BBC NEWSNIGHT Interview

The Tinder Phenomenon

Youtube video (no longer available on BBC iPlayer)

I watched this video of Newsnight exploring the use and idea around the dating app, Tinder. After watching it, I got the idea that tinder is used to find people near to your location by deciding weather you like them or not using there photograph, that they decide to present on their profile.
I also feel that this app is very intimidating and almost absurd as you can only judge what the persons personality may be like or the chemistry/attraction you may get between each other by the use of their profile picture.
It also may be slightly dangerous as they could put any photograph online and it may not even be them! As well as finding you matches based on your location, is it really worth broadcasting your every move?


Reference
BBC Newsnight (2013) NEWSNIGHT: The tinder phenomenon. Youtube [Video] 12 December. Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBOSJI3gIZA [Accessed 10 January 2014]