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Meeting a potential soul-mate has never been easier than with the latest dating app, Tinder. This new age of virtual dating began in 2013 and has snowballed in popularity ever since. Tinder creates a place where single-and-ready-to-mingle adults can go to make discourse and meet IRL, (Van Luyn, 2015).

                    

While for many of us Tinder is a necessary evil, I do understand that we’re not all social plebeians and have no idea what Tinder is, SO:

HOW TINDER WORKS:

1.     Set up your personal profile

2.     Set potential match parameters

3.     START SWIPING!

Potential matches will immediately pop up for your perusal. If you like the look of your match, you swipe right allowing you to converse with your match. If you don’t like the look of your potential match, you swipe left, literally giving them the flick.

Once you’ve established your match you can choose to disclose whatever information you do or do not wish, (Clark and Clarkson, 1992). This obviously has its benefits and disadvantages; so keeping up with the know-how is a must when navigating the treacherous waters of blind-internet-dating.

References:

Van Luyn, A. (2015). BA1002: Space: Networks, Narratives, and the Making of Place, week 3 notes      [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from https://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au/bbcswebdav/pid-1987507-dt-content-rid-2691289_1/xid-2691289_1

Clark, H., & Carlson, T. B. (1992) Arenas of language use (pp. 205-247). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

McNeill, L. (2005). Diary 2.0? A Genre Moves from Page to Screen. Vancouver, Canada: University of British Columbia.