Here's What Happened When We Went To An "Elite" Dating App's Party

The League, a dating app dubbed “Tinder for elites,” threw an exclusive party in The Hamptons, because of course they did.

Jarry Lee and Brett Vergara.

Cale G. Weissman / Jarry Lee / BuzzFeed

"Date intelligently!" proclaims The League, a new and highly selective dating app targeted at "elite singles" in San Francisco and New York. The League relies on LinkedIn data and "an advanced screening algorithm" to help determine who is accepted into the app and who stays on its extensive waitlist: Potential users are judged by their education and employment history in order to ensure they are "high-quality" enough to join the community of singles. (Once in the app, you can even further specify if you want the education level of your matches to be "highly selective" or merely "selective.") The ideal user is smart, ambitious, and successful, according to the app's website.

On July 31, The League held an exclusive party at the Surf Lodge hotel in Montauk, New York, promising great cocktails and an even better sunset. (For the uninitiated, Montauk is a newly hip vacation destination town at the eastern tip of The Hamptons, and the Surf Lodge is at the center of its young, trendy scene.) We were invited to attend and cover the event as press and arrived via party bus, though the vast majority of people on the bus were not press, just eligible members of The League. Brett had been on the app for a few weeks, whereas Jarry only had it for a couple of days, and neither of us was sure exactly what to expect. Here's what happened:


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