## Hacks 009: Sex + Tech

### Sex Doll Brothel

- August: Aura Dolls set to open in September, almost immediately shut down for bylaw infringement.
- KinkySDolls

### People Types

- Tall People (Tall Friends)
- Rich People (Luxy)
- Celiac People (Gluten-Free Singles)
- People with Beards (Bristlr)
- Farmer People (Farmers Only)
- Threesome People (Feeld, formerly 3nder)
- Bacon People (sizzl)
- Horse People (Equestrian Cupid)
- Weed People (High There)
- Goth People (Gothic Match)
- Sailing People (Sea Captain Date)
- Clown People (Clown Dating)
- Conspiracy People (Awake Dating)
- Objectivists (Atlas Sphere)
- People in planes (Wingman)
- Gravediggers, morticians, funeral directors (Dead Meet)
- ABDLs (Diaper Mates)

### Just Add Data

Badoo: Finding the next best thing to Tom Hardy. The fancy facial recognition technology means you can scan the single market for someone who looks just like one of your fave celebs. View our Sexiest Men of The Year for inspo. (Badoo will have you believe 95% of Hackney's bearded population bares semblance to Jake Gyllenhall. Don't be fooled).

Happn: Approaching that guy you always stare at on the northern line without looking like a stalker If you pass them IRL, they’ll appear on the app, and Happn will even rack up how many times you cross paths. Living in a big city can cause issues, though – think needle in a haystack…

Hinge: Showcasing your spellbinding fluency in sarcasm. Hinge hooks you up with friends of friends, closing in that social circle, and lets you customise your profile to add three key bits of personal information - claiming this will help you find something more real. You can certainly tell more about your potential partners from their profiles, but the catch? It comes with the pressure of coming across as witty, fun and effortlessly debonair. Plus the answers might get a little old - we get it, people hate slow walkers.

Sweatt: Finding that likeminded fitness fanatic. Their algorithm promises to match you with people on the same fitness schedule, with a similar lifestyle to you. If you’re looking for a sunrise yoga partner or just an excuse to take an insta or two in your new gym leggings, Sweatt’s got you covered.

Down: Gives you the chance to tell your friends (rather than strangers) that you want to sleep with them. It pulls in every single woman who happens to be your friend on Facebook, even if they haven't joined Down yet (your cowardly come on will be waiting for them if they ever do), making it rather pointless.

### Who Has Time

Wingman: Giving in to your nagging friend who claims they can totally get you a date by the end of the week. Feeling exhausted by all these options? Let a good pal step in and take the reigns, from the comfort of their own phone. Wingman offers a competitive leaderboard, so your loyal friend has even more reason to go for the hard sell and find you potential perfect matches.

Coffee Meets Bagel: Patiently waiting for the one. Give the lowdown on your tastes, hobbies, age, education etc. by linking up to Facebook and Coffee Meets Bagel will serve you up a single, quality match each day. They’re right there on a plate, but if they’re not your thing you’ve got a full day to uncomfortably ignore Jordan while you wait with baited breath for tomorrow’s option.

Now: Fitting someone into your crammed social calendar Who has time to play games or tiptoe around someone else’s schedule? Now narrows down your options to people with the same free window of time as you. What are you waiting for? Go fill that free Friday!

Bracket: Fill out a profile and indicate preferences like age, proximity and gender. Then, Bracket delivers 16 matches for you to "play head-to-head" in a bracket-style competition that leaves you with one lucky "winner" per day, who you'll then be able to message.

- First Conent: "10 Reasons to Date a Basketball Player"

### Rekt

Tin Dog: If you're dog-obsessed here is where you can rest assured you're in good company. Pick your future partner based on their dog preferences, small, scruffy or otherwise.

Twin Dog: Tin Dog but your dog is also matched up.

The Grade: This app was designed "for the most desirable singles and aims to create a community of desirable, responsive, and articulate singles by expelling ‘failing’ users." The Grade uses an “objective” algorithm to expel low-quality members they deem hostile, offensive, and undesirable. Your behavior is graded on profile popularity (based on if you have compelling content, interesting photos, and how often your profile is “liked”), responsiveness (how often you respond and get a response back), and message quality (spelling mistakes, use of slang, inappropriate words); together these cumulative assigned letter grades are slapped on your profile, so women can see if you’re an A+ or less than. Don’t worry, just like college, you can do extra credit to improve your grades, and you’ll even get a warning if you start to slip below a C. This may seem a bit demoralizing for you, but if you’re really looking to use an app to meet a potential partner, The Grade is worth a shot.

First: You have an awesome idea for a first date, but no one who wants to date you. The solution? A new dating app called First, which allows potential matches to decide if they want to date you based on your cool date idea. To get started, you'll need to create a profile, and plan the date down to the day and time that you want it to happen. Potential matches will then indicate their interest in joining you on said date.