d2500000000001008a4f?xhsshare=CopyLink&amp;appuid=6450b526000000001002bffa&amp;apptime=1718854568">Xiaohongshu</a>, has a following of more than 900,000 users.She said that she had gone on dates with DAN, introduced him to her mother, and had sexually explicit conversations with him, per the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3263280/chinese-woman-goes-viral-falling-love-chatbot-has-romantic-talks-goes-beach-date-introduces-him">SCMP</a>.This spike in interest in virtual love comes amidst plummeting national marriage and birth rates. Marriage rates fell 8.2 percent<a target="_blank" href="https://www.scmp.com/economy/economic-indicators/article/3267061/china-marriages-fall-norm-first-quarter-after-active-2023-threatening-productivity-population-ages"> in the first three months of 2024</a> compared with the same period last year.The government has <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-population-demographics-birthrate-fertility-subsidies-incentives-ivf-betrothal-gift-2023-10">implemented policies</a> to promote marriage rates, such as cash incentives for having children, extra paid marriage leaves, and cracking down on the practice of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-crackdown-betrothal-gift-bride-price-birth-rate-population-2023-3">paying a "bride price"</a> or dowry.

Awkward Chinese youths are paying AI love coaches $7 weekly to learn how to talk on dates

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Trump-Vance campaign won't agree to a date for a vice presidential debate. </li><li>They say they'll be down for it once Harris picks "her running mate."</li></ul>The Trump-Vance campaign is seemingly operating under the assumption that President Joe Biden will quit the race soon and let his Vice President Kamala Harris run for president.The GOP campaign recently declined to schedule a vice-presidential debate with Harris, saying they don't know who "her running mate" is yet."We don't know who the Democrat nominee for Vice President is going to be, so we can't lock in a date before their convention," former President Donald Trump's senior campaign advisor Brian Hughes said in a statement on July 17."To do so would be unfair to Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker, Gretchen Whitmer, or whoever Kamala Harris picks as her running mate," Hughes added.He referred to the Democratic National Convention, set to take place in Chicago from August 19 to 22. Biden and Harris are the presumptive Democratic nominees.Harris had already agreed to a CBS News VP debate invitation. Although <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-selects-jd-vance-running-mate-vice-president-2024-6">Trump just picked Vance</a> as his running mate on Monday, he had accepted Fox News' invitation on behalf of his future VP two months ago, per <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.newsweek.com/trump-campaign-wont-agree-vice-president-debate-1926669">Newsweek</a>.Biden-Harris communications director Brian Fallon told Business Insider that the Trump-Vance campaign was trying to back down from having to debate Harris live."Donald Trump is the one whose campaign said he would debate 'anytime, anyplace' and who picked JD Vance specifically for his debating skills," Fallon said.He added: "Now suddenly, right after a damning new leak showing his support for a nationwide abortion ban, Vance is backing off a debate against Vice President Harris, who has spent the last two years prosecuting the case on behalf of reproductive freedom."The communications director referenced Vance's <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jd-vance-republicans-voters-mistrust-issue-one-abortion-2023-11">hard stance on abortion</a>. In 2022, Vance <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/17/politics/kfile-jd-vance-abortion-comments/index.html">said</a> he "would like abortion to be illegal nationally.""This debate has been discussed for two months now. If JD Vance is unwilling to defend the Trump-Vance record on the debate stage, he should just say so," Fallon continued.Representatives for the Trump-Vance campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment from BI sent outside regular business hours.This is not the first time Trump's campaign has acknowledged that it might be up against Harris for the presidency.Following Biden's disastrous CNN debate performance in June, Trump posted a video on his Truth Social account on July 3. In the clip, he discussed the possibility of running against Harris rather than Biden."I got him out the race, and that means we have Kamala," Trump said in the clip.In anticipation of a switch of candidates, Trump has already come up with <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-already-trialing-nicknames-for-potential-kamala-harris-face-off-2024-7">nasty nicknames for Harris</a>, including "Laffin' Kamala Harris" and "Cackling Copilot Kamala Harris."Biden is hanging on, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJP2zlH2nt8">saying</a> on Friday that he plans to quit only if he is "hit by a train."However, he faces mounting pressure from within his own party to step aside.Senate Democratic Leader <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/schumer-jeffries-conversations-biden-staying-in-race-hurts-democrats-2024-7">Chuck Schumer told Biden</a> in private on Saturday to withdraw from the race, according to ABC News.On Wednesday, Rep. <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/adam-schiff-calls-on-biden-drop-out-2024-7">Adam Schiff</a> of California became the highest-profile Democrat to publicly call on Biden to drop his bid.And later on Wednesday, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/17/politics/nancy-pelosi-biden-conversation/index.html">CNN reported</a> that Rep. Nancy Pelosi spoke to Biden last week, telling him that polls showed him losing to Trump.At least <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/07/17/every-big-name-urging-biden-to-drop-out-adam-schiff-joins-19-other-democrats-in-congress/">20 House Democrats</a> and one Democratic senator have asked Biden to step aside.While Biden has not said if he'd be willing to make way for his vice president, he heaped praise on her <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLdcEE_SGPQ">at a Tuesday NAACP event</a>, saying she "could be president of the United States."

The Trump-Vance campaign says they won't agree to a VP debate date until Kamala Harris picks 'her running mate' 

New Delhi, Candidates in Punjab's Jalandhar can spend Rs 15 for a cup of tea and the same price for a samosa they offer to people during public meetings and campaign trails in the <keyword id="19895394" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="lok-sabha" source="keywords">Lok Sabha</keyword> elections. However, those in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla can spend Rs 7 for a cup of tea and another Rs 7.50 for a piece of samosa, considered a staple snack in many parts of the country. With polls to elect the 18th Lok Sabha approaching, district poll panels are fixing the rates for expenses as part of the election expenditure monitoring process. The candidates will have to manage their expenditure within the prescribed limit. These rate cards often become a subject of "meme-fest" on social media about the prices not being in sync with the current inflation level. In most states, including Andhra Pradesh, the expenditure ceiling for a Lok Sabha candidate is set at Rs 95 lakh. However, in Arunachal Pradesh, Goa and Sikkim, the limit is slightly lower at Rs 75 lakh per candidate. Similarly, for Union territories, the expenditure ceiling ranges from Rs 75 lakh to Rs 95 lakh per candidate, depending on the region. In Jalandhar, chole bhature has been capped at Rs 40 while mutton and chicken have been priced at Rs 250 and 500 per kg respectively. Desserts like dhodha (Rs 450 per kg) and ghee pinni (Rs 300 per kg) are also on the menu besides <keyword id="20350738" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="lassi" source="keywords">lassi</keyword> and nimbu pani priced at Rs 20 and 15 per glass respectively. The cost of tea is low at Rs 5 in the rate card of Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh but the samosa is priced higher at Rs 10. The Balaghat rate card also has idli, <keyword id="21122493" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="sambhar-vada" source="keywords">sambhar vada</keyword> and poha-jalebi priced at Rs 20 while the cost for dosa and upma has been fixed at Rs 30. In Thoubal district of violence-hit Manipur, tea, samosa, kachori, khajur (dates) and gaja (dessert) have been priced at Rs 10 each. Candidates in the northeastern state's Tengnoupal district, will have to stick to Rs 5 for black tea and Rs 10 for milk tea. The list has a wider spread of non-vegetarian items with duck and pork priced at Rs 300 and Rs 400 per kg respectively. Chicken (broiler) and fish like rohu, mrigal and sareng, are also on the list. In Chennai, the price of tea has been raised from Rs 10 to Rs 15 and coffee from Rs 15 to Rs 20, while the rate of chicken biryani has been reduced from Rs 180 to Rs 150 per packet compared to 2019. In the expenditure card for <keyword id="20035063" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="gautam-buddha-nagar" source="keywords">Gautam Buddha Nagar</keyword> (Noida/Greater Noida), vegetarian thali comes for Rs 100, a samosa or a cup of tea for Rs 10, kachori for Rs 15, a sandwich for Rs 25, and a kilogram of jalebi for Rs 90 per kg. <keyword id="20009826" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="north-goa" source="keywords">North Goa</keyword> candidates can have batata vada on menu at a cost of Rs 15, same as that for a samosa. The tea has been capped at Rs 15 while coffee can cost Rs 20. The rate card for Haryana's Jind offers the candidates to hire a tandoor for Rs 300 and features delicacies like dal makhni and mix veg for Rs 130 while matar paneer has been priced at 160. Breads like butter nan, <keyword id="19994516" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="missi-roti" source="keywords">missi roti</keyword> and plain roti are also on the platter besides desserts including <keyword id="21122494" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="kaju-katli" source="keywords">kaju katli</keyword> and gulab jamun. While parties and candidates often offer workers and voters liquor, none of the rate cards mention alcohol. Other heads which find mention in the rate cards range from expensive infrastructure, such as helipads, luxury vehicles, and farmhouses, to miscellaneous items like flowers, cooler, tower ACs and sofa. The rate cards have also prescribed the ceiling on rates for hiring of different vehicles for campaigning right from a Tata Safari or Scorpio to a Honda City or Ciaz or a bus to ferry to public to rally grounds. Rates have also been set for rose garlands, marigold garlands and bouquet by some poll panels while some have included heads like party merchandise including caps and flags. The rate cards also have an list of permissible rates for hiring venues and accommodation. The expenditure includes the spend for public meetings, rallies, advertisements, hoardings, pamphlets, flexis, campaign material and all other election-related work. At present, there is a ceiling on campaigning funds for individual candidates in the electoral fray but no cap on the money political parties can spend for electioneering. According to the revised guidelines issued by the ECI, the maximum permissible expenditure for campaigning in a Lok Sabha constituency varies across different states and Union territories. Section 77 (1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 says candidates are expected to keep an account of expenditure incurred on the elections from the "date on which he has been nominated" till the "date of declaration of the result". Polling for the 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases, starting with 102 in the first phase on April 19. The votes will be counted on June 4.

Elections on a plate: Poll panels fix menu & expense ceiling for Samosa, tea, biryani & more

Patna, Former Bihar CM <keyword id="20102182" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rabri-devi" source="keywords">Rabri Devi</keyword> on Monday filed nomination papers for election to the state legislative council, besides three other candidates of her RJD and one of alliance partner CPI(ML) Liberation. Three candidates of the BJP, including former minister and state unit chief Mangal Pandey, also filed their nomination papers. Rabri Devi reached the Vidhan Sabha secretariat along with her husband Lalu Prasad, the RJD president, and sons <keyword id="19916246" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="tejashwi-yadav" source="keywords">Tejashwi Yadav</keyword> and <keyword id="20196796" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="tej-pratap-yadav" source="keywords">Tej Pratap Yadav</keyword>. The other RJD candidates who filed nomination papers were Abdul Bari Siddiqui, Syed Faisal Ali and Urmila Thakur. CPI(ML) Liberation's Shashi Yadav also filed nomination papers. Tejashwi Yadav, a former Deputy CM and the leader of multi-party <keyword id="19941767" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="mahagathbandhan" source="keywords">Mahagathbandhan</keyword>, told reporters, "It is a matter of delight that our coalition has fielded three women." While Yadav's mother is seeking re-election to the upper house for a third consecutive term, Siddiqui, a veteran leader, has had a three-year-long stint in the council in the 1990s, besides having been elected to the assembly several times. The other Mahagathbandhan candidates will be making their debut in the Vidhan Parishad. Yadav, however, declined to take questions on former Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan, who is in the NDA but has dropped hints that he could switch sides if he got a better deal. CPI(ML) Liberation legislative party leader Mehboob Alam told reporters, "Let Chirag make clear his stand. His late father Ram Vilas Paswan had been our ally. If he, too, decides to junk the BJP, we shall welcome him." Congress legislative party leader Shakil Ahmed Khan, who was also present on the occasion, was asked about some leaders of his party expressing dissatisfaction that "despite having 17 MLAs", it was not fielding a candidate for legislative council polls. Notably, elections are being held for 11 seats, the terms of which are to end in May. Of these, one seat was held by senior Congress leader Prem Chandra Mishra. However, Khan said, "Our party is democratic and all people are allowed to express their opinions. But this is not an issue. We got our candidate elected to the Rajya Sabha recently. We are now helping our alliance partner (CPI-ML)." After the Mahagathbandhan candidates, it was the turn of Mangal Pandey, besides BJP debutantes Anamika Singh Patel and Lal Mohan Gupta to file their nomination papers. They filed their nomination papers in the presence of Samrat Choudhary, Deputy Chief Minister and state BJP president, besides Jitan Ram Manjhi, ex-CM, whose HAM is an NDA partner and whose son Santosh Suman is also seeking re-election to the legislative council. Suman, who is a minister in the <keyword id="19907431" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="nitish-kumar" source="keywords">Nitish Kumar</keyword> cabinet, filed his nomination papers last week, along with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and JD(U) MLC Khalid Anwar. The last date for withdrawal of nomination papers is March 14 and voting, if required, will take place on March 21.

Rabri Devi among 8 candidates to file nomination for legislative council polls on last day

New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANSlife) The rise of digital dating platforms, artificial intelligence, and changing social norms have significantly influenced how Gen Z and Millennials perceive and experience love and relationships. The Indian dating app <keyword id="4932381" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="quackquack" source="Orion">QuackQuack</keyword>, inching close to 30 Million users, gathered data from users across India to delve deeper into the fascinating trends and intricacies of modern romance. The two-day online audience analysis saw 14,000 participants, primarily from Tier 1 and 2 cities. Individuals ranging between 18 to 35, 56% male and 44% female, joined the poll and answered a carefully drafted questionnaire. QuackQuack's Founder and CEO, Ravi Mittal, commented, "We are very close to bagging 30 Million users, and there couldn't be a better time to get a clearer picture of the current <keyword id="2772298" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="dating-trends" source="Orion">dating trends</keyword>. For instance, <keyword id="19666048" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="niche-dating" source="Orion">niche dating</keyword> is huge today. 44% of our daters prefer tailored matches based on their specific preferences over traditional trial and error dating." Niche dating QuackQuack's survey indicated a rise in the trend of niche dating. 44% of daters, male and female, remarked it is more effective to find tailored matches based on their specific interests, lifestyles, or communities. The traditional way of online dating, the "trial and error method," as the GenZ daters called it, takes more time and effort; the chances of error can take an emotional toll, too. Niche dating focuses on compatibility beyond the surface level. For instance, an avid reader would scope through profiles and find one that mentions reading or anything that indicates a potential match's love for reading, and based on this shared interest, connect. These individuals mentioned that a dog-lover would not have to date a cat-lover and fight about what's better, or a movie buff does not have to explain how it is the best form of media to their match; people can shift their focus from explanations to what's more important, building a connection. Personalized Matchmaker The survey shows that a substantial 34% of QuackQuack users from metropolitan areas and smaller cities rely significantly on the app's newly introduced personalized matchmaker feature. This tool offers invaluable advice on enhancing user profiles, thereby attracting higher-quality matches. Interestingly, 23% of male users below the age of 28 find the suggestions on profile improvement, such as strategically mentioning details in the BIO section and crafting an effective first message, to be the most beneficial aspect of this feature. Whereas 21% of female users appreciate the safety tips provided by the feature, considering them as the most valuable component. This diversity in user preferences showcases the app's ability to cater to a wide range of needs. AI-Generated Response According to the survey results, more than 13% of men and 8% of women use AI tools to craft the perfect first message or even respond to their match to impress them with wit and humor. It has refined the way people communicate. While 21% of daters find it harmless, the vast majority think AI-generated responses take away from the authenticity of the interaction. The wit used to impress a match is not their own, says the individuals against it. You will be evaluating your match based on how they speak, but the voice is not quite their own. Delving deeper into the ethical considerations surrounding the use of AI in fostering relationships, these daters think such a practice can corrupt genuine intimacy. Love-Bombing The study has highlighted a concerning but not typically toxic trend- <keyword id="5949046" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="love-bombing" source="Orion">love bombing</keyword>. 28% of Tier 1 and 2 women in the dating age group expressed concerns about this phenomenon, which involves individuals showering their romantic interests with intense love and attention on their match during the initial stages, only for the affection to significantly diminish once the pursuit or the chase is over. Love-bombing, while not new, has found new avenues in the digital realm, making it difficult to distinguish genuine affection from manipulation. This blurring of emotional authenticity poses a challenge for modern daters, raising questions about the sincerity of affectionate gestures in relationships.

Love bombing, AI-powered humour: Dating trends popular with the young

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Searching for a job or romance can often feel oddly similar, several people told Business Insider.</li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/double-digit-interviews-multiple-reviews-burned-out-exhausted-2024-1">It seems easy to apply for a job</a> or show interest in someone. But the next step can be harder.</li></ul>If only you could find the one. Maybe it's a romantic partner. Maybe it's a job you love. Maybe looking for either feels kind of… the same. Whether it's clicking the "Easy Apply" button on LinkedIn or swiping right on Bumble or Tinder, the simplicity means that many employers and relationship-seekers can feel awash in choice. And that's where the trouble often starts. "You can build a fantasy of what that role looks like. You can build a fantasy of what your life what that person looks like," Grant Waldvogel, a self-described <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/zillennial-millennial-gen-z-generation-am-i-age-year-birthday-2021-7">zillennial</a>, told Business Insider about the parallels between a job search and courtship. Reality, however, often rears its ugly head.It's so easy to show interest that, in return, either process can be filled with rejections and more than a little ghosting. Take jobs: In some parts of the economy, like tech, where many big names are shedding workers, just <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-chatgpt-hiring-ghost-interviews-job-search-weird-labor-market-2023-5">trying to get the attention of employers can be a miserable experience</a>. Job seekers often churn out what can feel like endless <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-hard-to-find-job-us-though-unemployment-low-2024-2">applications, going for gigs</a> that might not even exist.The same can be true for someone after that elusive partner. It's easy to keep swiping yet generate few meaningful connections. That can result in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dating-apps-match-burning-people-out-these-reasons-hinge-ceo-2023-12">dating app burnout</a>. In either case, the search can make us feel lousy."Whether I'm swiping on a job or whether I'm swiping on a dating app, they're similar experiences because you're thinking, 'Am I good enough for this thing?'" a millennial who asked not to be identified to protect her privacy told BI. "Really, you need to be thinking, 'Are these things or people or profiles good enough for me?' But that's not how our mindset is."Others also see parallels. "For me the processes are exactly the same. You can apply all day to everything you see, but the only job you're actually going to get is the one that specifically contacted you first and sought you out and wants you," one <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/17boqb8/comment/k5kudl7/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3">Reddit user wrote</a> before adding, "It's been similar in my experience with women."In an early February poll involving some 2,600 people in the US on Glassdoor, users were essentially split on whether dating was more exhausting than interviewing for a job. There was a more notable gender divide, with 56% of women saying dating was more tiring than going on job interviews. Only 43% of men shared that stance. But why would Glassdoor ask users about dating? Because the platform has communities set up around various topics, including one on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.glassdoor.com/Community/relationships">relationships</a>. It's not alone — mixing professional chatter with pickup lines is now a thing. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/linkedin-is-a-dating-app-remote-work-online-romance-2024-1">LinkedIn is, somehow, a dating site</a>.The convergence might not be a total surprise given there are possibly similar strategies involved in both hunting for a job and a potential mate. At the very least, there's a desire to feel sought-after, Waldvogel said. In interviews, "You want them to give you an offer even if you don't want to work there," he said. "You want to be seen, and you want to be liked. And it's no different in dating. You want to be the person that turns someone down."One Gen Zer, who asked to remain anonymous because he was in the process of looking for a job and a relationship, told BI that his experience on dating apps is that many people aren't serious about making a connection. More than once, he's gone back and forth with someone long before meeting up for a date. He said there's often too much vetting from would-be mates or employers."I think there is this idea that there's like a perfect candidate, whether that be dating or work," he said.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/woman-ghosted-by-recruiter-nine-interviews-hiring-slowdown-job-hunt-2023-5">Interviews that go round after round</a> remind him of the "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@bumble/video/7246594545994059051">talking stage</a>" phrase that gets tossed around on dating apps, he said."People would talk to someone on a dating app for, like, weeks before they go on a date with them," he said. "I think it's harder to get to know someone over a phone than it would be in person. And I think with job interviews, how much can you really gauge from a résumé or a cover letter?"Another parallel he sees: Fake job listings that feel like the dating equivalent of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/romance-scams-cryptocurrency-catfishing-record-losses-fraud-federal-trade-commission-2022-2">catfishing</a>.But for others, the searches aren't quite so similar. "I've found getting a job easier than getting a date," <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PurplePillDebate/comments/12bxk12/the_job_search_is_the_same_experience_as_the/">one Reddit user posted</a>. "I keep getting spammed on LinkedIn with job offers from recruiters despite setting my status to not looking for a job. Dating women? I have a 100% rejection rate."

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Just 1 in 3 voters are confident in Joe Biden's physical and mental faculties, per a new poll.</li><li>But Biden's support overall is roughly the same as it was in 2020.</li></ul>A new poll from Monmouth University shows that just 1 in 3 voters are confident in President Joe Biden's physical and mental faculties, though <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-memory-issues-special-counsel-report-2024-2">support</a> for the 2024 presidential candidate is around the same as from 2020.The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_us_021524/">poll</a> was published a week after Special Counsel Robert Hur released his report into Biden's handling of classified documents. While the report didn't recommend criminal charges against the president, it did note <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-forgot-timing-vice-presidency-beau-death-special-counsel-report-2024-2">several concerning instances</a> where he struggled to remember key dates, including when his son Beau died and when he was vice president.Conducted between February 8 to 12 with 902 US adults, the poll found that 32% of respondents felt confident in the 81-year-old Biden's "mental &amp; physical stamina." Comparatively, 51% of respondents felt confident in that of 77-year-old Republican former President Donald Trump, the GOP's leading presidential candidate. The disparity, polling showed, in part comes from different-aged groups of voters.In the survey, voters over 70 had roughly the same level of confidence in both Trump and Biden. That changes drastically, however, among voters younger than 70 years old, where 52% were confident in Trump's stamina compared to just 30% in Biden.Despite the waning public confidence in Biden's mental and physical strength, the poll found that support for the Democratic candidate remains about the same as in 2020 when he first faced off against Trump for president. The polling found that 46% of respondents said they either "definitely" or "probably" would vote for Trump in 2024, while just 44% said the same of Biden.

Only 32 percent of voters say they're confident in Biden's mental and physical strength, but overall support for him is about the same as in 2020: poll   

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Nearly four out of five college students aren't really using <a href="https://www.insider.com/georgetown-student-prefers-dating-apps-to-meet-cutes-2023-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dating apps,</a> according to a survey.</li><li>Axios and Generation Lab polled 978 college students in the US to learn about their dating habits.</li></ul>Dating apps — some people swear by them and others think they've <a href="https://www.insider.com/dating-apps-are-destroying-love-2018-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruined the dating scene</a> entirely.College students, one of the target demographics of <a href="https://www.insider.com/forever-alone-staying-single-done-with-dating-apps-2023-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">online dating</a>, weighed in on how much they use the apps and what they think about them. <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/11/05/dating-apps-college-students-tinder-bumble" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Axios</a> and <a href="https://pdf.live/edit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.generationlab.org%2F_files%2Fugd%2Fb2ee84_c2430c8256ff4de09da688999acd4f74.pdf&amp;guid=2ddc7657-c83a-6076-17bc-72ec9ddcb2b2&amp;installDate=070723&amp;source=google-d_pdftab_crx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Generation Lab,</a> conducted the survey in mid-October 2023 and polled 978 college students from around the US. Generation Lab is a research organization that studies trends and behaviors among young people. The student respondents answered questions about their current relationship status, dating history, opinions on hookup culture, and use of online dating platforms. The survey found that a majority of <a href="https://www.insider.com/why-decided-not-to-date-college-gossip-drama-2023-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">college students</a> are not on dating apps. 79% of respondents told Axios and Generation Lab that they do not use dating apps or use them less than once a month. The most commonly used dating app for students is Tinder, with 12% of college students using it at least once a month. Bumble and Hinge were in second place, with 8% of students using one of the apps at least monthly. College is stereotypically seen as a hot spot for hookup culture and casual dating, but that reputation might be unfounded. Of the students surveyed, 45% said they've never hooked up with anyone. Only 15% say they'd hooked up with someone within the past week of being surveyed. This anti-hookup sentiment could extend beyond college students. Many<a href="https://www.insider.com/gen-z-women-abstaining-sex-celibacy-dating-hook-up-culture-2023-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Gen Z women are rejecting hookup culture</a> and posting on social media about their "celibacy era." This is in line with a 2021 trend, reported by the University of Albany, that Gen Z is less interested in hookups or <a href="https://www.insider.com/teens-less-casual-sex-generation-parents-did-2021-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">casual sex</a>. Sam Houston State University student Melanie Perez told Axios that she was more interested in meeting someone in person and starting as friends before entering a romantic relationship. She said that using dating apps was more likely to just end in hookups. This is consistent with a 2021 survey done by the University of Victoria and reported on by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jul/12/two-thirds-of-couples-start-out-as-friends-research-finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Guardian</a>, which reported that 68% of respondents <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-dating-trend-online-apps-friends-romantic-partners-relationships-2023-3">started out as friends with their current significant ot</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-dating-trend-online-apps-friends-romantic-partners-relationships-2023-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">her</a>. Students might be forgoing hookups in favor of more serious relationships. Fifty-five percent of students surveyed said they have a significant other. It's possible that students might just prefer to meet potential partners the old-fashioned way, as over half of those surveyed by Axios said they've met their current or previous significant other in person. It's possible that college students could have an easier time meeting a significant other in person since they are surrounded by peers. Dating apps might not be an attractive option until after the young adults graduate.

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