A dating scholar has compared using Tinder to shopping.
According to The Independent UK, Zoe Strimpol was chatting on Radio 4’s The Long View programme.
She said:
“When you buy something, it’s novel and when you’re done with it you dispose of it,” she said.
“There’s been widespread concern that web apps like Tinder have fostered that exact kind of disposability.”
Journalist and Tinder user Siam Goorwich shared Strimpol’s sentiment:
“The thing with online dating and Tinder, in particular, is that it’s making people less likely to commit.”
“Users always think there’s something better out there, so even in the early stages of relationships, people are still going on Tinder and still looking for new partners or a better partner” he said.
