Take a Swipe at
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Issue No. 30 VOL. Vol. 5051 ISSUE NO.10
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Dating in the palm of your hand A real-world dating app that matches you with nearby singles Leah Kelley Editor-in-Chief Kelley.90@wright.edu
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He’s on Tinder,” she said. “He’s single!” What the heck was Tinder? Was it some psychedelic drug, or a new medication? After further exploration I learned that it was not a dangerous street drug, but rather a dating app that used GPS to locate
other Tinder-users nearby, and there was no random messaging from creeps. One simply views a profile, and if they like what they see, they swipe right. If not, they swipe left. If the other person also swipes right, it’s a match. Simple? Absolutely. Like all dating apps, politics are involved. With Tinder, there are two kinds of users. Half the population of users are looking for an
easy hook-up, while the other half are looking for a real life relationship. That leads to the main issue with Tinder (and in life?): finding a person who wants the same thing as you. Chances are that half the time you make a match, he other person will want casual sex while you are looking for someone to wine, dine and marry you. The same issues that exist with
real dating exist within Tinder, except with Tinder you have nothing to lose. Many students use Tinder to strike up conversations with singles nearby, and then meet them later on a date. Like all dates, some end in disaster, and some end in love. Readers submitted stories of Tinder failures, successes and downright weird conversations they’ve had.
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