But at least those who are rejected on Tinder don’t know about it. We had to cross a dance floor and risk being snubbedAccording to the Online Dating Association,a quarter of what it calls “unique relationships” in the UK are formed by the utilize of dating sites. The exact nature of these relationships, how long they final, or the methodology used to arrive at the figure of one in four: these things are unknown. The world of dating sites and apps is an apple-and-pears orchard of contestable statistics. In 2013,a study by the Pew Research Centre found that one in five Americans between the ages of 25 and 45 had tried online dating at least once, but at the same time acknowledged that only 5% of Americans who were married or in a long-term relationship had found their partners online. The Guardian’s own Soulmates site says it has 230000 active users, and which was a figure that impressed me until I read that the Tinder app,launched in 2012, was by 2014 registering around a billion “swipes” worldwide a day. Related: Is Tinder really creating a ‘dating apocalypse’? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com