Decoding Dating: Recent Episodes
Sara Nayak, Sam Hall, Zach Walters, Emmy Danforth
Produced by graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania, this podcast explores how dating app algorithms are shaping our behavior, safety, and online privacy.
In the final episode of our podcast, we’ll be diving into the privacy aspects of dating apps and exploring some important questions like - Why is privacy crucial for dating apps? What regulations should be in place to ensure the privacy of the users? What can users do to protect their privacy? We’ll also look at the topic through a socio-technical and philosophical lens to understand the importance of privacy.
Sources
- https://www.officialhacker.com/case-study-dating-app-vulnerabilities-to-cyber-security/
- https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2020/11/20/this-cuffing-season-its-time-to-consider-the-privacy-of-dating-apps/
- https://www.themantle.com/philosophy/living-society-control
- https://usa.kaspersky.com/blog/mwc21-online-dating-apps/25029/
- https://securelist.com/dating-apps-report-2021/103000/
- https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/dating-app-privacy/
- https://protonvpn.com/blog/how-to-stay-private-on-tinder-grindr-bumble/
CW: Sexual Violence
In our third episode of Decoding Dating, we will discuss the topic of sexual violence. Is sexual violence through dating apps worse? How is sexual violence facilitated by online dating? Do some features make sexual violence worse? Learn all of this and more in our third episode - Are Dating Apps Safe?
CORRECTION: In this episode, we say belonging & love are the 2nd tier of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and esteem is 3rd. They are actually 3rd and 4th, respectively.
Sexual Violence Resources
- RAINN Chat/Telephone - https://www.rainn.org/resources
- NSVRC Online Resources - https://www.nsvrc.org/survivors
- CDC Resource List - https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/sexualviolence/resources.html
Sources
- https://doi.org/10.1109/hicss.2016.481
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0731121420950756
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2020.1787485
- https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A666456232/ITOF?u=upenn_main&sid=summon&xid=2cf91438
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-021-09920-y
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2011.09.008
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838020906533
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2022.2130858
- https://help.grindr.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500008656741-Grindr-Unlimited-
- https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2010-03908-005
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-006-9131-6
- https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html#:~:text=There%20are%20five%20levels%20in,esteem%2C%20and%20self%2Dactualization
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0265052521000133
- https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051221126076
- https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203782965
- https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2017.0279
- https://medium.com/fact-of-the-day-1/the-internet-has-changed-how-couples-meet-ce4f4760c38b
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01542219
- https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211068130
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-019-00397-x
- https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221130390
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2016.1252412
In this episode, we will explore how bias shows up in dating, and how dating app algorithms magnify our subconscious preferences. How are the apps themselves shaping attraction? How do they determine a user’s best potential matches? What could apps do differently to circumvent users’ biases?
Sources
- https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/05/18/1-trends-and-patterns-in-intermarriage/
- https://theoutline.com/post/7824/dating-apps-research-behavior-sex
- https://overland.org.au/2020/09/the-affordances-of-desire-on-dating-apps/
- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/social-philosophy-and-policy/article/dating-through-the-filters/EA64BE27CD7D2A1749D712A5E179828D
- https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3274342
- https://www.wired.com/story/monster-match-dating-app/
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/07/28/okcupid-experiment-compatibility-deception/?sh=20558b3177b1
In our first episode of Decoding Dating, we will set the tone for the podcast and explore the fundamentals of dating apps. Essentially what are dating apps, and how did they come to be? What are a few of the dating apps that have changed the dating scene as we knew it? How do their algorithms work? Learn all of this and more in our first episode - What is the Deal with Dating Apps?
Sources
- https://www.invisibly.com/learn-blog/dating-app-algorithm/
- https://blogs.lib.unc.edu/hill/2016/05/25/operation-match-computer-dating-at-unc-in-the-1960s/
- https://medium.com/fact-of-the-day-1/the-internet-has-changed-how-couples-meet-ce4f4760c38b
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-17/how-dating-apps-india-helped-young-widow-believe-in-second-love/101242852
- https://mashable.com/article/tinder-bumble-hinge-okcupid-grindr-dating-app-algorithms
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/02/14/why-using-tinder-is-so-satisfying/
- https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/tinder-to-now-prioritise-active-users-do-away-with-elo-score-algorithm-story-6DQTjKkZgJn29wya8Xp46J.html
- https://www.thepinknews.com/2018/04/30/what-is-grindr-gay-dating-apps/
- https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/feeld-dating-app-sex
- https://onlinehookupsites.com/feeld-app-review/
- https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/azeenghorayshi/grindr-hiv-status-privacy
- https://medium.com/swlh/dating-data-an-overview-of-the-algorithm-afb9f0c08e2c