Toxic behaviors, such as ghosting or intermittent flirting to maintain the other person’s interest, damage self-esteem, increase feelings of loneliness, and fuel dating app fatigue
Burn-out caused by countless failed dates or insecurity can push some to use applications for conversations with prospective ‘dates’ they have no intention of ever linking up with in real life
The artist Matilde Duarte has gathered hundreds of Tinder portraits that confirm that when trying to find love and stand out from the rest, the app’s users are resorting to looking as similar as possible to everyone else
