Decerry Donato is a reporter at dot. Prior to that, she was an editorial fellow at the company. Decerry received her bachelor's degree in literary journalism from the University of California, Irvine. She continues to write stories to inform the community about issues or events that take place in the L.
On the weekends, she can be found hiking in the Angeles National forest or sifting through racks at your local thrift store. Datingβa localized meet-up tool for singles that focuses on making neighborhood connectionsβis hoping to change that.
Dating app founder Ben Mussi. He launched the self-funded Seattle Dating in September as his own tech-driven spin on finding partners for lonely hearts. But soon after launch, Mussi noticed something interesting: the Seattle app was a huge hit for traveling non-locals, with traffic coming from a neighboring city in Washington.
Four months later, Portland Dating went live. Since their launch, Seattle Dating and Portland Dating have collective been downloaded by more than , users and generated 18 million swipes, , chats and , matches. Other users can also report any non-locals they see, with City Dating quick to remove them.
The use of VPNs is very prevalent in dating apps, as they allow users to hide their exact locations and make it easier for scammers outside the country to target U. Since , Mussi claims his apps have banned over 10, scammers, fake accounts and non-locals users.
