Similar to online dating sites, Tinder and similar apps (i.e. Hot or Not) have been created, geared toward 17 – 24 year olds who are looking for a love connection. Due to its rapidly growing use, I had a fellow student to try Tinder (white, heterosexual, teenage male). Prerequisites for this experimentation was to have a single subject who had never used Tinder before. I decided to conduct this experiment with both my subject and I in the Haggett Hall Lounge to see the interaction of the other dorm members, but primarily focusing on my main subject. Before the actual opening of Tinder, I asked some preliminary questions of how my subject felt about Tinder and how Tinder required a link to his personal Facebook. The general consensus was
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Despite having the bio to read, most of the profiles were still judged by their immediate profile. The few differences being one female being rejected for “seeming irritating,” another in which the subject only read “I’m an angel” in a female’s bio and instantly rejected her. Societal judgment seemed to play a large part within the experiment. The first reluctance was shown when there seemed to be a chance that the subject’s friend could figure out that he had created a Tinder through Facebook. The connotation of Tinder users seems to be on the basis that they are shallow, looking for a “hook up,” or desperate. The fear of being considered “uncool” seemed to be a large issue, most likely because the one who is emotionally detached is seen as more powerful. Being initially attractive has a clear advantage within dating apps such as Tinder. However, being able to manipulate one’s profile to emulate “natural beauty” was much more important. It was interesting that the third immediate profile female was rejected based on the fact that he had approved of the previous two females. This indicated a sense of centering in which he did not want to seem desperate and therefore heightened his …show more content…
It is strange that people cannot even process that they are afraid of being social outcasts because the fear underlies every decision of their life. Even those who “reject society” or act casual as to seem like they do not care about societal judgments all play within the sphere of societal acceptance to which they become admired and raise their own social status in turn. This new cultural event of mobile app dating is the ultimate form of judgment for it lacks the first impression that face-to-face dating took into account. Values seem to be surfacing within the rising generations in which appearance and social cohesion have become the main values in life. And with the rise of social media and mobile applications that are solely designed to rate attractiveness, these values are perpetuated and seems like they are going to stay for a
Despite having the bio to read, most of the profiles were still judged by their immediate profile. The few differences being one female being rejected for “seeming irritating,” another in which the subject only read “I’m an angel” in a female’s bio and instantly rejected her. Societal judgment seemed to play a large part within the experiment. The first reluctance was shown when there seemed to be a chance that the subject’s friend could figure out that he had created a Tinder through Facebook. The connotation of Tinder users seems to be on the basis that they are shallow, looking for a “hook up,” or desperate. The fear of being considered “uncool” seemed to be a large issue, most likely because the one who is emotionally detached is seen as more powerful. Being initially attractive has a clear advantage within dating apps such as Tinder. However, being able to manipulate one’s profile to emulate “natural beauty” was much more important. It was interesting that the third immediate profile female was rejected based on the fact that he had approved of the previous two females. This indicated a sense of centering in which he did not want to seem desperate and therefore heightened his …show more content…
It is strange that people cannot even process that they are afraid of being social outcasts because the fear underlies every decision of their life. Even those who “reject society” or act casual as to seem like they do not care about societal judgments all play within the sphere of societal acceptance to which they become admired and raise their own social status in turn. This new cultural event of mobile app dating is the ultimate form of judgment for it lacks the first impression that face-to-face dating took into account. Values seem to be surfacing within the rising generations in which appearance and social cohesion have become the main values in life. And with the rise of social media and mobile applications that are solely designed to rate attractiveness, these values are perpetuated and seems like they are going to stay for a