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Ways dating platforms can be niceaf:

  • Provide a comprehensive list of safer sex practices & drug/alcohol use preferences for users to put in their profile

  • Allow users to search for others by: age, gender, race/ethnicity, safer sex practices, and drug/alcohol preferences

  • Educate users about app features when they sign up and when new features are added

  • Make unlimited blocks free to all users so they can protect themselves from abuse

  • Make sexual health info easy to find

  • Encourage users to complete their profiles and use sexual health features

You told us how to make being online more respectful.

5,500 App users shared their stories about using dating apps & sites. 20 Anti-Stigma features were ranked by dating app & site users and 9 dating platform parters signed on to the campaign to improve for their users.

Read our 2022 report to learn more.

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let’s get real about drug use on dating apps

We asked community health leaders and dating app users about ways to better address drug use on the apps. Read the reports below to learn how.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
FULL REPORT
STATS:

91%

HAD AT LEAST ONE NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE RELATED TO DRUG USE ON THE APPS.

1 IN 4

DELETED A DATING APP BECAUSE OF THESE NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES.

270

DATING APP USERS PROPOSED 10 NEW FEATURES.
TOP FEATURES
FILTERING BY SUBSTANCE USE COMFORTS AND PRACTICES
SECURITY FEATURES
PROFILE FIELDS ABOUT DRUG USE PRACTICES
HEALTH RESOURCES
"Dating apps should promote an environment of freedom and no judgment"
–2023 NiceAF Participant

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