Showing posts with label internet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label internet. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Online dating in the US--is it past peak?

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 Here's a 2022 survey I just came across from Pew Research. It caught my eye because it reports a much lower percentage of life partners...
Friday, August 29, 2025

The science and politics (and lawfare) of abortion pills with other uses in reproductive healthcare

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Two recent articles shed some light on how the market for reproductive healthcare is evolving.  Dr. Jessica Chen writes "I dispensed mi...
Monday, August 18, 2025

Congestion in online labor markets: too many applications

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 As online job ads make it easier to submit chatbot-assisted applications, companies are becoming overwhelmed. The WSJ has this story: How t...
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Tea and Hacking: Privacy and dating

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 Here's a modern short story about privacy, and dating.  A dating app allowed women to widely share information about men.  The app aske...
Saturday, June 28, 2025

Internet advertising: affiliate marketing scams, evolving

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 Ben Edelman announces a return to his roots, detecting advertising fraud on the internet. (Remember when malware would flash unwanted page...
Thursday, May 29, 2025

Tinder has plans to become less focused on hookups

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 The WSJ has the story: Tinder’s New Chief Is Out to Change Its Hookup-App Reputation. Spencer Rascoff is rethinking Match Group’s biggest a...
Friday, February 14, 2025

Matchmaking on campus with Marriage Pact

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 Happy Valentine's Day:) Here's a story from the Amherst Student (the student newspaper), about an annual event on many campuses tha...