Tinder Threw A Tantrum On Twitter Over Vanity Fair’s Exposé Of Their Hookup Service

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The terrifying world of Tinder received its own feature spotlight in a new Vanity Fair exposé, which revealed an unironic glimpse of millennial dating habits. The online dating phenomenon has been bubbling away for over a decade but reached a fever pitch with the left-swipe habit promoted by Tinder.

Vanity Fair’s article is not kind to Tinder. Various gentlemen users brag about sleeping with several “Tinderellas” in one week. They pride themselves upon not spending more than $80 total on all of these dates. There’s a wink and nod to at-home movie dates as a special hookup language. Some dudes claim to “get it in” on the basis of emoji-only texts, no words required. And of course, the guys talk about how they’d never tolerate such behavior from a marriageable woman.

The ladies seem resigned to the extinction of dating behavior. Even when they see the same guy for several months, there’s no notion of boyfriend/girlfriend behavior. The men in the article possess “a perceived surplus of women,” so they only “pursue a short-term mating strategy.” The women sort of shrug and go along with the plan “in order to mate at all.” The men insist that women have their own agendas and “field their options” based upon the dudes’ professions and wealth (or lack thereof). They accuse the women of grabbing free meals disguised as dates. The whole scene appears to be an utter mess.

Tinder was not pleased with the portrayal of their popular dating app. The company had a meltdown on Twitter, which was about as classy as the clientele described in Vanity Fair’s article.

Tinder appears worried about Vanity Fair’s article, but users don’t care. They’re too busy swiping left.

(via Vanity Fair, Buzzfeed & Tinder on Twitter)