Contrary to popular opinion, dating apps are not destroyers of love and romance
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Geneva - Contrary to warnings that dating apps are encouraging superficial and short-lived flings over true romance, a Swiss study showed that app users were more likely to be seeking long-term relationships.
Mobile apps have revolutionised the way people meet around the world, and are quickly becoming the main way couples form in many countries.
Unlike traditional dating sites, which require detailed user profiles, smartphone apps like Tinder and Grindr are largely based on rating photos with a swipe review system.
This has raised fears about the impact on the ways we interact, fall in love and create lasting connections.
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New research, however, shows that relationships started on dating apps are not necessarily bad
These couples tend to have stronger intentions of cohabitation
Dating apps which are readily available for download on smart devices have completely transformed the world of dating, raising many concerns about how these apps may gamify the act of looking for love and lower levels of commitment or the value of intimacy.
However, a new study conducted by Dr Gina Potarca from the University of University of Geneva in Switzerland suggests otherwise. Results show that couples formed on such apps have stronger intentions of cohabiting (living together) than those formed offline.
Study suggests dating apps don t destroy love ANI | Updated: Jan 02, 2021 13:59 IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 2 (ANI): A novel study has shown that people who met their partners on dating applications have often stronger long-term relationship goals and that these new ways of meeting people encourage socio-educational and geographical mixing.
Mobile apps have revolutionised the way people meet in Switzerland and elsewhere in recent years. The findings of a recent study indicate that app-formed couples have stronger cohabitation intentions than couples who meet in a non-digital environment.
Unlike traditional dating sites, these apps do not feature detailed user profiles but are largely based on rating photos using a swipe review system. As dating apps escalated in popularity, so has criticism about them encouraging casual dating only, threatening the existence of long-term commitment, and possibly damaging the quality of intimacy. There
GENEVA: Contrary to warnings that dating apps are encouraging superficial and short-lived flings over true romance, a Swiss study showed Wednesday that app users were more likely to be seeking long-term relationships. Mobile apps have revolutionised the way people meet around the world, and are quickly becoming the main way couples form in many countries. Unlike traditional dating sites, which require detailed user profiles, smartphone apps like Tinder and Grindr are largely based on rating photos with a swipe review system. This has raised fears about the impact on the ways we interact, fall in love and create lasting connections.