(http://www.appszoom.com/iphone-app/tools-for-tinder-mass-liker-set-location-search-results-auto-mode-and-more-for-tinder-lzrhr.html)
A good example of this is the Discovery Preferences tab. IN this tab you can choose the distance between you and your potential match from 0 to 160km - and not only this! You can set this distance from multiple locations also. So imagine you're part of an Italian diaspora here in Australia - you can set your locations settings to al of the locations your fellow Italians live in, connecting you from all over the country, as well as your country of origins; essentially creating diaspora poles (Ma Mung, 2005).
So as you plebeians can see, Tinder creates a place that allows the user to communicate and exchange with members of their diaspora to find a sense of self identity in their community.
References:
Ma Mung, E. (2005) Diaspora, Spatiality, Identities. W. Bosswick & C. Husband (Eds), Comparative European research in migration, diversity and identities. Spain: University of Deusto.
Van Luyn, A. (2015) BA1002: Our space: Netowrks, narratives and the making of places, Lecture 7: People Networks. Retrieved from http://www.learnjcu.jcu.edu.au
I like the way you took this post. It never even occurred to me that Tinder of all things could be used to seek out and find members of a Diaspora and allow those within that community and with a "shared belief in the same origin" (Ma Mung as cited by Kuttainen, 2015) and connect with said people. I love the way you incorporated the use of the Discovery tab in Tinder to support your argument. Very perceptive of you, indeed. I wonder how many people involved in Diasporas have come across this and used it to their advantage. I know Tinder is more of a dating app, and people view it as such, but this has opened up a world of possibilities, communities coming together and meeting new people who have gone through the same thing. This is quite an interesting revelation, to say the least. Very well done, a tremendous read.
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Kuttainen, V. (2015) Our space: Networks, narratives, and the making of place, lecture 7: People networks [Powerpoint Slides] Retrieved on September 13, 2015 from http://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au
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ReplyDeleteI also think this post is supreme. The setting you described where you could set distance parameters from different locations would definitely, in my opinion, be a useful tool for people in diaspora to connect with others who also share a belief of coming from the same origin. This would create a sense of community identity among these people who do live diaspora, in a place that might not be conductive to expressing that identity. Not only that but connect with people in their own origins to further cement a sense of identity (Kuttainen, 2015). I'm sure not many others have thought to use the Tinder location settings like that! But it would definitely be a handy tool to have for anyone living in diaspora, not only for dating but simply for meeting new people and getting a sense of the diaspora around you. Even for those who do not live in diaspora, they can gain the same experience of discovering the cultures around them - all of these exotic discoveries would only be a swipe away.
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Kuttainen, V. (2015) Our space: Networks, narratives, and the making of place, lecture 7: People networks [Powerpoint Slides] Retrieved on September 13, 2015 from http://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au