IS SOCIAL MEDIA GETTING YOU LAID OR KILLING YOUR GAME?
Online dating is here to stay. Recently I talked about the huge surge in numbers on apps like Tinder and Grindr – people are out looking for strange… and they’re using their iPhones to do it. But what of the rest of the internet? How is social media affecting our love lives – help or hinder? Twitter or Tinder?
Social media may well have killed the pre-date mystery – or flat out stop the date ever happening. You might happen to meet someone at an event or through friends, wherever. You only know their first name and where they work, but that’s enough to get you started… Within 20 seconds you’ve found a LinkedIn profile and with their full name it’s a matter of moments before you have their Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. etc. etc. Now then. Who are your mutual friends? They’re two years younger than you, but that’s fine. Who is that girl they’ve tagged? Where do they spend their Saturday nights? Ohhh wait beach shot. Dodgy tattoo.