I would go kind of in waves like I would feel really lonely and then I would download all of the apps.

If I was in line at some place like the coffee shop I'd open it I'd say like four or five times a day.

It was exciting like being able to see who was out there.

I'm aware of this internet stereotype that men don't have photos of themselves. I don't have any photos myself.

I like really genuinely wanted to get married and settled on.

I think that if you go in and if that thought presses of I'm going to measure this person and that's a person I'm going to marry.

It's hard it's not going to be the person.

There's no progress bar. There's no sense of like when this will be over.

I feel like I always have this moment after I've swiped through a few profiles where like what I feel is like is this really it?

I'm Singida Sinkerts.

I'm Lakshmi Ran Garajan and we're the hosts of this season of Land of the Giants,

a podcast about the biggest tech companies of our time.

We're exploring the multi-billion dollar dating app industry to better understand how apps like Tinder,

Hinge and Bumble impact our search for love.

Rasking the question are their business goals aligned with your romantic ones?

We'll talk to the architects behind some of the world's most popular dating apps and features.

My biggest contribution is having come up with the sort of iconic swipe that people have come to love or hate.

We'll talk to industry leaders whose companies have reshaped the way we approach dating.

We're swiping you do the better the more matching you do the better the more chatting you do the better.

It was just about get the most engaged possible, get the most user growth possible.

We'll talk to experts studying the ways this technology has impacted our relationships.

The door is never shut.

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