{
  "id": 17006609,
  "title": "Friendship Apps Were Meant to Be Easier Than Dating. Ghosting Still Happens.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/friendship-apps-were-meant-to-be-easier-than-dating-ghosting-still",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T03:07:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/news-services/washingtonpost/20261029-356238/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nat Curi was 20 when she first joined BFF, a version of Bumble’s dating site tailored to making friends. Pandemic-era restrictions had been lifted in Curi’s college town, but her friends were still scattered at their homes across the country. Curi, who grew up in Connecticut and attended Southern Connecticut State University, was looking for friends nearby.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "Friendship apps were meant to be easier than dating. Ghosting still happens.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/friendship-apps-were-meant-to-be-easier-than-dating-ghosting-still",
        "published": "2026-10-28T11:14:56.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}