No swiping: The League dating app for professionals debuts in Cleveland

The League, a dating app that recently debuted in Cleveland, sponsors activities where singles can connect with other singles. (The League)

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Emily Davis, a first-year law student at Case Western Reserve University, is the kind of career-oriented woman that the dating app The League exists for.

Davis was among 500 Clevelanders chosen for The League’s inbitious, well-educated men and women looking for the same qualities in a mate. Her reward was receiving five potential dates when the dating app launched here Tuesday.

One of her matches was a doctoral candidate at Case Western Reserve University who described himself as a « British Texan. » Davis, 24, was charmed.

Whether Davis and the British Texan ever meet depends on on whether she sends him a « heart » through the app, and he reciprocates. On this app, there’s no swiping left or right like on other online dating sites.

A handpicked group of 500 Cleveland-area singles, chosen from a wait list of more than 3,000, received full access to The League dating app and were able to receive their matches selected by the app’s algorithm.

« They are drafted into The League, » said Meredith Davis, head of communications for The League, which is based in San Francisco.

Every day, members of The League – a curated, mobile-based dating app for career-oriented professionals – receive the profiles of two or three potential dates on their phones. Send the most interesting person a « heart, » and if one is returned, the app opens into a chat function so the two people can arrange a date. Continuer la lecture →