The modern-day dating scene is a hellscape of endless swipes, misleading profiles, and unrealistic expectations. It's also a lot of work, especially when you're trying to gently end the unwanted ...

One of the more unpleasant challenges of online dating, especially for women, is how to deal with unwanted attention—from dick-pic-happy harassers to relentlessly eager dates who just can’t take a ...

In an age when it's more common to be swiping on Tinder at the bar than actually trying to find a partner in the wild, it's pretty likely that, at some point, you've interacted with someone who you ...

In today's connected society, text message etiquette can be a tricky minefield - especially when it comes to rejecting amorous advances. But an answer may be at hand with a program from the makers of ...

Burner, the app that lets you create and destroy new phone numbers on a whim, now has a bot of its own that automatically blows people off. Called Ghostbot, the bot lets you assign it to any number ...

Seeing as something as small as a period can make you sound like an insincere jerk, it's more than safe to say texting a new romantic interest can be a stressful, emoji-filled balancing act. This is ...

If you've ever unwittingly received harassing texts or annoying messages from someone who got hold of your number somehow, you've probably made friends with your phone's block feature. If not, because ...

Getting someone to lose your number just got a lot easier. For all those times that you might want to make a digital dash for the door, you’ll need Ghostbot. This new tool from Burner is an app that ...

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Some people just can't take a hint — particularly, it seems, if you met them on a dating app. You try to bow out of a conversation gracefully, but they Just. Keep. Messaging. You. Now there's a clever ...