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'Date Like Goblins' Thinks Playing Games Can Fix Dating Apps

More niche dating apps hope to disrupt the dominance of giants like Tinder and Hinge. The latest encourages people to date in “goblin mode.”

Since ChatGPT ’s rise to prominence, people have looked for ways to incorporate generative AI into conversations with strangers online, either by having a digital twin go on first dates for them or by turning to chatbots to come up with new pickup lines. But if Hinge, Bumble, and Tinder are the packed, noisy singles bars of online dating, these smaller apps are the quieter café or running club. Keeney notes that the early beta users of Date Like Goblins have included people who are neurodivergent, immunocompromised, or introverted, all of whom may feel more comfortable getting to know someone doing an activity rather than sitting down face-to-face for a drink or coffee.

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