<s>
The	B-Application
League	I-Application
is	O
a	O
social	O
and	O
dating	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
application	I-Application
launched	O
in	O
2015	O
and	O
available	O
in	O
several	O
cities	O
all	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
League	I-Application
App	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2014	O
by	O
Amanda	O
Bradford	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
serves	O
as	O
its	O
CEO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2022	O
,	O
The	B-Application
League	I-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Match	O
Group	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
sum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
connect	O
their	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
profiles	O
and	O
then	O
select	O
their	O
preferences	O
for	O
matches	O
,	O
with	O
criteria	O
including	O
gender	O
,	O
age	O
,	O
height	O
,	O
distance	O
,	O
education	O
,	O
religion	O
and	O
ethnicity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
Tinder	B-Application
,	O
users	O
swipe	O
right	O
to	O
indicate	O
interest	O
in	O
a	O
potential	O
match	O
,	O
or	O
swipe	O
left	O
to	O
pass	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
League	I-Application
shows	O
users	O
only	O
five	O
potential	O
matches	O
per	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
League	I-Application
scans	O
an	O
applicant	O
's	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
profiles	O
to	O
analyze	O
alma	O
maters	O
,	O
degrees	O
,	O
professions	O
,	O
industries	O
,	O
social	O
influence	O
,	O
neighborhood	O
and	O
age	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2017	O
,	O
The	B-Application
League	I-Application
claimed	O
it	O
was	O
accepting	O
approximately	O
10-20	O
%	O
of	O
users	O
who	O
sign	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third-party	O
data	O
estimates	O
The	B-Application
League	I-Application
has	O
a	O
few	O
hundred	O
thousand	O
users	O
;	O
users	O
can	O
pay	O
nearly	O
$	O
1,000	O
per	O
week	O
for	O
its	O
top	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
League	I-Application
's	O
exclusivity	O
has	O
been	O
controversial	O
,	O
critiqued	O
as	O
being	O
elitist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
founders	O
of	O
dating	B-Application
apps	I-Application
,	O
including	O
The	B-Application
League	I-Application
,	O
this	O
is	O
because	O
modern	O
dating	B-Application
app	I-Application
algorithms	O
downrank	O
people	O
when	O
left-swiped	O
(	O
passed	O
on	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
uprank	O
when	O
right-swiped	O
(	O
approved	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
League	I-Application
shows	O
each	O
user	O
five	O
potential	O
matches	O
each	O
day	O
,	O
and	O
if	O
a	O
user	O
has	O
set	O
his	O
preferences	O
too	O
narrowly	O
,	O
he	O
may	O
be	O
shown	O
matches	O
that	O
do	O
n't	O
conform	O
to	O
them	O
,	O
racially	O
or	O
otherwise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
...	O
Bradford	O
insists	O
that	O
the	B-Application
League	I-Application
's	O
policies	O
are	O
meant	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
service	O
more	O
egalitarian	O
,	O
not	O
less	O
--	O
at	O
least	O
when	O
it	O
comes	O
to	O
race	O
.	O
</s>
