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Nearly 3,945 respondents aged 23 to 28 from QuackQuack's survey of 10,000+ Indian dating app users reported having at le… Friday 14th August (2 days ago) · 1 min read Read → ](/news/gen-z-canon-event-dating-patterns)[ Technology & AI Lab ![Two pairs of young adult friends using smartphones while sitting on a sunlit villa terrace.](https://images.pexels.com/photos/29040537/pexels-photo-29040537.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&w=600&h=340&fit=crop&fm=webp&q=50&dpr=1) ### Tinder's 'Double Date Island': Content Strategy or Product Mirage? 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