Tinder founders sue parent companies Match and IAC for at least $2B

Re:Tinder founders sue parent companies Match and IAC for at... by fatjokes on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @07:37PM (#17762805)

IIRC, they own one of the few online dating sites that actually generates a profit: match.com. All of their other properties, particularly Tinder and OkCupid, are basically meant to get younger people hooked so that they will eventually convert to paying for Match.com.

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Re:Tinder founders sue parent companies Match and IAC for at... by guildenstern on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @07:58PM (#17762904)

This is absolutely untrue. There are many very profitable dating sites and apps. Tinder is a fantastic example of a dating app making money hand over fist since they began monetising, their revenue is in the hundreds of millions per quarter. Tinder is projected to be half of all Match groups revenue this year.

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Re:Tinder founders sue parent companies Match and IAC for at... by doh on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @09:52PM (#17763265)

You mean the Tidner that will make $800M in revenue [0] this year?

[0] https://www.recode.net/2018/8/8/17662746/tinder-revenue-matc...

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Re:Tinder founders sue parent companies Match and IAC for at... by modells on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @08:52PM (#17763104)

OkCupid started as a free, alternative, non-traditional dating site based on a full-spectrum of interests compatibility. Unfortunately, post-acquisition, it’s becoming yet another Tinder/Match pics-first shallow hookup site.

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Re:Tinder founders sue parent companies Match and IAC for at... by beaner on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @09:34PM (#17763219)

OkCupid began monetizing before being acquired and that's part of what made them attractive.

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Re:Tinder founders sue parent companies Match and IAC for at... by krn on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @04:57AM (#17764598)

OkCupid sounds exactly like PlentyOfFish, also acquired by The Match Group.

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