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Tinder responds to viral video about tricking facial scan
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Hinge's latest feature makes date planning a little easier
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AdultFriendFinder vs. Plenty of Fish: Most legit, success rates, and more
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Is AdultFriendFinder legit? Only if you can follow these 4 rules.
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Tinder wants more women users, CEO says
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AdultFriendFinder success rate: Real AFF info from someone who’s tried it

Meet Our Experts

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Rachel Thompson
Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.

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Anna Iovine
Associate Editor, Features
 

Anna Iovine is the associate editor of features at Mashable. Previously, as the sex and relationships reporter, she covered topics ranging from dating apps to pelvic pain. Before Mashable, Anna was a social editor at VICE and freelanced for publications such as Slate and the Columbia Journalism Review. Follow her on Bluesky.

Sex, Dating & Relationships

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The best hookup apps for 2026: I swiped until my thumb hurt
How to unblock Pornhub for free in Nebraska
How to unblock xHamster for free
How to unblock Pornhub for free in Australia
'Euphoria' made sex work go viral. Real sex workers are still getting censored.
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illustration of two men on a date The best gay dating apps of 2026: Grindr is still king (even if we sometimes wish it wasn't)
two people sitting in a coffee shop The best dating apps for introverts who prefer books to bars
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News

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen EU releases age-verification app
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two people sitting in a coffee shop The best dating apps for introverts who prefer books to bars
two gamers clinking glasses From Comic-Con to committed — the best dating apps for every kind of nerd
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