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Tinder went looking for fresh flesh – and accidentally found me

These apps help people to make social connections — but at the cost, perhaps, of sexualising social life

2 May 2015

9:00 AM

2 May 2015

9:00 AM

Through some freak accident of PR, I was invited to an event organised by Tinder. If you’re over 40 or have become prematurely married, you might not know what Tinder is. It’s the mobile-phone app that facilitates courtship by allowing people to signal their interest in other users within a certain radius — you can set it to just a mile, if you’re in a real hurry to ‘connect’.

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