Translating… Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme led his first “Desert Session” in 1997, a year after he left stoner-metal firebrands Kyuss, when he invited members of Monster Magnet and Soundgarden, among others, together for an improvisational jam in Joshua Tree, California. After that, he regularly organized different groups of musicians to record … Read more
Mon, 28 October 2019 at 1:00 pm Next Slide » Have you ever seen a celebrity on a dating app? Well, many of them are on there! There are several celebrities who have admitted over the years to using Match.com, Tinder, OK Cupid, and more dating apps. Can you believe Zac Efron was on Tinder … Read more
Translating… On Still Slaps, we dive deep into a piece of maybe-forgotten pop culture to find out if it indeed continues to slap. Novelty songs don’t always have a happy fate. Like comets, they burn fast and bright, illuminating our radio waves with their infectious melodies and catchy, dorky lyrics, then eventually dying off to … Read more
People of all ages, genders, and sexual orientations are spending upwards of $US5,000 for Amy Nobile of New York City-based dating service Love, Amy to fixing their dating apps. And that’s not all she does: Nobile helps them with everything from wardrobe consultations to photoshoots for their profiles. She also gives all clients three basic … Read more
近期，知名交友軟體遭控利用假帳號與機器人，營造受歡迎假象，引誘人們付費。 「看看誰喜歡你」：如果有一天，like 你的都是機器人 對許多千禧世代來說，使用交友軟體幾乎是生活的一部分，也有許多人願意為此花錢。 數位時代、Techcrunch 報導，Tinder 近幾年來營收有大幅成長。從 2016 年的一億七千五百萬美元，升到 2018 年的近八億營收，其中有很大部分，來自付費會員。（延伸閱讀：戀愛往右滑：交友軟體真能找到另一半嗎？） 只不過，9 月 26 日，美國聯邦貿易委員會（The Federal Trade Commission，下稱 FTC）控告 Tinder 母公司 Match Group，刻意利用假帳號、機器人對話，營造使用者受歡迎的假象，再引誘使用者購買付費內容，掏錢看看到底有誰對我按「喜歡」。並且，不只是Tinder，Match Group 旗下其他交友軟體如 OK cupid、PlentyOfFish、Match 等軟體，也都有類似情況發生。 我們在網路上追求「被愛」「被喜歡」，在按下同意，付出大量個人隱私資訊、定位數據服務、填入各種喜好的同時，換來的卻是假帳號、機器人留言，也讓人懷疑，這個名為「愛情」的市場交易，在商業的手不斷介入之下，我們真的可以得到我們想要的「幸福」嗎？ 圖片｜okcupid 假帳號、機器人營造受歡迎假象，讓你掏錢 據 Techcrunch 報導，FTC 指出消費者並不知道，Match 的註冊帳號，有高達 25-30% 的比例是假帳號。而且，在 2013 年到 2016 年之中好幾個月，Match 中超過一半的對話，發生在被官方認定為詐騙帳號（fraudulent）的對話框內。 這導致愛情詐騙、網路釣魚、以及廣告充斥交友軟體的現象。 或許，有人會主張，這種狀況在許多交友社團、軟體中都難以避免。不過更爭議的是，在 Match 案例中，交友軟體甚至直接從這種情況中獲利。 交友軟體還會寄出廣告電郵或促銷訊息，像是『你吸引了這些人注意！』到潛在的付費使用者手中，引誘他們花錢，看是誰按了他們愛心。 儘管這些訊息與愛心，有很大一部分是來自於詐騙帳號、或聊天機器人。《洛杉磯時報》指出，當有消費者試著反映這種大量假帳號的狀況時，Match 還會否認，並拒絕退款。 「我們相信，Match 是有意引誘人們付費來看這些他們已知是詐騙帳號的訊息。」美國消費者保護局局長安德魯·史密斯（Andrew Smith）指出。「線上約會服務，很明顯地不應該利用愛情詐騙，當成獲利方式。」 圖片｜來源 當愛情成為市場交易，商業的手如何介入 … Read more
Translating… It’s been four years since Josh Duggar’s sex scandals nearly brought down his family’s media empire. Obviously, the most egregious allegation against the father of five is that he molested five young girls, four of whom were his sisters. In the years since, those appalling charges (for which Duggar avoided criminal prosecution with the help … Read more
Ladies, there is absolutely no shame in diversifying your dating portfolio. In fact, it’s highly encouraged to put your eggs into lots of different baskets while you’re a free agent, as long as you can do it without being a total dick. There is an art to dating multiple guys at once while keeping your … Read more
Translating… Uno creyendo que finalmente encontró el amor verdadero en las apps de ligue más importantes y resulta que todo este tiempo estuvimos haciéndonos falsas ilusiones. ¿Tal parece que se apagó la chispa?. Y es que la Comisión Federal de Comercio de Estados Unidos, demandó a Match.com, empresa que agrupa al sitio homónimo, ‘Tinder’ y … Read more
Last week musician Mark Ronson publicly stated that he was sapiosexual on TV show Good Morning Britain. It’s a term that many people hadn’t heard of before, including Ronson himself. He was backstage when the hosts and another guest were discussing the term after Britain’s French minister Marlèna Schiappa had identified as sapiosexual. “I didn’t … Read more
اندرو یانگ – جمعیت در حال گشت و گذار ، “ Shidling Cupid “کارآفرین 44 ساله که علائم بیماریهای آمریکا برای هر شهروند 1000 دلار در ماه است – به راحتی نامزدترین نامزد در زمینه 2020 است. با این حال ، یانگ ، یک بار به عنوان یک میزگرد سرگرم کننده برکنار شد ، گذشته … Read more