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Land of the Giants

Tinder Changed the Game

Land of the Giants

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Society & Culture, Business

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

When Tinder launched in 2012, it changed dating culture and our expectations around dating forever by leveraging the iPhone and gamifying the dating experience. But did the rise of dating apps make finding romance easier or harder, and what are the consequences of playing a game that never ends? Hosted by Sangeeta Singh Kurtz (@sangeetaskurtz) and Lakshmi Rengarajan (@Shmi_So_Far) Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear next week's episode by hitting the plus sign in your favorite podcast app Follow @TheCut and @verge on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I'm just like a digital native. You get everything online, groceries, clothes, music, it just seemed natural that I would get a mate there as well.

1:45.0

This is Allison Davis. Today, she's a features writer at New York Magazine, but 10 years ago, she was in grad school, and single. Very single.

1:58.0

In theory, there was a huge dating pool on her campus. In practice, she was having a hard time meeting people.

2:05.0

So she downloaded this new app called Tinder, and suddenly, there was an entire catalog of people at her fingertips.

2:13.0

It felt exciting and optimistic, and like I was about to have a whole bounty of experiences waiting for me, that would be fruitful enough that I could delete the app.

2:24.0

It was 2012. The iPhone had been around for a few years, which meant that there were apps for just about everything, promising to make all kinds of inconvenient things more convenient.

2:36.0

It made sense that there'd be one for dating, too. One like Tinder.

2:40.0

It sold itself as like an easier way to date, just like control over your dating life in the palm of your hand.

2:47.0

And that was really attracted to me at a time when I felt like dating was confusing, and my relationships are always spinning out of control.

2:55.0

And I was like, oh yes, here's a thing in my hands that I can control, and it didn't feel weird.

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