Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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0:00 Intro | The original objective of Tinder | What Tinder looks like today | Why people are increasingly using dating apps
4:47 How Tinder (specifically) has changed the way we date and form relationships
11:37 Why there are so few women on dating apps | 20% Male Elite advantage on dating apps
16:28 No. of likes = Desirability / Value | Who Tinder is for | Why and how Tinder keeps its most valued users swiping (and needs you to do it) | The unnatural proliferation of hypergamy and rejection
--- FURTHER READING | SOURCES ---
π quillette.com/2021/06/28/mate-selection-for-modernity [Mate Selection for Modernity, Quillette]
π medium.com/@worstonlinedater [worst-online-dater experiments and findings from 2015]
π businessofapps.com/data/tinder-statistics [Some of the most recent statistics on Tinder]
π onlineforlove.com/tinder-statistics/?vid=efVWNqVcjFGoCyE6ObqKf1H5b6x&n=10wDm2lPZsFi&utm_term=efVWNqVcjFGoCyE6ObqKf1H5b6x [More in-depth and multi-source statistics and analyses about Tinder and other popular dating apps]
π theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/27/why-do-dating-apps-bring-out-the-worst-in-men [Why Do Dating Apps Bring Out the Worst in Men? by Nancy Jo Sales is a very interesting piece about the dating app biosphere]
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β’ Email: kidology.co@gmail.com
[Feel free to email me: It'll probably take me some time to respond as I get quite a few but I LOVE HEARING FROM YOU, YOUR THOUGHTS, OPINIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND CRITIQUES! So, please do send me emails!]
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--- SEXUAL MARKET LIBERALISM ---
Stay tuned for my follow-up video going into extensively more depth than this video. It'll focus on the origins and contradictions of this brutal market we are all, in some way or another, apart of. I'll be scripting and recording it very soon, and it should be up by the end of March 2022. This essay inspired my interest in this topic: unherd.com/2022/01/why-do-men-hate-women-2 [The cost of sexual liberation: There's a price to pay for emancipation by Mary Harrington]
Thank you very much for your time and engagement. Let me know your thoughts, opinions, and experiences down below; I am intrigued to read...
--- TIMESTAMPS ---
0:00 Intro | The original objective of Tinder | What Tinder looks like today | Why people are increasingly using dating apps
4:47 How Tinder (specifically) has changed the way we date and form relationships
11:37 Why there are so few women on dating apps | 20% Male Elite advantage on dating apps
16:28 No. of likes = Desirability / Value | Who Tinder is for | Why and how Tinder keeps its most valued users swiping (and needs you to do it) | The unnatural proliferation of hypergamy and rejection
--- FURTHER READING | SOURCES ---
π quillette.com/2021/06/28/mate-selection-for-modernity [Mate Selection for Modernity, Quillette]
π medium.com/@worstonlinedater [worst-online-dater experiments and findings from 2015]
π businessofapps.com/data/tinder-statistics [Some of the most recent statistics on Tinder]
π onlineforlove.com/tinder-statistics/?vid=efVWNqVcjFGoCyE6ObqKf1H5b6x&n=10wDm2lPZsFi&utm_term=efVWNqVcjFGoCyE6ObqKf1H5b6x [More in-depth and multi-source statistics and analyses about Tinder and other popular dating apps]
π theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/27/why-do-dating-apps-bring-out-the-worst-in-men [Why Do Dating Apps Bring Out the Worst in Men? by Nancy Jo Sales is a very interesting piece about the dating app biosphere]
--- OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA ---
β’ Email: kidology.co@gmail.com
[Feel free to email me: It'll probably take me some time to respond as I get quite a few but I LOVE HEARING FROM YOU, YOUR THOUGHTS, OPINIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND CRITIQUES! So, please do send me emails!]
β’ Twitter - @kidology.co
β’ Instagram - kidology.co
β’ Patreon - Kidology
--- SEXUAL MARKET LIBERALISM ---
Stay tuned for my follow-up video going into extensively more depth than this video. It'll focus on the origins and contradictions of this brutal market we are all, in some way or another, apart of. I'll be scripting and recording it very soon, and it should be up by the end of March 2022. This essay inspired my interest in this topic: unherd.com/2022/01/why-do-men-hate-women-2 [The cost of sexual liberation: There's a price to pay for emancipation by Mary Harrington]
Thank you very much for your time and engagement. Let me know your thoughts, opinions, and experiences down below; I am intrigued to read...
