<s>
Huggle	B-Application
was	O
a	O
location-based	O
social	O
application	O
which	O
connected	O
users	O
based	O
on	O
commonality	O
of	O
places	O
they	O
frequent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founders	O
Stina	O
Sanders	O
and	O
Valerie	O
Stark	O
met	O
after	O
Stark	O
moved	O
from	O
Moscow	O
to	O
London	O
and	O
was	O
using	O
Instagram	B-Application
geolocation	O
data	O
to	O
try	O
and	O
meet	O
people	O
who	O
hung	O
out	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
places	O
she	O
did	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sanders	O
and	O
Stark	O
took	O
the	O
idea	O
to	O
Andrey	O
Andreev	O
,	O
the	O
tech	O
entrepreneur	O
that	O
backed	O
Bumble	B-Application
,	O
a	O
feminist	O
dating	O
app	O
,	O
and	O
founded	O
dating	O
app	O
Badoo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
Phone	O
at	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
survey	O
of	O
1,500	O
people	O
conducted	O
by	O
Huggle	B-Application
in	O
2016	O
showed	O
that	O
dating	O
apps	O
that	O
match	O
people	O
solely	O
on	O
appearance	O
have	O
a	O
negative	O
impact	O
on	O
people	O
's	O
self-esteem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2018	O
,	O
Huggle	B-Application
turned	O
off	O
its	O
dating	O
mode	O
for	O
24	O
hours	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
combat	O
the	O
pressure	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
date	O
for	O
Valentine	O
's	O
Day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2018	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Badoo	O
had	O
acquired	O
Huggle	B-Application
as	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
actual	O
profile	O
is	O
generated	O
with	O
information	O
from	O
other	O
social	O
media	O
sites	O
including	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Foursquare	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Instagram	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Huggle	B-Application
includes	O
a	O
"	O
visitors	O
"	O
feature	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
see	O
people	O
who	O
view	O
their	O
profile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
safety	O
feature	O
users	O
encounter	O
on	O
Huggle	B-Application
is	O
a	O
one-minute	O
photo	O
verification	O
through	O
which	O
Huggle	B-Application
asks	O
users	O
to	O
take	O
selfies	O
by	O
copying	O
different	O
gestures	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
first	O
compared	O
to	O
uploaded	O
pictures	O
using	O
160	O
points	O
on	O
the	O
face	O
,	O
then	O
verified	O
and	O
approved	O
by	O
the	O
moderators	O
to	O
filter	O
fake	O
profiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
verified	O
by	O
their	O
phone	O
number	O
,	O
Gmail	B-Application
account	O
,	O
Instagram	B-Application
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Huggle	B-Application
uses	O
hyperlocal	O
technology	O
to	O
avoid	O
fake	O
check-ins	O
.	O
</s>
