Tinder dating app guide

Tinder is a location-based social search mobile app and Web application most often used as a dating service, that allows users to use a swiping motion to like (swipe right) or dislike (swipe left) other users.

The information available to users is based on pictures, a short biography, and, optionally, a linked Instagram, Facebook or Spotify account. Tinder originally required access to a Facebook account for the user of Tinder but, as of August 2019, Tinder allows users to register using a telephone number and without access to a Facebook account.

Tinder was launched in 2012 within startup incubator Hatch Labs, a joint venture of IAC and mobile development firm Xtreme Labs. By 2014, Tinder was registering about one billion "swipes" per day.

Only a few years ago, online dating was something many of us assumed that only desperate or creepy people did, and no one dared admit to searching for or having met their partner online. There are plenty of great dating apps out there, but there's one app in particular that people are using: Tinder.