Tinder Owner's New CEO Signals Urgency to Rebuild User Trust
Match Group Inc. will 'streamline operations,' invest in growth areas and set up a confidential channel for its employees to share ideas with the executive team to improve its dating apps, said the company's newly appointed chief executive officer charged with executing on a turnaround.
'Too often, our apps have felt like a numbers game rather than a place to build real connections, leaving people with the false impression that we prioritize metrics over experience,' CEO Spencer Rascoff wrote in a note to employees that he posted to his LinkedIn profile Thursday. 'That needs to change.'
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