> Tinder’s marketing frames the service as ideal for finding a study buddy or someone to hang out with on the quad. Statements like this never fail to amaze me

> Tinder’s marketing frames the service as ideal for finding a study buddy or someone to hang out with on the quad. Statements like this never fail to amaze me. Obviously nobody uses Tinder for that purpose. The entire premise of the app, right down to the UX design, is facilitating sexual encounters based primarily on physical attraction. So who exactly is the audience for statements like this? Incredibly naive concerned parents? Is there really a significant number of people who would fall for hilariously transparent whitewashing attempts like this?