Hinge's Justin McLeod: "Engineering intimacy"

The Times Tech Podcast

• Episode: Hinge's Justin McLeod: "Engineering intimacy"
• Website: The Times Tech Podcast
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• Duration: 00:45:55
• Published: 2021-08-13 04:00

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Justin McLeod, founder of Hinge, to talk about dating in the pandemic (2:41), launching an app (4:33), his early years as a “hot mess” (5:51), cleaning up his act (6:50), loneliness (9:45), overhauling the app (12:15), the irony of maximizing for “time in app” (15:03), injecting friction into the process (18:10), introducing a “vaccine status” badge (23:28), Facebook dating (27:00), the future of dating (30:03), the 36 questions to find love (32:14), his worst day of work (38:14), reconnecting with his wife (39:49), video first dates (41:49), and selling to IAC (43:20).

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