Mar 07, 2022 / 06:55PM GMT
Lauren Elizabeth Cassel Schenk - Morgan Stanley, Research Division - Equity Analyst
All right. Thanks, everyone, for joining us. I'm Lauren Schenk, Morgan Stanley's small, mid-cap internet analyst, and we are thrilled to be joined this morning by Gary Swidler, Match's COO and CFO. Thank you so much for joining us.
Gary Swidler - Match Group, Inc. - COO & CFO
Thanks for having me.
Questions and Answers:
Lauren Elizabeth Cassel Schenk - Morgan Stanley, Research Division - Equity AnalystSo I wanted to start a little bit bigger picture. Metaverse, social discovery, end of swiping, what does this all mean? Where do you see the business going? There's been several defining moments in the industry for the past 10, 20 years? Is this the next one?
Gary Swidler - Match Group, Inc. - COO & CFO
I think it could be. I mean, I think that there's certainly a lot of momentum in this direction. You see all sorts of different companies becoming interested in metaverse. The few