Tinder wants to be more than an app to have sex
Dating apps have been making waves among mobile audiences for quite some time. And it is that they already existed for a few years, before Tinder emerged as the best-known and most used tool. Applications which, although with the objective of connecting users, can always be used to hunt for one-night stands and, ultimately, having sexual encountersSomething that Vanity Fair magazine has been in charge of highlighting in one of its articles, directly attacking Tinderas a cause of the changes in flirting But those responsible for the application to find a partner have not remained silent in the face of these accusations.
And it is that, after the publication of the article, the account of the Tinder social network Twitter chained no less than 30 messages or tweets alluding to the content of said magazine, and in direct allusion to the writer who shaped it. Messages in which it makes clear its position as an application to create connections between people that, otherwise, could not occur. Something that goes beyond a mere way to find a sexual partner, offering ways to find people to travel, create friendships, dates and other options. And also alluding to the poor journalistic practices of the magazine and its writers when it comes to contrasting data.
According to the article of Vanity Fair, applications asTinder have changed the game when it comes to flirting, greatly facilitating sexual encounters, in addition to others couple issues And, according to data from GlobalWebIndex that echoes the article, up to 30 percent of Tinder users would be married people who don't mind taking certain risks. Something that has not sat well with those responsible for the application. Thus, their own data confirms that only 1.7 percent of their users are actually married, even though they pretend to be single through the dating application .
Through its messages, Tinder alludes to its own data , arising from the surveys it has carried out on its users, and which claim to be more numerous than the sources consulted for the article in Vanity FairThus, it indicates that the largest number of users continue to seek experiences through Tinder, connections that go beyond sex Although they do not deny that there are also profiles of men and women who only seek one-night stands However, it alludes to the 8 billion matches that have already occurred through this app when two users have swiped a contact's profile to the right
They are also pleased to reach places like China or North Korea, where social networks like Facebook are banned, preventing such connections beyond the circles of friends and family. And not only that, allowing gay people to also have this opportunity in places where prohibited Issues that gather under the concept “significant connections” (meaningful connections), looking for more than a mere sexual encounter. Of course, one thing is the image as an application for the gallery, and quite another the way in which users use it, being able to find all kinds of intentions. And you, do you only use Tinder for sex?
