Swipe left if you don’t like their profile, swipe right if you do. It’s literally that simple to use the newest craze in the dating world.
Tinder is a smart phone application that is used by over 17 million singles in North America. In the last two years, they have increased their monthly active users by 36, 857 per cent according to appmtr.com.
“I actually really like it. It’s so easy to use and allows you to pick only the ones you’d like to talk to.” said Stefanie Antal.
There are people out there that are not interested in using Tinder for dating. There are the select few who are out there just to meet cool people and find friends when they’re new to a city.
“I was on Tinder one day and got matched with this guy and now he is one of my best friends,” said Chera Uschenko.
With so many singles on Tinder, there are a fair amount of success stories. People are now in relationships because of it.
“I think Tinder is the greatest thing ever because it led me to my perfect other half. If it weren’t for Tinder, I don’t think we would have ever met.” said Tasha Miller
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With so many success stories of people that met on Tinder, there are a few that have had negative experiences with it.
When you swipe left because you don’t like someone’s profile, it comes up with a big NOPE in capital letters and the colour red.
“It seems kind of vain and shallow to put a big nope on someone’s face just ‘cause you’re saying no. They could be a nice guy but it makes them look bad.” said Karissa Johnson.
It always tells you when you look at a profile how far away the person is from you.
“When a profile would say ‘less than a mile away,’ I always felt like I was a miss-swipe away from ending up in a creepy guy’s trunk.” said Johnson.
Tinder uses your Facebook profile to log you in. It shows everyone that views your profile who you are mutual friends with and your profile photos.
“I think that showing mutual friends and profile photos is an invasion of privacy.” said Mark Emblau.
With the holidays coming up, this is a perfect time to get yourself on Tinder to find that special someone to celebrate the holidays with.
