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Dating apps like Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, Match have changed the way many of us date, offering convenience, choice and connection at your finger tips. They have millions of users worldwide. As many as one in three adults in the U.S. has used them, according to Pew Research Centre. But now, ten years after their boom, there鈥檚 endless chatter about deleting them. And it鈥檚 not because people are finding their Mr or Mrs Right. Some people are opting for advice online and paid coaching programmes instead.

脰zge 脰zdemir from 麻豆社 Turkish has looked at the research. She tells us how attitudes are changing about online dating. She鈥檚 spoken to psychologists, journalists and young daters about the cultural shift and gives us an overview.

Some app developers have been accused of deliberately making their apps addictive. Elias Aboujaoude a psychiatrist from Stanford University, in the US, explains how some people get hooked.

Also, we get some dating tips from Anwar White, an American dating and relationship coach who specialises in advice for professional women, and women of colour.

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