Tinder Goes On Epic Twitter Rant Over Vanity Fair Story
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Tinder and the dawn of the “Dating Apocalypse” http://t.co/0AbRU2MKrn
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) August 12, 2015An article in Vanity Fair — "Tinder and the Dawn of the 'Dating Apocalypse,'" by Nancy Jo Sales — takes a look at modern "hookup" culture and the impact dating apps like Tinder are having on the lives of 20-somethings. It begins with a scene at a bar in Manhattan’s financial district, where young Wall Street executives are "peering into their screens and swiping on the faces of strangers they may have sex with later that evening." An investment banker identified as "Dan" compares the ritual to using the popular online food-delivery Seamless, except "you’re ordering a person.""Tinder sucks," the group tells Sales, but "they don’t stop swiping."
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Tinder creates experiences. We create connections that otherwise never would have been made. 8 billion of them to date, in fact.
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 2015Vanity Fair published the piece online Tuesday night. And Tinder, you might say, didn't simply swipe left. The Los Angeles-based company exploded in an epic Twitter rant, arguing its app offers more than just hookups.
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Tinder users are on Tinder to meet people for all kinds of reasons. Sure, some of them — men and women — want to hook up.
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 2015But Tinder didn't stop there...
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Just like in real life. And in the many years that existed before Tinder.
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 20155.
But we know from our own survey data that it’s actually a minority of Tinder users.
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 20156.
Our data tells us that the vast majority of Tinder users are looking for meaningful connections.
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 20157.
And our data also tells us that Tinder actually creates those meaningful connections.
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 20158.
We have tons and tons of emails from people that have all kinds of amazing experiences on Tinder.
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 20159.
The Tinder Generation is real. Our users are creating it. But it’s not at all what you portray it to be.
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 201510.
It’s about meeting new people for all kinds of reasons. Travel, dating, relationships, friends and a shit ton of marriages.
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 201511.
Talk to the female journalist in Pakistan who wrote just yesterday about using Tinder to find a relationship where being gay is illegal.
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 201512.
Talk to our many users in China and North Korea who find a way to meet people on Tinder even though Facebook is banned.
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 201513.
Talk to the many Tinder couples — gay and straight — that have gotten married after meeting on Tinder.
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 201514.
Or talk to people that have made some of their best friends on Tinder.
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 201515.
The ability to meet people outside of your closed circle in this world is an immensely powerful thing.
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 201516.
So we are going to keep focusing on bringing people together. That’s why we’re here. That is why all of us at Tinder work so hard.
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 201517.
You could have talked about how users build a Tinder profile that expresses who they are.
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 201518.
Or how millions of Tinder users have connected their Instagram accounts, so potential matches can learn more about them.
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 201519.
Instead, your article took an incredibly biased view, which is disappointing.
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 201520.
If you want to try to tear us down with one-sided journalism, well, that’s your prerogative.
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 201521.
But it’s not going to dissuade us from building something that is changing the world. #GenerationTinder
— Tinder (@Tinder) August 11, 201522.
My article isn't even about @Tinder lol
— Nancy Jo Sales (@nancyjosales) August 12, 2015Nancy Jo Sales, the author of "Tinder and the Dawn of the 'Dating Apocalypse,'" responded in kind.
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@Tinder not clear: are you suggesting journalists need your okay to write about you?
— Nancy Jo Sales (@nancyjosales) August 12, 2015Views
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