The multi-swipe
Last weekend I hung out with a friend and her new boyfriend who she met on Tinder. I had to ask him a question that I, along with a few girlfriends of mine who have also dabbled in online dating, have been pondering: why do men ‘match’ you then not bother to have a conversation?
He summed it up pretty quickly: men 'right swipe’ every single profile - the 'multi-swipe’ - before sifting through their matches to decide who they really like.
This gives false hope: that moment of innocent happiness and intrigue when I match with someone has now been replaced with a large dose of cynicism.
I suddenly feel like one of those token contestants on The X Factor, blindly taken through the rounds, thinking they have a shot in hell of succeeding.
