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Articles on personal ads, swipe app fatigue, and text-first dating — plus a four-part investigative series on the return of the personal ad.

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Standalone Articles

Practical and cultural pieces on personal ads, dating apps, and what the current moment in dating looks like.

The Best Craigslist Personals Alternatives in 2026
Craigslist Personals shut down in 2018. Here’s what made it work, what it didn’t do well, and what the best alternatives look like now.
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Personal Ads Are Back — And Everyone Is Noticing
The New York Times, NBC’s Today show, and New York Magazine have all covered the same story. Here’s what they found — and why it makes sense.
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Personal Ads vs. Swipe Dating Apps: What’s the Difference?
They’re not stylistic variations on the same product. They’re fundamentally different formats with different strengths and different assumptions about how people should find each other.
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Series

Four-Part Investigative Series
The Return of the Personal Ad
What disappeared when Craigslist shut Personals in 2018, how the format rebuilt itself across queer apps, newsletters, and newspaper holdouts, and why the mainstream press started noticing in 2024.