ABSTRACT

We analyse rejection experiences in mobile dating applications (MDA), in particular Tinder, based on the variables of gender and age. To do so, we conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with forty (40) heterosexual Tinder users (10 women aged 18–28 years, 11 women aged 40–60, 10 men aged 18–28, and 9 men aged 40–60). Results showed that rather than explicitly hostile experiences, users encounter a gamified soft-rejection technology where being not-selected or discarded (or not-selecting or discarding others) emerges as an apparently harmless element of a dating experience that is structured into six successive stages (self-classification, selection of partners, match, first conversation, progress, face-to-face). We discuss these findings, concluding that this paradigm may be new but it still mirrors traditional structures of machismo and ageism.

摘要

我们根据性别和年龄的变量分析移动约会应用程序 (MDA) 中的拒绝体验，尤其是 Tinder。为此，我们对四十 (40) 名异性恋 Tinder 用户（10 名 18-28 岁女性、11 名 40-60 岁女性、10 名 18-28 岁男性和 9 名 40-28 岁男性）进行了深入的半结构化访谈。 60)。结果表明，用户遇到的不是明确的敌对体验，而是游戏化的软拒绝技术，其中不选择或丢弃（或不选择或丢弃其他人）作为约会体验中明显无害的元素出现，分为六个连续阶段（自我分类、选择伙伴、匹配、第一次对话、进度、面对面）。我们讨论这些发现，