If a recent Vanity Fair issue is to be believed, there's some disheartening news for single people: the "dating apocalypse," brought on by wildly popular dating apps like "Tinder," is upon us.
Young singles are too busy swiping left and right on their phones making shallow, transient connections, rather than finding real love with real people.
Denver, Colo. Romance is dead, proposes author Nancy Jo Sales, in the September issue of the publication. What sets Tinder apart from most other dating app or online dating experiences is speed and brevity. Based on a photo, first name, and age alone, users decide whether to swipe left to pass or right to like.
With GPS tracking, the app also tells users exactly how far away potential matches may be, making life even easier for those just looking for a quick hook-up. Shallowest dating app ever? The biggest criticism of Tinder? It's a seriously shallow app that turns people into quickly-judged commodities on a screen.
In a article by The Guardian, "Tinder: the shallowest dating app ever? There are hundreds upon thousands of women, about whom you know almost nothing, and you snap-appraise them with a single swipe.
