Tinder may not actually be very good for finding a partner

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Is this the best place to look for love?

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Tinder doesn’t seem to be as good at finding you a partner as you might think. An analysis of the match-making service found that most people don’t meet up with others through the app and the chances of meeting someone interested in a long-term relationship are relatively low.

Trond Viggo Grøntvedt at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and his colleagues surveyed 269 students in Norway who said they were current or former Tinder users. About 60 per cent of the students were women.

People reported …

source: newscientist.com