Burned Haystack Dating Method

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The Burned Haystack Dating Method is a dating method to help women find more success with their online dating lives. It was created by writer and professor Jennie Young. [1] The method has clear "rules" for using dating apps to "burn the haystack," i.e., find the proper dating match. [1]

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The Method

The method is called the 10-rule Burned Haystack Method. [2] [3]

Block to burn

One of the method's perhaps most controversial rules is known as, "Block to burn." Meaning, if you do not wish to meet a person for a potential date you block them on the app to avoid seeing their profile again. [2]

Creator Jennie Young has stated that followers of the Burned Haystack Method use it to, "narrow the field." [2]

Origins

The New York Times Magazine reported on the Burned Haystack Dating Method in their 2024 issue about online dating after the age of fifty. [4]

Book

A non-fiction book version of the method written by Young is set to be published by HarperCollins in April 2026, entitled Burn the Haystack: Decode Dating, Torch the Duds, and Make Room for Men Who Matter. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Young, Jennie (August 29, 2023). "Online Dating Was Hell. Then I Tried 1 Thing That Turned Out To Be A Total Game Changer". HuffPost .
  2. 1 2 3 "Block to burn: Green Bay professor sets fire to dating app expectations with popular strategy". WGBA-TV. August 7, 2024.
  3. ↑ Young, Jennie (27 February 2023). "I tried an alternative way to date – and it worked". The Independent .
  4. ↑ Jones, Maggie (April 15, 2024). "Online Dating After 50 Can Be Miserable. But It's Also Liberating". The New York Times Magazine .
  5. ↑ "Burn the Haystack". HarperCollins. 2026.


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